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TOWN     HALL 


THE 


HISTORY  OF  NEWPORT, 


NEW    HAMPSHIRE, 


FROM   1766    TO    1878, 


WITH  A 


GENEALOGICAL  REGISTER 


With  Steel  and  Wood  Engravings. 


BY 

EDMUND    WHEELER. 


CONCORD,  N.  H. : 

PRINTED    BY    THE    REPUBLICAN    PRESS    ASSOCIATION. 

1S79. 


PREFACE. 


An  article  was  inserted  in  the  warrant  for  the  annual  town- 
meeting  in  the  spring  of  1S70,  upon  the  suggestion  of  Baron  S. 
Crowell,  son  of  Samuel  Crowell,  Jr.,  "  To  see  what  action  the 
town  will  take  in  regard  to  a  History  of  the  town  of  New- 
port." The  town  voted  to  publish  a  history.  A  committee  of 
nine,  consisting  of  Edmund  Wheeler,  Dexter  Ricliards,  Ed- 
mund Burke,  Amasa  Etles,  A.  S.  Wait,  Levi  W.  Barton,  Siiep- 
herd  L.  Bowers,  William  F.  Newton,  and  Lyman  J.  Brooks, 
were  appointed  to  take  charge  of  the  matter.  This  committee, 
shortly  after,  assigned  the  labor  of  preparing  the  work  to  the 
writer.  The  result  of  his  efforts  is  now  given  to  the  public. 
How  well  he  has  performed  the  duties  given  him  in  charge  the 
reader  must  judge. 

Had  we  been  fully  aware  of  the  responsibility  of  the  work, 
and  the  amount  of  labor  involved  in  preparing  a  History,  and 
especially  a  Genealogy,  of  Newport, — however  much  we  may 
glory  in  the  record  of  the  town,  and  delight,  as  we  do,  in  re- 
counting the  successes  of  the  past,  and  in  dwelling  upon  the 
grand  achievements  of  its  sons  and  daughters,  in  trade,  in 
finance,  in  literature,  in  law,  in  medicine,  in  divinit}',  in  agri- 
culture, and  all  the  various  pursuits  of  life, — we  should  have 
been  slow  to  embark  in  the  enterprise.  We  are  prepared 
by  our  own  experience  to  endorse  the  remark  of  the  eminent 
Dr.  Albert  Smith,  .m.  d.,  ll.  d.,  the  author  of  the  Histor}'  of 
Peterborough,  a  town  much  like  our  own,  when  lie  says, — 
"•  It  has  proved  a  work  of  great  labor.  It  has  now,  for  five 
years,  engaged  almost  my  entire  attention."  In  addition,  it 
should  be  remembered  that  distinguished  doctors  of  law  and  di- 
vinity  assisted  him  nearly  all  the  way  in  carrying  along  his  load. 

The  reader  will  perceive  that  we  have  assigned  several  im- 
portant subjects  to  some  of  our  best  writers,  who  have  kindly 
wrought  them  out.  This  we  have  done  for  two  reasons:  first, 
because  it  would  relieve  us  of  a  part  of  our  labors,  and  thus 


1CSG13S 


4  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

enable  us  to  turn  our  thoughts  in  other  directions  ;  and,  second, 
we  believed  a  variety  of  styles  would  relieve  somewhat  the 
sameness,  and  impart  an  additional  interest  to  the  work. 

The  steel  engravings,  costing  in  the  aggregate  several  thou- 
sand dollars,  were  mainly  contributed  by  the  individuals  repre- 
sented, or  by  those  having  a  direct  personal  interest  in  them  ;  and 
to  their  generosity  we  are  indebted  for  the  additional  value  they 
give  to  the  volume.  A  few  not  otherwise  provided  for,  that 
could  not  well  be  omitted,  were  inserted  at  the  expense  of  the 
historian.  The  Hon.  Dexter  Richards  contributed  the  views 
of  the  town  hall  and  the  South  church  and  parsonage,  in  addi- 
tion to  his  own  dwelling,  block,  and  mill,  and  E.  L.  Putney, 
Esq.,  that  of  the  Newport  House. 

It  is  with  pleasure  that  we  acknowledge  our  obligations  for 
the  encouragement  and  sympathy  which  have  been  extended  to 
us  during  the  entire  progress  of  the  work,  and  especially  for 
the  patience  which  has  endured  these  seemingly  prolonged  la- 
bors. We  trust  that  each  month's  delay  has  added  materially 
to  the  value  of  the  volume. 

We  have  endeavored  faithfully  to  gather  up  all  the  more  im- 
portant facts  and  events  of  the  town,  and  to  preserve  in  the 
Genealogy  a  brief  record  of  all  its  various  families. 

In  laying  down  the  pen,  we  can  but  exclaim,  —  Such  is 
the  past!  During  the  comparatively  brief  period  which  has 
intervened  since  the  settlement  of  the  town,  a  howling  wilder- 
ness has  given  place  to  cultivated  fields  and  happy  homes ;  a 
beautiful  village  has  been  built  up  ;  and  the  hills  are  echoing  the 
hum  of  business  and  the  noise  of  passing  trains.  And  now, 
turning  our  thoughts  forward,  we  ask,  What  shall  the  future  be  ? 
When  another  century  shall  have  rolled  away,  and  three  other 
generations  shall  have  come  and  gone,  and  another  historian 
shall  resume  the  pen,  what  will  be  his  story.?  Will  he  say  the 
people  of  that  century  have  been  as  virtuous,  as  frugal,  as  hap- 
py, and  have  made  as  grand  progress  in  all  the  arts  of  civilized 
life,  as  the  people  of  the  century  we  have  chronicled .''  Will 
the  inhabitants  of  this  town  and  this  country  then  be  citizens 
of  a  model  republic,  with  its  multiplied  millions  enjoying  all 
the  blessings  of  liberty  and  equal  rights,  the  glory  and  the 
wonder  of  the  world.''     Let  the  future  historian  repl}-. 


TABLE   OF   CONTENTS. 


Pagr. 

Chapter   I. — Description 9 

Location;  Boundaries;  Area;  Soil;  Mountains;  Rivers  and 
Brooks;  Ponds;  Mineral  Springs;  Mines;  Trees;  Animals; 
Birds  ;  Fishes  ;  Villages. 

Chapter  II. — Proprietary  History 15 

Town  Charter ;  Grantees  ;  Proprietors  ;  First  Meeting  in  New- 
port; Charter  extended  ;  Proprietors' house  ;  Clerks. 

Chapter  III. — Early  Settlement 21 

First  settlers  came  in  1765;  Settled  in  1766;  Their  names; 
Where  settled. 

Chapter  IV. — Revolution. — ^War  of  1812. — Mexican  War 24 

Chapter  V. — Civil  War 28 

Officers  and  soldiers  in ;  Money  raised  for,  by  town. 

Chapter  VI. — State  Militia '37 

Musters  ;  Training  days  ;  Officers  in. 

Chapter  VII. — Medical 40 

Sketch  of  the  physicians  who  have  practised  in  the  town  ;  Prac- 
tised elsewhere. 

Chapter  VIII.— Necrological 56 

Diseases;  Longevity;  Deaths  in  town  from  1824  to  1876,  age 
and  sex. 

Chapter  IX. — Newspaper  Press  in  Newport 60 

The  New  Hampshire  Spectator;  Argus  and  Spectator;  Farm- 
ers'' Advocate  and  Political  Ad7>enturerj  A^orthern  Farmer 
and  Horticulturist;  Sullivan  Republican;  Insurance  your- 
nal. 

Chapter  X. — Banks 67 

Sugar  River  Bank ;  First  National  Bank ;  Newport  Savings 
Bank. 


O  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

Page. 

Chapter  XI. — County 69 

Formation  ;  Court-house  ;  New  court-house ;  Jail  ;  Safes  ; 
Clerks  ;  Solicitors  ;  Sheriff's  ;  Treasurers  ;  Commissioners  ; 
Registers  of  Deeds ;  Registers  of  Probate ;  Jailors ;  Judges 
of  Probate. 

Chapter  XII.— Mills 72 

Grist-mills;  Saw-mills. 

Chapter  XIII.— Hotels 76 

First  Hotel;  Early  Hotels;  Rising  Sun;  Newport  Coffee 
House  ;  Newport  House  ;  Eagle  Hotel ;  Phenix  Hotel ;  Sugar 
River  House. 

Chapter  XIV.— Traders 80 

General  merchandise  ;  Commission  dealers  ;  Poultry  dealers  ; 

Drugs ;    Books ;    Clothing ;    Harnesses ;    Boots   and   Shoes ; 

Stoves  and  Hardware;  Watches  and  Jewelry;  Milk. 
Chapter  XV.— Travel 84 

Early  ways  ;  Roads  ;  Turnpikes  ;  Bridges  ;  Canals  ;  Railroads  ; 

Road  steamer  ;  Stages  ;  Livery  stables  ;  Teams  ;  Job  Teams. 
Chapter  XVI.. — Manufacturers,  Woollen go 

Early  Manufacturers ;  Newport  Mills ;  Eagle  Mills ;  Sunapee 

Mills;    Diamond    Mills;    Sugar   River  Mills;    Granite    State 

Mills. 

Chapter  XVII. — Other  Manufacturers  and  Artisans 90 

Alphabetical  list  of  those  in  town ;  account  of. 
Chapter  XVIII.— Religion 109 

■  Baptist  church;  Congregational  church;  Free  Will  Baptist; 
Methodist ;  Universalist ;  Unitarian  ;  Catholic ;  Millerism  ; 
S|)iritualist ;  Advent ;  Clergymen  town  has  furnished ;  Mis- 
sionaries. 

Chapter  XIX. — Literature 125 

Brief  account  of  the  labors  of  some  of  those  who  have  contrib- 
uted to  literature ;  Poems. 

Chapter  XX. — Libraries;  Lyceum;  Reading  Circle;  Period- 
ical Clubs 148 

Social  Library  ;  Northville  Library  ;  Sabbath-school  libraries  ; 
Circulating;  Private  ;  Lyceum  ;  Reading  circle  ;  Periodical  club. 

Chapter  XXI. — Free-Masonry 151 

Corinthian  Lodge  ;  Mount  Vernon  ;  Officers  in  ;  Chapter  of  the 
Tabernacle  ;  Odd  Fellows  ;  Knights  of  Honor. 

Chapter  XXII.— Education 158 

First  school ;  Teachers  ;  Districts  ;  Union  districts  ;  Board  of 
Education;  Academy;  Principals;  List  of  graduates. 


INDEX.  7 

Page. 

Chapter  XXIII.— Temperance 167 

Early  customs ;  First  society ;  Total  Abstinence  Society ; 
Washingtonian;  Sons  of  Temperance;  Good  Templars;  Re- 
form Club ;  Catholic  Society ;  Women's  Union. 

Chapter  XXI V.— Cemeteries 170 

Pine  Street  Cemetery;  Pine  Street  New;  Northville ;  Maple 
Street ;  Catholic  ;  Committee  for  New. 

Chapter  XXV. — Maintenance  of  the  Poor 172 

Early  customs  ;  Town  farms  ;  County  farm. 

Chapter  XXVI. — Lawyers 174 

Sketch  of  all  those  who  have  practised  in  town  ;  Names  of  a 
few  natives  and  former  residents  who  have  practised  else- 
where. 

Chapter  XXVII. — Town  Officers  and  Justices  of  Peace 202 

Moderators  ;  Town-clerks  ;  Representatives  ;  Delegates  and 
other  officers  ;  Selectmen  ;  Justices. 

Chapter  XXVIII. — Music 213 

Vocal;  Instrumental  Society;  Piano;  Organ;  Cheney  Band ; 

Quadrille    Band;    Newport  Cornet;  County  Society;  County 

Musical  Association. 
Chapter  XXIX.— Weddings 218 

Four  difterent  styles  of;  Negro. 

Chapter  XXX. — Amusements 221 

Dancing ;  Cards  ;  Various  others  ;  Mammoth  Cod  Association. 

Chapter  XXXI. — Stories 224 

Chapter  XXXII. — Casualties 230 

Chapter  XXXIII. — Fires  and  Lightning 237 

Chapter  XXXIV. — Agriculture 244 

Farmer's  and  Alechanic's  Association ;  Town  fairs ;  County 
Society  ;  Sullivan  Grange  ;  Statistics. 

Chapter  XXXV.— Sporting 248 

Fishing;  Hunting;  Bear  stories. 

Chapter  XXXVI.— Races 251 

Indians  ;  Irish  ;  French  ;  Negroes. 

Chapter  XXXVII.— Secession 254 

Newport  joins  Vermont ;  Returns. 

Chapter  XXXVIII. — Miscellany 255 

Early  Miscellany;  Proprietor's  house;  California  gold ;  Lafay- 
ette, Reception  of;  Dress;  Maps  of  Village;  Population; 
Ta.xes ;  Altitudes. 


8  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

Page. 

Chapter  XXXIX. — Miscellany,  continued 262 

Village;  Common;  Side-walks;  Streets;  Newport  as  a  Sum- 
mer Resort;  Business  buildings  ;  Post-office  ;  Telegraph  ;  Sig- 
nal stations  ;  Engine  Co. ;  Reservoirs  ;  Aqueducts  ;  Town  clock. 

Chapter  XL. — Miscellany,  continued 270 

Report  fixing  values,  1777  ;  Ten  highest  taxes  each  successive 
ten  years. 

Chapter  XLI  . — Celebrations 275 

Historical  celebration  ;  Centennial  celebration. 

GENEALOGY 285 


ILLUSTEATIOI^S. 


Page. 

Levi  W.  Barton,     .     .  190 

George  E.  Belknap,   .  301 

Shepherd  L.  Bowers,  .  145 

Edmund  Burke,  .     .     .  17S 

Henry  G.  Carleton,  .  323 

William  H.  Cheney,  .  339 

Austin  Corbin,    .     .     .  188 

Samuel  H.  Edes,      .     .  374 

Thomas  W.  Gilmore,  .  394 

Sarah  J.  Hale,  .     .     .  124 

Ralph  Metcalf,      .     .  134 

Aaron  F.  Nettleton,  478 

Dexter  Richards,  .     .  517 

Benjamin  F.  Sawyer,  .  527 


Page. 

Baron  Stow,  .  .  .  .  108 
Samuel  M.  Wheeler,  192 
Edmund  Wheeler,  .  .  141 
LovELL  White,  .  .  .  576 
Jonathan  M.  Wilmarth,  583 
John  Woods,  ....  116 
Edward  P.  Woods,  .  .  589 
Town  Hall  (frontispiece). 
Congregation'l  Church,  112 
Newport  House,  .  .  7^ 
Elephant  Rock,  .  .  lo 
Richards  Block,  .  .  267 
Richards  Residence,  .  292 
Richards  Mill,     ...     92 


CHAPTEE  I. 

DESCRIPTIVE. 

NEWPORT  is  the  shire  town  of  the  county  of  Sullivan, 
and  occupies  a  central  position.  It  is  north  of  west 
from  Concord, — distance,  forty  miles,  and  about  ninety  miles 
from  Boston.  It  is  bounded  on  the  north  by  Croydon,  east  by 
Sunapee  and  Goshen,  south  by  Goshen  and  Unity,  and  west 
by  Claremont.  Area,  25,267  acres.  The  surface  is  diversified 
with  beautiful  mountains,  hills,  and  meadows.  It  has  three 
different  varieties  of  soil : — the  alluvial,  or  that  which  borders 
on  Sugar  river,  its  branches  and  tributaries  :  this  is  easy  of 
cultivation,  very  fertile,  and  divided  into  valuable  farms; — the 
lowlands,  which  are  dry  and  gravelly,  and  less  productive  ; — 
and  the  uplands,  which  are  more  moist  and  cold,  but  which 
have  a  strong  soil,  and  yield  ample  returns  for  the  labor  be- 
stowed upon  them.  The  soil  of  the  town,  taken  as  a  whole, 
judged  either  by  its  appearance  or  by  the  record  of  its  varied 
productions,  is  among  the  best  in  the  state. 

Mountains.  Standing  in  the  north-east  part  of  the  town, 
between  Sugar  river  and  Reed  brook,  is  Bald  jnotintain.  It 
derives  its  name  from  its  rocky  summit,  which  is  destitute  of 
vegetation.  At  the  west  of  this,  on  the  north  line  of  the  town, 
between  Reed  brook  and  Croydon  Branch  of  Sugar  river,  is 
Colt  mo7()italn.  It  commands  a  fine  view  of  the  surrounding 
country  and  the  lovely  valley  below.  It  derives  its  name  from 
a  negro  by  the  name  of  Vance  Coit,  who  lived  near  its  summit, 
and  was  the  leader  of  a  colony  of  blacks  who  once  occupied 
the  summit  of  the  mountain  and  its  eastern  slope.  Just  south 
of  Coit  is  a  smaller  elevation  known  as  Bucll  hill.  The  swell 
of  land  between  Croydon  Branch  and  Morse  brook  was  known 
as  Baptist  Jilll.   It  was  first  settled  by  a  colony  of  Baptists  from 


10 


HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 


Massachusetts,  who  had  there  quite  a  centre  of  trade.  Blue- 
beny  Ledge  is  a  part  of  the  Croydon  Mountain  range,  which 
extends  along  the  western  border  nearly  one  half  across  the 
town,  and  ends  in  Green  mountain,  in  Claremont.  Wilmarth 
motintain  extends  from  the  south-western  corner  of  the  town 
along  the  southern  line  ;  was  first  settled  by  Mr.  Nathan  Wil- 
marth, and  from  him  its  name  is  derived.  .  At  the  east  of  this 
is  an  elevation  known  as  Pike  hill.  It  was  first  settled  by 
three  families  by  the  name  of  Pike.  This  hill  commands  one 
of  the  most  beautiful  views  in  town.  It  has  near  its  summit  an 
immense  boulder  known  as  Elephant  Rock,  which  is  thought  to 


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ELEPHANT  ROCK. 

bear  a  striking  resemblance  to  an  elephant  at  rest,  and  which 
is  visited  and  admired  as  one  of  the  greatest  natural  curiosi- 
ties in  town.  Its  length  is  some  29  feet,  its  height  23  feet,  its 
circumference  90  feet,  and  it  is  fully  1,500  feet  above  the  level 
of  the  sea.  East  77io2intain  is  in  the  south-east  corner  of  the 
town,  between  Goshen  Branch  and  Sugar  river.  It  has  on  its 
eastern  slope  many  excellent  farms.  Thatcher  hill  is  a  portion 
of  this  range  lying  south  of  Towner  brook.  Oak  hill  is  near  the 
centre  of  the  town,  and  was  known  in  the  earlier  days  as  '•  The 


DESCRIPTIVE.  II 

Orchard,"  from  its  having  in  great  abundance  many  kinds  of 
wild  fruit.  Break-neck  hill  derives  its  name  from  this  circum- 
stance :  A  wild  ox,  belonging  to  Hon.  Uriah  Wilcox,  while 
rushing  down  this  hill,  stumbled,  caught  his  horn  under  a  root, 
turned  a  somerset,  and  broke  his  neck.  Claremont  hill  is  the 
elevation  lying  west  of  the  village,  and  is  so  called  from  the 
fact  that  the  road  leading  directly  to  Claremont  passes  over 
it.  At  the  top  of  this  hill,  some  sixty  rods  north  of  the  road,  is 
a  rocking-stone,  or  loggan,  which  is  an  object  of  much  interest. 
Its  estimated  weight  is  about  twenty-five  tons,  and  it  stands  so 
nicely  poised  as  to  be  moved  backward  and  forward  by  a  sin- 
gle hand. 

Rivers  and  Brooks.     Sugar  river^  and  Croydon  and  Go- 
shen  branches,   are    the    principal    streams    in   town.     Sugar 
river  is  the  outlet  of  Sunapee  lake,  and   enters  the  town  from 
the    east.     The    Goshen  Branch   has  its  source   in   Lempster, 
Goshen,  and  Unity  ;  the  Croydon  Branch,  in  Springfield,  Gran- 
tham, and  Croydon.     The  two  former  unite  near  the  centre  of 
the  town,  at  the  village,  and  are  joined  by  the  latter  some  two 
miles  at  the  north,  near  Northville,  from  which  they  flow  west 
througfh   Claremont  into   the  Connecticut  river.     This  stream 
takes  its  name  from  the  many  maple  orchards  found  upon  its 
banks,  and  those  of  its  numerous  tributaries.    Wendell  brook., 
which  unites  with  Sugar  river  near  the  eastern  border  of  the 
town,  has   its  origin    in   Spectacle   pond    in  Sunapee.     Reed 
brook.,  which  enters   the  town   from   the   north,  the  waters  of 
which  were  first  made  subservient  to  mechanical  purposes  by 
Stephen  Reed,  and  which  joins   the   river  at  Lily  pond,  comes 
from  Long  pond  in  Croydon.     Morse  brook.,  on  which  are  sev- 
eral mills  and  shops  at  Northville,  comes  from  the  eastern  slojje 
of  Croydon  mountain,  and  the  meadows  \vhich  lie  at  its  base, 
and  takes  its  name  from  Ichabod  Morse,  who  built  a  saw-mill 
near  where  it  falls  into  the  river.     Kimball  brook.,  just  south, 
was   christened   for  Joseph  Kimball,  who  lived  on    its  banks. 
Beaver  brook.,  which  starts  on  Claremont  hill  and  flows  to  the 
west,  derives  its  name   from   that   animal,  which  had  its  home 
about  its  waters  prior  to  the  settlement  of  the  town.     Perry 
brook.,   the  outlet  of   Chapin    and  Governor's    ponds,   derives 
its  name  from  Timothy  Perry,  the  father  of  the  Perry  race  in 


12  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

town.  Comsiock  brook  took  its  name  from  Jonathan  Comstock, 
whose  home  stood  near  its  union  witli  the  river.  Randall 
brook  was  so  called  from  Lewis  W.  Randall,  whose  mills  stood 
near  its  confluence  with  the  river.  The  Unity  Spring's  brook^ 
entering  the  town  from  the  south,  has  its  source  in  Oilman 
pond  in  Unit}'.  The  Toivner  brook  derives  its  name  from 
Ephraim  Towner,  one  of  the  early  settlers,  who  had  a  saw- 
mill near  the  junction  of  Main  street  and  Break-neck  Hill  road. 

Ponds.  Lily  po?id^  which  is  an  expansion  of  Long  Pond 
brook  near  its  junction  with  Sugar  river,  in  the  eastern  part 
of  the  town  ;  Chapin  pond^  in  the  north-west  corner  of  the 
town  ;  and  a  portion  of  Governor's  po?id^  in  Croydon,  near  by 
it,  comprise  the  list  of  ponds  in  town. 

Mineral  Springs.  Newport  has  two  mineral  springs.  The 
one  on  the  farm  of  Mr.  Harmon  Richardson,  between  North- 
ville  and  Kelleyville,  and  between  Sugar  river  and  the  railroad, 
has  been  long  and  favorably  known  for  its  medicinal  virtues,  and 
has  often  been  resorted  to,  esj^ecially  in  cases  of  poisoning  and 
bad  conditions  of  the  blood.  When  fii'st  discovered,  it  was  pro- 
tected by  a  large  flat  rock  ;  and  other  evidences  showed  that  it 
was  known  and  appreciated  by  the  aborigines.  The  rock  was 
once  dug  up  by  an  enthusiastic  youth,  in  the  expectation  of  find- 
ing a  treasure  hidden  beneath  it.  The  other  spring,  situated 
just  north  of  it,  on  the  farm  of  Mr,  Augustus  Wylie,  was  dis- 
covered at  a  later  period,  and  is  claimed  to  be  fully  equal  to 
the  former  in  its  beneficent  qualities.  The  springs  were  both 
purchased  in  1S74  by  Hazen  P.  Huntoon,  M.  D.,  of  Boston, 
with  the  view  of  providing  suitable  hotel  accommodations  for 
such  as  might  wish  to  resort  to  them,  and  who  has  had  the 
water  carefidly  analyzed. 

Mines.  The  town  does  not  abound  in  mineral  wealth.  The 
plumbago  or  graphite  mine  in  the  north-west  part  of  the  town, 
which  has  been  wrought  to  some  extent,  is  the  only  mineral 
deposit  in  town.  It  has  often  been  said  that  private  parties 
have  found  gold  on  the  banks  of  the  Goshen  Branch  of  Sugar 
river. 

Trees.  The  town  having  different  kinds  of  soil,  had  also  a 
variety  of  forest  trees.  The  meadows  in  their  primeval  state 
were  covered  with  the  elm,  the  butternut,  white  maple,  willow, 


DESCRIPTIVE.  13 

and    alder;    the  gravelly  and  sandy  portions,  with    pine   and 
spruce  ;  while  the  more  elevated  regions  bore  the  sugar  maple, 
beech,  hemlock,  spruce,  balsam,  red  oak,  several  varieties  of 
birch,  red  and  black  cherry,  basswood,  and  other  kinds. 

Animals.  When  the  early  settlers  first  came  to  town  they 
found  themselves  surrounded  by  wild  animals,  which  were 
in  some  respects  a  great  annoyance  to  them,  while  in  others 
tiiey  contributed  much,  by  their  Hesh  and  furs,  to  their  sub- 
sistence and  comfort.  Among  the  more  important  were  the 
moose,  deer,  bear,  wolf,  otter,  beaver,  fox,  wildcat,  catamount, 
woodchuck,  porcupine,  skunk,  rabbit,  mink,  and  gray,  red,  and 
striped  squirrels. 

Birds.  The  birds  here  were  like  those  of  other  towns  in  this 
portion  of  New  England.  They  were  the  eagle,  hawk,  owl, 
crane,  crow,  duck,  quail,  partridge,  pigeon,  snipe,  robin,  blue- 
bird, bobolink,  and  a  great  variety  of  wood  warblers.  The 
partridge,  the  most  abundant  then,  and  still  thronging  our 
woods,  has  been,  during  the  whole  history  of  the  town,  among 
the  luxuries  of  its  inhabitants. 

Fishes.  Pickerel,  black  bass  trout,  sucker,  perch,  eel, 
horned-pout,  shiner,  and  several  smaller  varieties,  are  found 
in  greater  or  less  abundance  in  the  streams  and  ponds. 

Villages.  The  main  village  is  at  the  junction  of  Sugar 
river  and  the  Goshen  Branch.  Northville,  in  the  north-west 
part  of  the  town,  is  where  the  Alorse  brook  falls  into  the  river. 
East  Newport,  in  the  east  part  of  the  town,  is  about  the  falls  at 
the  Granite  Mills.  Kelleyville  is  in  the  western  part  of  the 
town.  Soutlnille  is  where  the  Goshen  Branch  falls  into  the 
meadow. 


OHAPTEE  II. 

PROPRIETARY  HISTORY. 

^  I  'HE  following  is  a  copy  of  the  charter  of  the  township  of 
-*-     Newport  from  King  George  the  Third,  as  granted  to  the 
original  proprietors,  who    belonged  to    Xew   London  county, 
Connecticut,  and  mainly  to  the  town  of  Killingworth  : 

Province  of  New  Hampshire, 

George  the  Third,  by  the  Grace  of  God  of  Great  Britain 
[seal.]  France  and  Ireland  King  Defender  of  the  Faith  Sec 

To  all  persons  to  ivhotn  these  Presents  shall  come  Greetixg 

Know  ye  that  We  of  our  special  Grace,  certain  Knowledge  and 
meer  Motion-,  for  the  due  Encouragement  of  settling  a  New  Plantation 
within  our  said  Province,  by  and  with  the  advice  of  our  Trusty  and 
Well-beloved  Benning  Wentworth  Esqr :  Our  Governor  and  Comman- 
der in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  New  Hampshire  in  New  England 
and  of  Our  Council  of  the  said  Province — Have  upon  the  Conditions 
and  Reservations  hereinafter  made  Given  and  Granted,  and  by  these 
Presents,  for  Us  Our  Heirs  and  Successors,  do  Give  and  Grant  in  Equal 
Shares,  unto  Our  Loving  Subjects,  inhabitants  of  Our  said  Province  of 
New  Hampshire,  and  Our  other  Governments,  and  to  their  Heirs  and 
Assigns  for  Ever,  whose  names  are  entered  on  this  Grant,  to  be  divid- 
ed to  and  amongst  them  into  Sixty  Eight  equal  Shares,  all  that  Tract 
or  Parcel  of  Land  Situate  lying  and  being  within  Our  said  Province  of 
New  Hampshire,  Containing  by  Admeasurement  Twenty  Three  Thou- 
sand and  Forty  Acres,  which  Tract  is  to  Contain  Six  Miles  Square  and 
no  more,  out  of  which  an  Allowance  is  to  be  made  for  Highways  and 
'■Tiimproveable  Land,  by  Rocks,  Ponds,  Mountains  and  Rivers,  One 
Thousand  and  Forty  Acres  free,  according  to  a  Plan  and  Survey  thereof 
made  by  Our  said  Governor's  order,  and  returned  into  the  Secretary's 
Office  and  hereunto  annexed  butted  and  bounded  as  follows  (viz)  Be- 
ginning at  a  Stake  and  Stones  which  stands  South  78  degrees  East,  at 
the  distance  of  Six  Miles  and  One  Half  Mile  from  the  Northwesterly 


PROPRIETARY    HISTORY.  1 5 

Corner  of  Charlestown,  a  town  formerly  Granted  in  this  Province,  and 
runs  from  the  said  stake  and  stones  North  Eight  degrees  East  Five 
Miles  and  Seven  Eighths  of  a  Mile  to  a  stake  and  stones,  then  South  60 
degrees  East  Eight  Miles  and  One  quarter  of  a  Mile,  then  South  Ten 
degrees  West  six  miles  to  a  stake  and  stones,  then  North  Sixty  Three 
degrees  West  Six  Miles  and  One  quarter  of  a  Mile  to  a  stake  and  stones, 
the  Bounds  first  mentioned,  being  Six  Miles  and  One  half  Mile  from  the 
Bank  of  Connecticut  River. 

And  that  the  same  be  and  hereby  is  Incorporated  into  a  Township  by 
the  Name  of  NEWPORT.  And  the  Inhabitants  that  do  or  shall  here- 
after inhabit  the  said  Township,  are  hereby  declared  to  be  Enfranchised 
with  and  Intitled  to  all  and  Every  the  privileges  and  immunities  that 
other  Towns  within  our  Province  by  Law  Exercise  and  Enjoy — And  fur- 
ther, that  the  said  Town  as  soon  as  there  shall  be  Fifty  Families  resi- 
dent and  settled  therein,  shall   have  the  liberty  of  Holding  two  Fairs, 

One  of  wliicii  shall  be  held  on  the And  the  other  on  the 

annually,  which  Fairs  are  not  to  continue  longer  than  the  respective 

following  the  said and  that  as  soon  as  the  said  Town  shall 

consist  of  Fifty  Families  a  Market  may  be  opened  and  kept  One  or 
more  days  in  each  Week,  as  may  be  thought  most  advantageous  to  the 
Inhabitants. 

Also,  that  the  first  Meeting  for  the  choice  of  Town  Officers  Agreeable 
to  the  Laws  of  Our  said  Province  shall  be  held  on  the  third  Tuesday  of 
November  next  which  said  meeting  shall  be  notified  by  Mr.  George 
Harris,  who  is  hereby  appointed  the  moderator  of  the  said  First  Meet- 
ing, which  he  is  to  Notify  and  Govern  Agreeably  to  the  Laws  and  Cus- 
toms of  Our  said  Province,  and  the  Annual  Meeting  for  ever  here- 
after for  the  Choice  of  such  Officers  for  the  said  Town  shall  be  on  the 
Second  Tuesday  of  March  Annually — To  Have  and  to  Hold  the  said 
Tract  of  land  as  above  expressed,  together  with  all  Privileges  and  Ap- 
purtenances to  them  and  their  respective  Heirs  and  Assigns  forever, 
upon  the  following  Conditions  (viz) 

1st:  That  every  Grantee,  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  shall  plant  and  Culti- 
vate Five  Acres  of  Land  within  the  Term  of  Five  Years,  for  every  Fifty 
Acres  contained  in  his  or  their  share  or  proportion  of  Land  in  said 
Township,  and  to  continue  to  improve  and  settle  the  same  by  Addition- 
al Cultivations,  on  Penalty  of  the  forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in  the 
said  Township,  and  of  its  Reverting  to  us  Our  Heirs  and  Successors,  to 
be  by  us  or  them  regranted  to  such  of  our  Subjects  as  shall  eftectual!/ 
Settle  and  Cultivate  the  same. 

2dly  :  That  all  White  and  other  Pine  Trees  within  the  said  Township 
fit  for  Masting  Our  Royal  Navy,  be  carefully  preserved  for  that  Use. 
and  none  to  be  Cut  or  felled,  without  Our  Special  Lease  for  so  doing 
first  had  and  obtained,  upon  the  Penalty  of  the  forfeiture  of  the  right  of 


l6  ■  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

such  Grantee,  His  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  us  Our  Heirs  and  Successors, 
as  well  as  being  subject  to  the  Penalty  of  Any  Act  or  Acts  of  Parlia- 
ment that  now  are  or  hereafter  shall  be  Enacted. 

3dly :  That  before  any  division  of  the  Land  be  made  to  and  among 
the  Grantees  a  Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  said  Township 
as  the  Land  will  admit  of,  shall  be  reserved  and  Marked  out  for  Town 
Lotts,  One  of  which  shall  be  Allotted  to  each  Grantee,  of  the  Contents 
of  One  Acre. 

4thly  :  Yielding  and  Paying  therefor  to  us  Our  Heirs  and  Successors 
for  the  space  of  Ten  Years,  to  be  computed  from  the  date  hereof,  the 
Rent  of  One  Ear  of  Indian  Corn  only,  on  the  Twenty  fifth  day  of  De- 
cember Annually,  if  Lawfully  demanded  the  first  payment  to  be  made 
on  the  Twenty  fifth  day  of  December,  1762. 

5thly :  Every  Proprietor,  Settler,  or  Inhabitant,  shall  Yield  and  pay 
unto  Our  Heirs  and  Successors,  Yearly  and  Every  Year  forever  from 
and  after  the  Expiration  of  Ten  Years  from  the  abovesaid  Twenty  fifth 
day  of  December  which  will  be  in  the  Year  of  our  Lord,  1772  One 
Shilling  Proclamation  Money,  for  every  hundred  Acres  he  so  owns,  set- 
tles, or  possesses,  and  so  in  proportion  for  a  greater  or  lesser  Tract  of 
the  Land,  which  Money  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  Persons  above- 
said  their  Heirs  or  Assigns,  in  Our  Council  Chamber  in  Portsmouth,  or 
to  such  Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed  to  receive  the  same, 
and  this  to  be  in  Lieu  of  all  other  Rents  and  Services  whatsoever. 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  Our  said  Prov- 
ince to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  Benning  Wentworth  Esqr.  Our 
Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province,  the  6th  day  of 
October  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  Christ,  One  Thousand  Seven  Hun- 
dred &  Sixty  One  and  in  the  First  Year  of  Our  Reign. 

B.  WENTWORTH. 

By  His  Excellencys  Command  With  advice  of  Council 
Theodore  Atkinson,  Secy : 

Province   of  New  Hampshire,   Recorded  in  the   Book   of  Charters 
Page  221-222  October  6th :  1861  pr  Theodore  Atkinson,  Sec'ry. 
A  true  Copy 

pr  Benjn  :  Giles  Propritrs  Clark. 


PROPRIETARY    HISTORY. 


17 


THE  NAMES  OF  THE  GRANTEES  OF  NEWPOUT. 


Nathaniel  Fish, 
Ebenezer  Eames, 
Joseph  Eames, 
Benj.  Harris, 
George  Harris, 
Nath'l  Comstock, 
Benj.  Gardner, 
Isaac  Avery, 
Jesse  Burchard, 
John  Burchard, 
Richard  Dowser, 
Enoch  Bolls,  Jr., 
Isaac  Tracy,  Jr., 
Daniel  Fuller, 
Elijah  Acklcy, 
Nehemiah  Andrews, 
John  Nelson, 
John  Church, 
Samuel  Church, 
William  Mannering, 
William  Fox, 


Joseph  Woodworth, 
Josei)h  Fox, 
Nath'l  Hungerford, 
Micah  Scovel, 
Guy  Richards, 
Nicholas  Hallom, 


William  Cone, 
Joseph  Cone,  Jr., 
Eliphalet  Lester, 
Thomas  Lester, 
Nehemiah  Gates, 
Eliphalet  Gustin, 


Thoophilus  Tapham,      Thomas  Cone,  2d, 


Ebenezer  Cone, 
Harris  Coult, 
Jeremiah  Clement, 
Joshua  Tsham, 
Nath'l  Bcckwith,  Jr. 
Jonathan  Harris, 
Nath'l  Kay, 
Aaron  Cady, 
Matthew  Dorr, 
Noadia  Warner, 
Moses  Yeoman, 
Thomas  Hall, 
Levi  Wells. 
Joseph  Beckwith, 


Abraham  Ackley, 
Peter  Bulkley, 
Elijah  Clark, 
Jonathan  Beckwith, 
Levi  Crosl:)y,         • 
John  Olmsteed, 
Benj.  Alcot, 

Joseph  Newmarch,  Esq., 
Daniel  Warner.  Esq., 
Moses  Yeoman,  Jr., 
John  Chapman, 
Lemuel  Hungerford. 


The  Proprietors'  Record  has  a  drawn  plan  of  the  town  agree- 
able to  the  royal  grant,  as  given  by  Isaac  Rindge,  the  surveyor- 
general  of  the  province.  In  the  soutli-west  portion  of  the  town 
300  acres  were  reserved,  to  be  accounted  as  two  of  the  within 
shares  for  the  benefit  of  Gov.  Wcntworth.  In  addition,  one 
share  was  reserved  for  the  Incorporated  Society  for  the  Propa- 
gation of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign  Parts ;  one  share  for  a  glebe 
for  the  Churcli  of  England,  as  by  law  established  ;  one  share 
for  the  first  settled  minister  of  the  gospel;  and  one  share  for  the 
benefit  of  a  school  in  said  town. 

The  shares  of  the  proprietors  were  assigned  them  bv  lot. 
For  this  purpose,  a  committee,  consisting  of  Stephen  Wilcox, 
Robert  Lane,  John  Crane,  and  Isaac  Kelsey.  were  appointed  at 
Killingworth,  Dec.  25,  1764,  which  duty  they  performed  at  the 
house  of  Mr.  John  Hastings,  Jr.,  in  Charlestown,  July  6,  1765. 


1 8  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

THE  NAMES  OF  THE  PROPRIETORS  OF  THE  TOWNSHIP  OF  NEW- 
PORT, WITH  THE  NUMBER  OE  THE  LOTT  DRAWN  TO  EACH 
NAME    BY    THE    COMMITTEE. 

Proprietors.  No.  Names  of  the  Owners,  May  12,  1779 . 

Nathaniel  Beckwith i Ebenezer  Redfield. 

Joseph  Beckwith 2 Jonah  KeLsey's  heirs. 

John  Nelson 3 Matthew  Gushing. 

Nicholas  Hallom 4 Benjamin  Trask. 

Moses  Yeoman,  Jr 5 Ebenezer  Merrit. 

Jonathan  Harris 6 Benj .  Giles,  Esq. 

Enoch  Bolles,  Jr 7 Joseph  Clement,  in  1782. 

Joshua  Tsham 8 Robert  Lane. 

Levi  Crosb}' 9 Isaac  Kelsey's  heirs. 

Nathaniel  Comstock 10 Jeremiah  Clement. 

Thomas  Lester 11 Robert  Lane. 

William  Fox 12 Jesse  Lane. 

John  Church 13 Jesse  Wilcox. 

Abraham  Ackley 14 Samuel  Hurd. 

Moses  Yeoman 15 Dea.  Daniel  Buel. 

Isaac  Avery 16 Col.  Aaron  Elliot. 

Nathaniel  Fish 17 Benjamin  Bragg. 

Eliphalet  Lester 18 Ezekiel  Powers. 

Jonathan  Beckwith 19 Jeremiah  Clement. 

Peter  Bulkley 20 Col.  Aaron  Elliot. 

Joseph  Fox 21—^ Roswell  Kelsey. 

Isaac  Tracy,  Jr 22 Isaac  Tracy  heirs. 

Daniel  Warner,  Esq 23 Ebenezer  Redfield. 

Joseph  Eames 24 Reuben  Hall. 

Elijah  Ackley 25 Nathan  Hurd. 

William  Mannering 26 Jeremiah  Clement. 

Nehemiah  Gates 27 Theodore  Morgan,  Esq. 

Guy  Richards 28 Stephen  Perry. 

Samuel  Church 29 Jeremiah  Clement. 

Benjamin  Alcott 30 Ezra  Kelsey. 

John  Chapman 31 Thomas  Bolls. 

Joseph  Beckwith 32 Aaron  Buel. 

Elijah  Clark ^^ Benj.  Giles,  Esq. 

Jesse  Woodward 34 James  Church. 

George  Harris 35 Benj.  Giles,  Esq. 

Harris  Colt 36 Stephen  Wilcox. 

Ebenezer  Eames 37 Israel  Bryant. 

Aaron  Cady 38 .Uriah  Wilcox. 

Micah  Scovel , ...  .39 Simeon  Bumper. 


PROPRIETARY    HISTORY.  1 9 

Proprietors.  No.  Names  of  the  Owners,  May  12,  1779. 

John  Burchard 40 Constant  Stoors. 

Lemuel  Hungerford 41 Daniel  liuel. 

Thomas  Cone,  2d 42 Samuel  Cram. 

Benjamin  Gardner 43 Joshua  Lathrop. 

John  Olmstced 44 Jeremiah  Clement. 

Joseph  Cone,  2d 45 John  Wendell. 

Noadiah  Warner 46 Joshua  Lathrop. 

Eliphalet  Gustin 47 Ezekiel  Powers. 

Jeremiah  Clement 48 Jeremiah  Clement. 

Levi  Wells 49 Stephen  Wilco.x. 

William  Cone ^o Robert  Lane. 

Jesse  Burchard 51 Ruth  Giles. 

Joseph  Cone 52 Daniel  Dudley. 

Nehemiali  Andrews 5 j 

Ebenezer  Cone 54 Josiah  Dudley. 

Thomas  Hall 55 Theodore  Morgan,  Esq. 

Incorporated  Society 56 Society  lot,  1782. 

School  lot 57 Minister's  lot. 

The  first  settled  minister 58 School  lot. 

Tiieophilus  Tapham 59 Jeremiah  Clement. 

Benjamin  Harris 60 Amos  Hall. 

Joseph  Newmarch,  Esq 61 Ezekiel  Powers. 

Daniel  Fuller 62 Jared  Lane. 

Richard  Dowser 63 Phineas  Wilcox. 

Nathaniel  Hungerford 64 Ezra  Parmelee. 

Nathaniel  Beckwith 65 Col.  Aaron  Elliot. 

Matthew  Dorr 66 Ephraim  Towner. 

Church  of  England 67 Cliurch  lot. 

The  same  committee  that  superintended  the  drawing  of  lots 
were  also  empowered  to  select  a  suitable  town  plot,  which  was 
to  he  divided  up,  and  each  proprietor  was  to  receive  by  lot  one 
or  more  shares,  with  convenient  higliways  to  all  the  lots.  In 
April,  1765,  twenty-one  shares  belonging  to  the  original  gran- 
tees, being  forfeited,  were  sold  by  auction. 

On  the  second  Tuesday  of  March,  1766,  Ebenezer  jMerrit, 
Dea.  Jeremiah  Clement,  and  Stephen  Wilcox  were  chosen  a 
committee  to  open  a  cart-road  to  Newport,  and  to  open  a  road 
at  the  west  end  of  the  lots  laid  out,  wliich  extended  from  the 
GrifHn  place  northward  ;  and  at  the  same  meeting  it  was  voted 
that  Mr.  Morgan  sell  the  boat  belonging  to  the  proprietors  of 
Newport,  and  that  Stephen  Wilcox  should  go  to  Portsmouth 


20  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

and  get  the  charter  extended  ;  and  on  the  first  Tuesday  of  Octo- 
ber, the  same  year,  they  voted  Benjamin  Giles,  of  Groton,  one 
hundred  acres  of  land,  provided  he  build  and  maintain  a  grist- 
mill and  saw-mill. 

The  first  meeting  of  the  proprietors  in  Newport  was  at  the 
house  of  Mr.  Jesse  Wilcox,  Oct.  13,  1767 — Stephen  Wilcox, 
moderator,  Benjamin  Giles,  clerk.  Samuel  Hurd,  Charles 
Avery,  and  Zepheniah  Clark  were  chosen  assessors ;  and  Ben- 
jamin Giles,  Amos  Hall,  Ebenezer  Merrit,  Samuel  Hurd, 
and  James  Church  a  committee  to  lay  out  a  second  division  of 
land.  The  first  division  extended  across  the  meadows  from 
east  to  west,  and  contained  each  fifteen  acres.  This  meeting 
voted  to  lay  out  to  each  proprietor  thirty-five  acres,  either  at 
the  east  or  west  end  of  the  lots  already  laid  out.  This  meeting 
adjourned  to  the  "  i6th  inst.,  at  the  House  of  Zepheniah  Clark, 
Innholder  in  said  Newport."  At  the  adjourned  meeting,  it  was 
voted  that  Zepheniah  Clark,  Ebenezer  Merrit,  Benjamin  Bragg, 
Samuel  Hurd,  and  Jesse  Wilcox,  having  families  now  in  New- 
port, have  each  eighty  acres  of  land  ;  and,  also,  that  any  person 
who  is  a  proprietor  and  becomes  an  inhabitant,  with  his  wife, 
in  said  Newport,  by  the  first  of  July,  176S,  shall  be  entitled  to 
eighty  acres  ;  others,  who  have  been  in  town  to  improve  the 
first  division,  fifty  acres. 

Feb.  2,  1769,  the  proprietors  having  failed  to  perform  the 
condition  in  their  charter  which  rec[uired  them  to  cultivate  five 
acres  of  land  in  five  years  for  every  fifty  acres,  had  a  further 
period  of  four  years  granted  them  to  fulfil  the  conditions.  At 
that  period,  as  stated  by  Gov.  Wentworth  in  his  extension  of 
the  charter,  fifteen  families  had  settled  in  town. 

In  1772,  they  voted  to  build  a  Proprietor's  House,  which 
might  also  be  used  for  church  and  school  purposes.  In  17S2, 
Josiah  Stevens  was  voted  ninet}' acres  of  land,  on  condition  that 
he  cause  the  plan  and  survey  of  the  town  to  be  made.  It  was 
neatly  done  on  parchment,  and  is  now  in  the  keeping  of  Amasa 
Edes,  Esq.,  present  clerk. 

LIST    OF    THE    PRORIETORS'    CLERKS. 

Dec.  25,  1764.   Isaac  Kelsey.  1819.  Phineas  Chapin. 

1767.  Benj.  Giles.  1826.  James  Brack. 

1788.  Jedediah  Reynolds.  1841.  Amasa  Edes. 
1790.  Jesse  Lane. 


CnAPTER    III. 

EARLY  SETTLEMENT. 

THE  immediate  cause  which  first  awakened  public  interest, 
and  led  to  the  survey  and  settlement  of  the  land  along  the 
Connecticut  river  northward  from  Charlestown,  was  the  return 
of  Connecticut  and  Massachusetts  soldiers  from  the  French 
War, — in  the  prosecution  of  which  tliey  had  passed  through 
this  valley  on  their  way  to  and  from  Canada, — all  of  whom 
brought  home  most  flattering  accounts  of  the  fertility  and  prom- 
ise of  the  country.  Soon  after,  application  was  made  to  the 
proper  authorities,  and  two  tiers  of  towns  on  each  side  of  the 
river  were  surveyed,  and  a  large  share  of  them  incorporated, 
as  early  as  1761. 

The  especial  attractions  of  Newport  were  probably  first  dis- 
covered by  a  young  man  by  the  name  of  Eastman,  who  came 
here  from  Killingworth,  Conn.,  as  a  hunter  and  trapper,  and 
who  was  probably  the  first  white  man  who  entered  the  town. 
He  was  charmed  with  the  beautiful  meadows,  and  still  more  so 
with  the  abundant  supply  of  otter  and  beaver,  which  he  here 
found  in  <ireat  abundance.  On  his  return  home  laden  w^ith  furs, 
he  gave  his  friends  such  a  description  of  the  country  as  induced 
them  to  apply  for  a  charter,  and  finally  led  to  the  settlement.  Af- 
ter disposing  of  his  furs,  Eastman  again  sought  the  new  countrv, 
but  never  returned,  A  skeleton  was  found  on  the  farm  of  Reu- 
ben Haven  by  the  early  settlers,  which  was  supposed  to  be  his. 
As  confirming  the  truth  of  this  tradition,  we  have  the  fact  that 
the  charter  of  the  town  was  granted  to  the  inhabitants  of  Kil 
ling  worth,  his  native  place. 

Another  Eastman,  possibly  a  brother  of  the  foregoing,  who 
was  father  of  Dea.  Benjamin  Eastman,  one  of  the  early  settlers, 
came  here  also,  trapping  for  otter  and   beaver,  prior  to  its  set- 


22  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT, 

tiement,  having  probably  the  additional  hope  of  finding  some 
trace  of  the  lost  friend.  While  visiting  his  son  here  in  after- 
life, he  was  often  heard  to  relate  his  experiences  as  a  trapper  in 
the  wilderness. 

During  the  summer  and  fall  of  1765,  six  young  men  came 
here  from  Killingworth,  Conn.,  cleared  six  acres  of  land  each, 
and,  after  getting  in  a  crop  of  rye,  returned  home  and  spent 
the  winter.  The  following  year,  in  June,  1766,  these  men 
having  an  addition  of  two  to  their  number,  making  eight  in  all, 
five  having  fixmilies,  came  and  made  the  first  permanent  settle- 
ment. No  record  or  tradition  is  found  showing  the  precise  day 
of  their  arrival.  All  accounts  agree  that  they  arrived  in  town 
Saturday  night ;  that  they  were  detained  by  a,^d  place  in  the 
road  on  Pike  hill,  where  they  camped -fet' the  night ;  and  the 
following  day,  after  accomplishing  the  remainder  of  their  jour- 
ney, they  spent  in  religious  worship  under  the  shadow^  of  a  pine 
tree  which  stood  just  south  of  the  A.  Pease  residence. 

The  following  were  among  the  earliest  settlers,  the  first  five 
having  families  : 

Zepheniah  Clark,  James  Church,  William  Stanard, 

Ebenezer  Merrit,  .Ezra  Parmelee,  Jesse  Lane, 

Benjamin  Bragg,  Jesse  Kelsey,  Benjamin  Giles, 

Samuel  Hurd,  Nathan  Hurd,  Charles  Avery, 

Jesse  Wilcox,  Ephraim  Towner,  Absalom  Kelsey, 

Amos  Hall,  Roswell  Hull,  Daniel  Dudley. 

Being  the  first  on  the  ground,  they  had  their  choice  of  lands. 
They  selected  the  meadow  lots  which  had  previously  been  laid 
out.  The  site  which  they  selected  for  a  common,  and  which 
they  anticipated  was  to  be  the  centre  of  business  for  the  towm, 
was  on  the  beautiful  table-land  between  the  Call  hill  and  the 
residence  of  Dea.  Joseph  Wilcox.  Benjamin  Bragg  settled  on 
the  George  H.  Fairbanks  place,  Absalom  Kelsey  on  the  Reu- 
ben Ainger  farm,  Jesse  Wilcox  on  the  J.  E.  Wilcox  place,  Sam- 
uel Hurd  on  the  A.  Pease  farm,  Zepheniah  Clark  on  the  R.  P. 
Claggett  place,  Ebenezer  Merrit  on  the  William  Carr  farm,  and 
Ezra  Parmelee  on  the  Griffin  place. 

A  few  years  later  another  colony  came  from  Massachusetts, 
principally  from   Worcester  county,  and  settled  in  the  north- 


EARLY    SETTLEMENT.  23 

western  part  of  this  town  and  the  south-western  part  of  Croy- 
don. Their  centre  of  business,  where  they  had  a  store,  a  school- 
house,  a  tannery,  and  mechanics'  shops,  was  on  the  road  be- 
tween the  Maj.  Josiah  Wakefield  place,  north  of  Northville  and 
Croydon  line.  As  these  people  were  nearly  all  Baptists,  this 
locality  was  soon  known  as  Baptist  hill.  The  Wakefields,  the 
Havens,  the  Mctcalfs,  the  Durkccs,  the  Chamberlains,  and  the 
Wheelers,  of  this  town,  and  the  Stows,  the  Jacobses,  and  others, 
of  Croydon,  belonged  to  this  company. 


CHAPTEE    IT. 

REVOLUTION. 

FROM  the  earliest  moment  in  the  Revolutionary  conflict,  the 
sympathies  of  all  our  citizens  as  one  man  \\'ere  enlisted  in 
the  cause  of  their  country.  Coming  from  the  land  of  a  Sherman 
and  a  Hancock,  they  were  fully  imbued  with  a  love  of  liberty 
and  a  hatred  of  oppression,  and,  above  all,  they  were  unable  to 
bear  those  grievous  wrongs  which  were  being  heaped  upon 
them  by  a  country  from  which  they  had  received  so  little. 
They  comprehended  fully  the  nature  of  the  terrible  struggle  in 
which  they  were  about  to  engage,  and  in  some  degree  the  mag- 
nitude of  the  grand  issues  that  hung  upon  it,  and  hence  were 
ready  at  all  times  to  answer  with  cheerfulness  whatever  call 
their  country  saw  fit  to  make  upon  their  patriotism,  whether 
that  demand  was  for  men,  or  for  the  means  to  carry  on  the 
struggle. 

The  first  act  of  the  town  in  relation  to  the  Revolution  which 
we  find  among  the  records  was  the  appointment  of  a  Commit- 
tee of  Safety,  which  was  done  July  20,  and  enlarged  August  7, 
1775,  consisting  of  the  following  members:  Benjamin  Giles, 
Aaron  Buel,  Jesse  Lane,  Josiah  Stevens,  Robert  Lane,  and 
Jesse  Wilcox. 

THE    ASSOCIATION    TEST. 

The  Continental  Congress  sent  out  the  following  resolutions  : 

In  Congress,  March  16,  1776. 
Resolved,  That  it  be  recommended  to  the  Several  Assemblies,  Con- 
ventions, and  Councils  or  Committees  of  Safety  of  the  United  Colonies 
inifiiediately  to  cause  all  Persons  to  be  disarined  within  their  Respective 
Colonies,  who  are  iiotoriously  disaffected  to  the  cause  of  America,  or 
who  have  not  associated  and  refuse  to  associate,  to  defend  by  Arms  the 
United  Colonies,  against  the  Hostile  attempts  of  the  British  Fleets  and 
Armies.  Charles  Thompson  secy. 


REVOLUTION. 


25 


This  was  submitted  to  the  Committee  of  Safety  for  New 
Hampshire  : 

Colony  of  New  Hampshire 

In  Committee  of  Safety  April  12th,  1776. 

In  order  to  carry  the  Resolve  of  the  Hon'ble  Continental  Congress 
into  execution,  you  are  requested  to  desire  all  Males  above  Twenty  one 
years  of  age  (Lunatics  Idiots  &  Negroes  excepted)  to  sign  to  the  Dec- 
laration on  this  Paper ;  and  when  so  done  to  make  Return  thereof  to- 
gether with  the  name  or  names  of  all  who  shall  refuse  to  sign  the  same, 
to  the  General  Assembly  or  Committee  of  Safety  of  this  Colony. 

M.  Weare    Chairman. 

The  paper  submitted  for  signature  is  known  as  the  "Articles 
of  Association." 


ARTICLES. 

In  consequence  of  the  above  Resolution  of  the  Hon.  Continental 
Congress,  and  to  show  our  determination  in  Joining  our  American 
Brethren  in  defending  our  Lives  Liberties  and  Properties  of  the  Inhabi- 
tants of  the  United  Colonies  : 

We  the  sttbscribers,  do  hereby  soletunly  engage,  and  promise,  that  we 
will,  to  the  utmost  of  our  Power,  at  the  Risque  of  oiir  Lives  and  For - 
tuttes,  with  Art/is,  oppose  the  Hostile  Proceeditigs  of  the  British  Fleets 
and  Armies  against  the  United  Colonies. 


Benjamin  Giles 
Samuel  Hurd 
Jesse  Kelsey 
Benjamin  Bragg 
Jesse  Wilcox 
Absalom  Kelsey 
Joseph  Buel 
Nathan  Hurd 
Robert  Lane 
James  Church 
Amos  Hall 
David  Brown 


Aaron  Buel 
Josiah  Stevens 
Ephraim  Towner 
Semer  Kelsey 
Wm  Stanard 
Uriah  Wilcox 
Phineas  Wilcox 
Nathan  Woodbury 
Jedediah  Re3-nolds 
Isaac  Newton 
Jesse  Bailey 
Jeremiah  Jenks 


Ezra  Parmelee 
Joel  Bailey 
Abraham  Buell 
Jesse  Lane 
Daniel  Buel 
Josiah  Dudley 
Daniel  Dudley 
Jedediah  Reynolds,  Jr. 
Ebenezer  Merrit 
John  Lane 


Newport  June  20th  a.  d.  1776  The  Inhabitants  of  Newport  that  is 

requested  have  all  signed  this  association. 

Josiah  Stevens  ^  Selectmen 
Samuel  Hurd    >         of 
Aaron  Buel       )  Newport. 


26 


HISTORY   OF   NEWPORT, 


At  a  meeting  of  the  inhabitants  holden  July  24,  1776,  Samuel  Hurd 
was  chosen  Captain,  Jeremiah  Jenks  Lieutenant,  and  Uriah  Wilcox  En- 


Aug.  16,  1776,  the  Committee  of  Safety  certify  to  the  follow- 
ing report : 

The  number  of  able  bodied  effective  men  in  the  Township  of  Newport 
is  Thirty  Six  the  number  of  muskets  fit  for  service  is  fourteen,  the  mus- 
kets that  are  not  fit,  five,  which  will  be  made  fit  forthwith.  Seventeen 
muskets  wanted. 

The  37th  of  May,  1777,  the  town 

Voted  to  raise  eighteen  pounds  lawful  money  to  buy  a  towns  stock  of 
amunition,  viz.  Forty  Pounds  Powder,  one  Hundred  Pounds  of  Lead 
and  ten  dozen  Flints. 

The  following  is  the  list  of  Revolutionary  soldiers,  so  far  as 
obtained  : 


Thomas  Carr, 
Robert  Durkee, 
John  McGregor, 
Philip  W.  Kibby, 
John  Pike, 
Samuel  Thompson, 
Samuel  Washburn, 
Amos  Hall,  Jr., 
Phineas  Chapin, 


Solomon  Dunham, 
Richard  Goodwin, 
William  Haven, 
Joel  Kelsey, 
Samuel  Sisco, 
Jonathan  Wakefield, 
Silas  Wakefield, 
Simeon  Buel, 
Elias  Dudley, 


Daniel  Chapin, 
Joel  McGregor, 
Theopholis  Goodwin, 
Jesse  Kelsey, 
Daniel  Sterns, 
Josiah  Wakefield, 
Robert  Woodward, 
Hezekiah  Reynolds. 


Those  who  were  at  the  battle  of  Ticonderoga,  and  who  left 
town  June  39,  1777?  were 


Matthew  Buell, 
Daniel  Buel, 
Jeremiah  Jenks, 
Jesse  Lane, 
Josiah  Stevens, 


Joseph  Buel, 
Nathan  Hurd, 
Absalom  Kelsey, 
Ebenezer  Merrit, 
Jesse  Wilcox, 


Abraham  Buel, 
Stephen  Hurd, 
Thomas  Lane, 
Ezra  Parmelee. 


Joel  McGregor  was  taken  a  prisoner  by  the  British,  and 
confined  for  a  long  time  in  the  old  sugar-house  in  New  York, 
and  endured  its  privations. 

June  17,  1777,  the  officers  of  the  alarm  company  were  Capt. 


WAR   OF    1 8 12 — MEXICAN    WAR. 


2^ 


Ezra  Parmelee,  ist  Lieut.  Christopher  Newton,  2d  Lieut.  Isaac 
Newton,  and  Ensign  Joshua  Warner. 

During  the  progress  of  the  struggle,  the  following  delegates 
were  chosen  to  represent  the  town  : 

Aug.  10,  1775'  l^enj.  Giles  and  Samuel  Ilurd  were  chosen  to 
the  congress  at  Plainfield. 

Aug.  17,  1775,  Benj.  Giles  and  Uriah  Wilcox,  to  Walpolc. 

Benjamin  Giles  was  elected  to  the  following  places :  Oct. 
15,  1775,  to  the  Provincial  Congress  at  Exeter;  Aug.  2,  1776, 
to  Walpole  ;  June  10,  1778,  to  Concord,  to  make  arrangements 
for  a  permanent  government;  Jan.  3,  1780,  to  Charlestown  ; 
and  June  4,  17S2,  to  Concord,  to  settle  permanent  plan  of  gov- 
ernment. 

Nov.  II,  17S0,  Elias  Bascom  was  chosen  a  delegate  to  the 
convention  at  Walpole. 


Soldiers  ix  the  War  of  181 2. 

The  following  is  an  imperfect  list  of  the  names  of  those  who 
served  in  the  War  of  1S12  : 


Barnabas  Brown, 
William  Carr, 
Calvin  Call, 
Charles  Colby, 
Robert  Durkee, 
Solomon  Dunham, 


Daniel  Dudley, 
Jacob  Dwinells, 
Loma  McGregor, 
Samuel  Hoyt, 
Jared  Lane, 
Daniel  Muzzey, 


Stephen  Pike, 
David  Reed, 
Zacheus  ShurtlifF, 
Nathan  Wilmarth, 
Hartford  Wilmarth. 


The  Dow  and   Peck  families  were  also  represented  by  sol- 
diers. 


Mexican  War.     So  far  as  we  learn,  the  town  furnished  no 
soldiers  to  the  Mexican  war. 


CHAPTEE  Y. 

CIVIL  WAR. 

'  I  ^HE  news  of  the  attack  on  Fort  Sumter,  on  the  nth  of 
-^  April,  iS6r,  awakened  the  citizens  of  Newport,  as  of  all 
parts  of  the  North,  to  a  full  sense  of  the  gravity  of  the  occasion, 
and  they  shared  in  the  general  enthusiasm  for  the  maintenance 
of  the  Union.  A  meeting  of  the  citizens  was  held  on  the  22d 
of  April,  which  was  attended  by  substantially  the  whole  adult 
population  of  the  town,  without  distinction  of  party.  This 
meeting,  with  entire  unanimity,  pledged  the  raising  of  $1,500 
for  the  fitting  out  and  support  of  such  as  might  volunteer  to  fill 
the  quota  of  the  town,  in  answer  to  the  call  of  the  President, 
then  just  issued,  for  seventy-five  thousand  men  to  serve  three 
months.  This  action  was  afterwards  ratified  by  a  legally  called 
meeting  of  the  town. 

Tiie  ladies  formed  themselves  into  an  association  for  the  pur- 
pose of  working  for  the  relief  of  the  soldiers  in  the  field,  and 
through  the  war  rendered  efficient  services  in  connection  with 
the  soldiers'  aid  societies  of  the  cotmtry. 

Ira  McL.  Barton,  Esq.,  a  promising  young  law^yer  of  the 
town,  having  received  authority  for  the  purpose,  recruited  the 
first  company  of  volunteers,  being  three-months  men,  under  the 
call  of  the  President,  of  which  he  was  commissioned  captain. 
The  company  was  in  readiness  at  the  earliest  required  moment, 
and  served  during  its  term  of  enlistment  in  the  First  N.  H. 
Regiment,  under  Col.  Mason  W.  Tappan.  At  its  return  the 
company  was  tendered  an  enthusiastic  reception  by  the  citizens 
of  the  town. 

Each  year  during  the  war  the  records  are  largely  occupied 
with  proceedings  in  aid  of  the  volunteers  of  the  town,  and  they 
show  appropriations  for  this  purpose  amounting,  in  the  wdiole. 


CIVIL    WAR.  29 

to  $70,491.78.  Each  quota  was  promptly  filled  by  volunteers, 
and  no  draft  was  necessary  during  the  war  to  keep  up  the  re- 
quired quota  of  the  town. 

Whole  number  enlisted  from  the  town,  two  hundred  and  forty. 
The  following  is  a  list  of  their  names,  with  their  officers,  regi- 
ments, companies,  and  time  of  service  : 

Ira  McL.  Barton,  captain  ist  Regt.,  Co.  D;  captain  5th  Regt.,  Co. 
E;  captain  ist  Regt.  Heavy  Artillery,  Co.  B;  promoted  to  lieutenant- 
colonel  ;  served  4  years,  2  months. 

Thomas  Sanborn,  surgeon  i6th  Regt.  from  Nov.  4,  1862,  to  June  13, 
1S63. 

Dexter  G.  Reed,  second  lieutenant  ist  Regt.,  Co.  D;  second  lieu- 
tenant 5th  Regt.,  Co.  E;  promoted  to  first  lieutenant  same  company; 
first  lieutenant  ist  Regt.  Heavy  Artillery,  Co.  B;  promoted  to  major  in 
same  regiment;  4  years,  2  months. 

Edgar  E.  Adams,  first  lieutenant  i6th  Regt.,  Co.  F;  captain  Co.  B, 
75th  Regt.  U.  S.  C.  Infantry;  promoted  to  major ;  brevetted  lieutenant- 
colonel  ;  4  years,  6  months. 

Ervin  T.  Case,  first  lieutenant  9th  Regt.,  Co.  K;  promoted  to  cap- 
tain Co.  F,  same  regiment;  3  years. 

John  B.  Cooper,  ist  Regt..  Co.  D;  captain  9th  Regt.,  Co.  K  ;  4 
years,  2  months. 

Charles  C.  Shattuck,  captain  ist  Regt.  H.  A.,  Co.  H  ;  9  months. 

Benj.  R.  Allen,  sergeant  9th  Regt.,  Co.  K;  promoted  to  second 
lieutenant;   to  first  lieutenant ;  to  captain  ;  3  years, 

J.  Woodbury  Hastings,  i6th  Regt.,  Co.  C;  captain  75th  Regt.  U.  S. 
C.  Infantry ;  1  year. 

Edward  Nettleton,  first  lieutenant  ist  Regt.,  Co.  D. ;  second  lieuten- 
ant i8th  Regt.,  Co.  K  ;  4  years,  i  month. 

Truman  L.  Heath,  first  lieutenant  ist  Regt.  Heavy  Artillery,  Co.  H; 
9  months. 

Sumner  F.  Hurd,  5th  Regt.,  Co.  E;  promoted  to  second  lieutenant 
same  company ;  to  first  lieutenant ;   i  year,  7  months. 

Prentice  H.  Wellcome,  second  lieutenant  ist  Regt.  Heavy  Artillery, 
Co.  H  ;  9  months. 

Alexander  V.  Hitchcock,  quartermaster. sergeant,  2d  Co.  Heavy  Ar- 
tillery; promoted  to  second  lieutenant  same  company;  i  year,  i  month. 

John  A.  George,  6th  Regt.,  Co.  G  ;  promoted  to  second  lieutenant; 
2  years. 

Sam  Nims,  hospital  steward,  ist  Regt.  Heavy  Artillery;  7  months. 

Paul  S.  Adams,  hospital  steward,  i6th  Regt. ;  7  months. 

Benj.  Howe,  5th  Regt.,  Co.  E;  promoted  to  second  lieutenant;  2 
years,  10  months. 


30  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

Jesse  T.  Cobb,  corporal  ist  Regt.,  Co.  D;  first  sergeant  5th  Regt., 
Co.  E  ;  I  year,  8  months. 

Charles  H.  Little,  sergeant  9th  Regt.,  Co.  K ;  wounded ;  2  years,  5 
months. 

William  Delano,  6th  Regt.,  Co.  G. ;  re-enlisted;  appointed  commis- 
sary-sergeant; 3  years,  8  months. 

James  M.  Russell,  sergeant  ist  Regt.,  Co.  D ;  re-enlisted  i6th  Regt., 
Co.  F ;  2  years,  3  months. 

Austin  Reed,  6th  Regt.,  Co.  D;  3  months;  died. 

Thomas  A.  Gilniore,  sergeant  i6th  Regt.,  Co.  F;   10  months. 

Bela  Nettleton,  musician,  i6th  Regt.,  Co.  F  ;   10  months. 

Willard  Reed,  sergeant  ist  Regt.  Heavy  Artillery,  Co.  B ;  2  years. 

Edwin  D.  Whipple,  i6th  Regt.,  Co.  F;  sergeant  Co.  H,  same  regi- 
ment; 2  3'ears,  8  months. 

Melvin  S.  Wilcox,  sth  Regt.,  Co.  E;  sergeant  ist  Regt.,  Co.  H;  3 
years,  8  months. 

George  A.  Chase,  9th  Regt.,  Co.  K ;  corporal  ist  Regt.,  Co.  H;  ser- 
geant same  company;  2  years,  10  months. 

Daniel  W.  Home,  sergeant  9th  Regt.,  Co.  K. ;  transferred  to  veteran 
reserve  corps ;  3  years. 

William  W.  Page,  sergeant  14th  Regt.,  Co.  I;  2  years,  3  months; 
died. 

Andrew  J.  Hastings,  i6th  Regt.,  Co.  F;  quartermaster-sergeant  ist 
Regt.  Heavy  Artillery,  Co.  H  ;  2  years,  8  months. 

Alvin  A.  Young,  9th  Regt.,  Co.  K  ;  2  years,  10  months. 

Sylvester  Spaulding,  corporal  9th  Regt.,  Co.  K;  promoted  to  ser- 
geant ;   I  year,  9  months  ;  killed  in  action. 

John  R.  Hall,  9th  Regt.,  Co.  K;  promoted  to  first  sergeant;  i  year, 
10  m.onths  ;  died  of  wounds. 

Gilford  L.  Hurd,  9th  Regt.,  Co.  K;  promoted  to  sergeant;  i  year,  9 
months  ;  killed  in  action. 

Richard  M.J.  Hastings,  navy;  served  onboard  steamer  Augusta,  i 
year;  corporal  ist  Regt.  Heavy  Artillery,  Co.  H  ;  9  months. 

Charles  A.  Puffer,  corporal  ist  Regt.  Heavy  Artillery,  Co.  H;  9 
months. 

Charles  C.  Gilmore,  corporal  ist  Regt.  Heavy  Artillery,  Co.  H  ;  9 
months. 

Elijah  Hutchinson,  9th  Regt.,  Co.  K ;  promoted  to  corporal ;  i  3'ear, 
9  months  ;  killed  in  action. 

Peter  Crowell,  corporal  14th  Regt.,  Co.  I ;  2  years,  9  months. 

Charles  H.  Crandall,  9th  Regt.,  Co.  K;  promoted  to  sergeant;  2 
years,  10  months. 

Edwin  R.  Miller,  corporal  9th  Regt.,  Co.  K  ;  2  years,  10  months. 


CIVIL   WAR.  31 

Henry  M.  Haines,  corporal  ist  Regt.  Heavy  Artillery,  Co.  B  ;  3  years. 
I  montli. 

Joel  S.  Blood,  corporal  9th  Regt.,  Co.  K ;  7  months. 

Henry  Tompkins,  corporal  9th  Regt.,  Co.  K;  i  year,  8  months; 
died. 

Edward  C.  Kelsey,  corporal  9th  Regt.,  Co.  K;   4  months;  died. 

Prentice  C.  Hutchinson,  corporal  9th  Regt.,  Co.  K  ;  2  years,  10 
months. 

Bela  H.  Wilco.v,  corporal  ist  Regt.  Heavy  Artillery,  Co.  B ;  2  years, 
I  month. 

Hiram  M.  Austin,  5th  Regt.,  Co.  E;  promoted  to  first  sergeant;  3 
years.  8  months. 

Richard  VV.  Allen,  i6th  Regt.,  Co.  D;  9  months. 

Dexter  W.  Allen,  ist  Reg.,  Co.  D;  i6th  Regt.,  Co.  H  ;  2  years,  3 
months. 

George  Anderson,  3d  Regt.,  Co.  F;  deserted. 

Thomas  Anderson,  5th  Regt. ;  deserted. 

James  Armstrong,  ist  Regt.  Cavalry;  deserted. 

Henry  W.  Badger,  ist  Regt.,  Co.  D;  i6th  Regt.,  Co.  H;  2  years,  3 
months. 

John  W.  Bradley,  5th  Regt.,  Co.  B;  discharged  May  17,  1865. 

Nathan  T.  Brown,  6th  Regt.,  Co.  G;  promoted  to  sergeant;  2  years. 

George  P.  Bean,  9th  Regt.,  Co.  K;  9  months  ;  died. 

Hazen  Barnard,  wagoner,  i6th  Regt.,  Co.  F;   10  months. 

Nathaniel  Bright,  i6th  Regt.,  Co.  F;  corporal  Co.  K;  2  years,  7 
months. 

Barnard  B.  Barton,  iSth  Regt,  Co.  K;  2  months. 

William  H.  Belknap,  iSth  Regt.,  Co.  K;  2  months. 

Jonathan  Blake,  9th  Regt.,  Co.  K;   i  year,  5  months. 

Josiah  H.  Bacon,  2d  Regt.,  Co.  E;  i  year,  6  months;  deserted. 

Edgar  Boyden,  14th  Regt..  Co.  I ;  2  years,  10  months. 

Albert  Boyden,  14th  Regt.,  Co.  I ;  2  years,  i  month  ;  killed. 

Ziba  C.  Barton,  14th  Regt.,  Co.  I ;  2  years,  10  months. 

George  Bates,  9th  Regt.,  Co.  F ;  i  year,  i  month ;  deserted. 

Clarke  E.  Craige,  9th  Regt.,  ^Co.  K;  transferred  to  6th  Regt.;  10 
months. 

John  Conners,  9th  Regt.,  Co.  A  ;   i  month  ;  deserted. 

Michael  Crumney,  9th  Regt. ;  deserted. 

Hial  Comstock,  i6th  Regt.,  Co.  F;  7  months;  died. 

Truman  C.  Cutting,  i6th  Regt.,  Co.  E;  9  months. 

Warren  Colby,  9th  Regt.,  Co.  K;  5  months;  killed, 

George  Comstock,  ist  Regt.,  Co.  D  ;  3  months. 

James  Call,  ist  Regt.  Heavy  Artillery,  Co.  H  ;  9  months. 


32  HISTORY    OF   NEWPORT. 

Alvah  S.  Chase,  ist  Regt.  Heavy  Artillery,  Co.  H ;  9  months. 

Henry  Cutting,  ist  Regt.  Heavy  Artillery,  Co.  H  ;  9  months. 

Edward    Cochrain,    ist  Regt.,  Co.  D;  6th  Regt.,  Co.  G ;   i   year,  3 
months  ;  killed  at  Bull  Run. 

Charles  Collins,   ist  Regt.,  Co.  D. ;  5th  Regt.,   Co.   E ;  2  years,  7 
months ;  deserted. 

George  F.  Cram,  14th  Regt.,  Co.  I ;  2  years,  11  months. 

Jonathan  Crowell,  14th  Regt.,  Co.  I;  2  years;  died. 

Henry  Currier,  14th  Regt.,  Co.  I ;  2  years,  3  months;  died. 

William  Collins,  2d  U.  S.  Sharpshooters,  Co.  G. ;   i  year,  4  months. 

Charles  H.  Comstock,  6th  Regt.,  Co.  I;  3  months;  died. 

Reuben  Craige,  ist  Regt.  Heavy  Artillery,  Co.  B;  2  years. 

Ebenezer  F.  Corbin,    ist  Regt.  Heavy  Artillery,   Co.  B;   i   year,  8 
months. 

David  Carlisle,  veteran  reserve  corps. 

Joseph  R.  Corey,  veteran  reserve  corps. 

John  Canny,  ist  Regt.  Cavalry,  Troop  E;  4  months. 

Joseph  E.  Dean,  9th  Regt.,  Co.  K;  i  year;  died. 

Frank  P.  Dudley,  ist  Regt.  Heavy  Artillery,  Co.  H  ;  9  months. 

Ira  C.  Dowlin,  3d  Regt.,  Co.  B  ;  3  years. 

Daniel  Dowder,  4th  Regt. ;  deserted. 

Lewis  DafFer,  7th  Regt.,  Co.  E;  5  months;  deserted. 

Hall  W.  Davis,  i6th  Regt.,  Co.  F  ;   10  months. 

Harry  Downs,  nth  Regt.;  deserted. 

Patrick  Donahue,  9th  Regt.,  Co.  D;   11  months;  deserted. 

William  O.  Emerson,  7th  Regt.,  Co.  K;  7  months;  died. 

William  G.  Egan,  9th  Regt.,  Co.    K;  transferred  to  6th  Regt.; 
year,  7  months. 

Frank  Elkins,  ist  Regt.  Cavalry,  Troop  I;  4 months. 

Luther  W.  Fitch,  ist  Regt.  Heavy  Artillery,  Co.  B  ;  2  year,  2  months; 
died. 

George  C.  Foss,  5th  Regt.,  Co.  E;  died  of  wounds. 

Luther  J.  Fitch,  14th  Regt.,  Co.  I ;  2  years,  10  months. 

William  H.  Flanders,  i6th  Regt.,  Co.  D  ;  9  months. 

John  Foote,  i8th  Regt.,  Co.  K;  2  months. 

Charles  F.  Foote,  i8th  Regt.,  Co.  K;  2  months. 

Charles  M.  Farr,  ist  Regt.  Cavalry,  Troop  C;  promoted  to  first  ser- 
geant ;   I  year,  3  months. 

John  Finnigan,  ist  Regt.  Cavalry,  Troop  R;  4  months. 

Charles  H.  Fellows,  ist  Regt.  Cavalry,  Troop  I ;  4  months. 

Ira  P.  George,  3d  Regt.,  Co.  B;  2  years,  8  months;  wounded. 

Daniel  W.  George,  5th  Regt.,  Co.  E;  3  years. 

Alma  P.  Goodrich,  ist  Regt.  Heavy  Artillery,  Co.  H  ;  9  months. 


CIVIL   WAR.  33 

Jacob  R.  Hutchinson,  ist  Rcgt.,  Co.  D;  9th  Regt.,  Co.  K ;  4  years, 
I  month. 

George  A.  Hutchinson,  9th  Regt.,  Co.  K ;  one  year,  6  months;  died. 

William  Hoben,  6th  Regt.,  Co.  G. ;  7  months. 

Charles  H.  Hall,  5th  Regt.,  Co.  E;   i  year;  died. 

John  H.  Hunter,  5th  Regt.,  Co.  E;   i  year,  3  months. 

Benj.  F.  Haven,  9th  Regt.,  Co.  K;  died  in  rebel  prison. 

Henry  H.  Haven,  9th  Regt.,  Co.  K  ;  promoted  to  corporal ;  2  years, 
10  months. 

William  C.  Hurd,  1st  Regt.,  Co.  B;  2  years,  I  month. 

John  C.  Harris,  ist  Regt.  Heavy  Artillery,  Co.  B.  ;  2  years,  i  month. 

William  A.  Humphrey,  ist  Regt.  Heavy  Artillery,  Co.  H;  9  months. 

Mitchell  W.  Home,  i6th  Regt.,  Co.  F;  10  months. 

Moses  Hoyt,  i6th  Regt.,  Co.  F;   10  months. 

Henry  S.  Howard,  i6th  Regt.,  Co.  F;   10  months. 

Elroy  S.  Home,  i6th  Regt.,  Co.  F;   10  months. 

Abiel  L.  Haven,  15th  Regt.,  Co.  I;  transferred  to  veteran  reserve 
corps;   I  year,  11  months. 

William  A.  Hutchinson,  ist  Regt.  Cavalry,  Troop  I ;  5  months. 

Lyman  B.  Hastings,  14th  Regt.,  Co.  H  ;   10  months. 

Robert  Harris,  9th  Regt. ;  deserted. 

George  Howard,  9th  Regt.;  deserted. 

Albert  C.  Home,  5th  Regt.,  Co.  G;  deserted. 

Hugh  Higgins,  4th  Regt.,  Co.  E;  8  months. 

Alamendo  Heath,  nth  Regt.,  Co.  F;  i  year,  7  months. 

Amos  Hastings,  2d  U.  S.  Sharpshooters,  Co.  G;  i  year,  9  months. 

Antoine  Hockman,  9th  Regt.,  Co.  C;  5  months;  killed. 

Arthur  H.  Ingram,  i6th  Regt.,  Co.  B;  9  months. 

Sylvester  S.  Ingalls,  iSth  Regt.,  Co.  K;  2  months. 

Frederick  A.  Johnson,  5th  Regt.,  Co.  E;  re-enlisted;  2  years,  4 
months. 

Edward  B.  Johnson,  5th  Regt.,  Co.  E;  11  months. 

Charles  A.  Jackson,  navy;  served  on  board  steamer  Augusta  i  year. 

Williams  Kennedy,  ist  Regt.  Cavalry,  Troop  I;  9  months;  died  of 
wounds. 

Michael  Kelliher,  2d  Regt.,  Co.  B;  2  months. 

George  W.  Kelsey,  ist  Regt.  Heavy  Artillery,  Co.  B;  2  years,  i 
month. 

John  C.  Kelley,  ist  Regt.  Heavy  Artillery.  Co.  H;  9  months. 

Roswell  J.  Kelsey,  ist  Regt.  Co.  D;  9th  Regt.,  Co.  K;  4  years,  i 
month. 

Frank  J.  Lattimer,  ist  Regt.  Heavy  Artillery,  Co.  B;  2  years,  i 
month. 


34  HISTORY   OF   NEWPORT. 

Joseph  Leeds,  i6th  Regt.,  Co.  I;  8  months;  died. 
Frederick  H.  Lull,  musician,  i8th  Regt.,  Co.  K ;  2  months. 
Edgar  Lary,  5th  Regt.,  Co.  B ;   i  year,  2  months;  deserted. 
Chester  S.  Marshall,  ist  Regt.  Heavy  Artillery,  Co.  H;  6  months. 
Chauncey  Marshall,  ist  Regt.  Heavy  Artillery,  Co.  H;  9  months. 
Sullivan  Marston,  ist  Regt.  Cavalry,  Troop  A;  i  year,  3  months. 
Perry  Miner,  5th  Regt.,  Co.  E;  i  year,  5  months. 
John  Munnigan,  ist  Regt.  Cavalry,  Troop  B;  deserted. 
Peter  McGlone,  6th  Regt.,  Co.  G.;  deserted. 
David  M.  Marshall,  18th  Regt.,  Co.  K;  i  month. 
James  McCarty,  ist  Regt.  Cavalry;  deserted. 

Francis   Mullen,   3d    Regt.,   Co.    C;    4   months  ;   dishonorably   dis- 
charged. 

Andrew  J.  Moody,  5th  Regt.,  Co.  H. 
Freeman  W.  Nourse,  i6th  Regt.,  Co.  F;  10  months. 
Joseph  Nelson,  9th  Regt.;  deserted. 
Patrick  Owens,  6th  Regt.,  Co.  G;  i  year,  7  months. 
Samuel  B.  Ordway,  ist  Regt.  Heavy  Artillery,  Co.  H  ;  9  months. 
Nathan  R.  Osmer,  5th  Regt.,  Co.  E;  11  months;  killed. 
Edmund  Parker,  5th  Regt.,  Co.  B;  8  months. 
John  Phillips,  7th  Regt.,  Co.  G;   i  year;  died. 

James  C.  Parrish,  5th  Regt.,  Co.  H;  re-enlisted  as  corporal;  2  years, 
3  months. 

John  Peterson,  5th  Regt.,  Co.  E;  10  months. 
John  S.  Preston,  1st  Regt.  Cavalry,  Troop  E;  4  months. 
William  H.  Perry,  9th  Regt.,  Co.  K:  i  year,  11  months. 
Edwin  A.  Perry,  ist  Regt.  Heavy  Artillery,  Co.  H;  9  months. 
Philander  H.  Peck,  14th  Regt.,  Co.  I ;  5  months ;  died. 
John  M.  Page,  14th  Regt.,  Co.  I ;  2  years,  10  months. 
Clarence  F.  Pike,  4th  Regt.,  Co.  I ;   i  year,  5  months. 
James  C.  Parker,  9th  Regt.,  Co.  K ;   i  year,  2  months. 

Asahel  Putnam,  7th  Regt.,  Co.  K  ;  2  years,  10  months. 

Jameson  A.  Putnam,  9th  Regt.,  Co.  K  ;   i  year,  2  months  ;  died. 

Samuel  L.  Pike,  i6th  Regt  ,  Co.  F ;  9  months;  died. 

Lucius  P.  Reed,  ist  Regt.  Heavy  Artillery,  Co.  H;  9  months. 

Wallace  L.  Reed,  i6th  Regt.,  Co.  I ;  9  months. 

Davis  B.  Robertson,  ist   Regt.  Cavalry,  Troop  C;   i  year,  3  months. 

John  D.  Roberts,  ist  Regt.  Cavalry,  Troop  A ;  i  year,  4  months. 

Elmidore  Roberts,  i8th  Regt.,  Co.  K ;  2  months. 

Asa  Richardson,  wagoner,  6th  Regt.,  Co.  G;  i  year,  i  month. 

George  C.  Roundy,  2d  Regt.  U.  S.  Sharpshooters,  Co.  G ;  6  months. 

Alonzo  Reed,  8th  Regt.,  Co.  K  ;  i  year,  4  months. 

George  Richardson,  6th  Regt.,  Co.  G;  i  year,  8  months;  died. 


CIVIL   WAR.  35 

Preston  Reed,  corporal  ist  Regt.  Heavy  Artillery,  Co.  B;  2  years,  i 
month. 

Jeremiah  P.  Recldington,  9th  Regt.,  Co.  K  ;  2  months;  died. 

David  Z.  Robbins,  14th  Regt.,  Co.  I ;  enlisted  in  veteran  reserve 
corps  ;  3  years,  i  month. 

Henry  A.Reynolds,  3d  Regt.,  Co.  B;  re-enlisted;  3  years,  ir 
months. 

John  Ryan,  nth  Regt. ;  deserted. 

Lawrence  Reath,  4th  Regt.,  Co.  F;  8  months. 

Oliver  F.  Stearns,  i6th  Regt.,  Co.  F;   10  months. 

Andrew  J.  Sawyer,  9th  Regt.,  Co.  K;  transferred  to  veteran  reserve 
corps ;  3  years. 

Gardner  Sweet,  3d  Regt., Co.  B;  2  years,  10  months;  deserted. 

Ruel  Sawins,  9th  Regt.,  Co.  K;   i  year,  3  months. 

Israel  Sanborn,  9th  Regt.,  Co.  K ;   i  year,  7  months ;  died. 

Daniel  Spaulding,  9th  Regt.,  Co.  E;  3  years. 

Edward  Siddell,  ist  Regt.  Cavalry,  Troop  B;  i  year,  4  months. 

William  S.  Sischo,  ist  Regt.,  Co.  D;  2d  U.  S.  Sharpshooters,  Co. 
G:  3  years,  7  months. 

John  H.  Shattuck,  ist  Regt.  Heavy  Artillery,  Co.  H  ;  9  months. 

Daniel  L.  Straw,  ist  Regt.  Heavy  Artillery,  Co.  H  ;  9  months. 

Joseph  Sennott,  ist  Regt.  Cavalry,  Troop  B;  4  months. 

Charles  H.  Stockwcll,  14th  Regt.,  Co.  I ;  2  years,  10  months. 

Moses  P.  Sinclair,  veteran  reserve  corps ;  2  years,  5  months. 

Simon  C.  Smith,  14th  Regt.,  Co.  H  ;   11  months. 

Charles  F.  Smith,  9th  Regt. ;  deserted. 

William  Snow,  5th  Regt. ;  deserted. 

Arthur  Sykes,  5th  Regt.,  Co.  C.  ;  4  months;  died. 

William  Smith,  ist  Regt.,  Co.  D  ;  3  months. 

Charles  St.  Clair,  4th  Regt.,  Co.  E;  deserted. 

Eli  Tompkins,  3d  Regt.,  Co.  B;  3  years,  3  months;  died  of  wounds. 

Frank  S.  Taylor,  5th  Regt.,  Co.  E;  re-enlisted;  3  years,  8  months. 

Simon  A.  Tenney,  ist  Regt.  Heavy  Artillery,  Co.  B;  promoted  to 
corporal ;  2  years,  i  month. 

John  P.  Tilton,  ist  Regt.  Heavy  Artillery,  Co.  H  ;  9  months. 

Patrick  TufTee,  9th  Regt.,  Co.  K  ;  deserted. 

Daniel  W.  Thompson,  ist  Regt.  Cavalry,  Troop  G;   i  year;  died. 

Charles  C.  Webber,  i6th  Regt.,  Co.  E  ;  9  months. 

Charles  D.  Worcester,  i6th  Regt.,  Co.  F ;   10  months. 

Sylvester  B.  Warren,  9th  Regt.,  Co.  K;  promoted  to  corporal;  2 
years,  10  months. 

Albert  Wright,  9th  Regt.,  Co.  K  ;  4  months  ;  died. 

Marcine  Whitcomb,  i6th  Regt.,  Co.  C;  9  months. 

Richard  A.  Webber,  i6th  Regt.,  Co.  B;  9  months. 


36  HISTORY   OF   NEWPORT. 

Aaron  A.  Wyman,  ist  Regt.  Heavy  Artillery,  Co.  B;  i  year,  5 
months. 

George  Williams,  9th  Regt. ;  deserted. 

Charles  E.  Wiggin,  1st  Regt.  Cavalry,  Troop  E ;  4  months. 

James  P.  Wheeler,  ist  Regt.  Cavalry,  Troop  K  ;  re-enlisted  ;  7  months; 
captured  August,  1864;  died  in  hands  of  the  enemy. 

Calvin  H.  Whitney,  ist  Regt.  Heavy  Artillery,  Co.  B. ;  2  years,  I 
month. 

Calvin  W.Wright,  ist  Regt.  Heavy  Artillery,  Co.  B;  2  years,  i 
month. 

William  Wallace,  14th  Regt.,  Co.  I ;  promoted  to  corporal ;  2  years, 
5  months. 

David  G.  Wilmarth,  navy;  served  i  year  on  board  U.  S.  sloop  Dale. 

John  Wilson,  9th  Regt.,  Co.  F.  ;  10  months. 

Charles  Williams,  4th  Regt.,  Co.  I ;  8  months;  died  of  wounds. 

George  Williams,  9th  Regt. ;  deserted. 

Martin  L.  Whittier,  navy ;  on  board  steamer  Augusta ;  i  year. 

Charles  B.  York,  ist  Regt.  Heavy  Artillery,  Co.  B;  i  year,  10 
months. 

The  following  are  a  few  of  the  many  natives  of  Newport 
who  enlisted  from  other  places  during  the  Civil  War  : 

George  Hallet  Cheney,  on  staff  of  Gen.  Nickerson  ;  division  provost- 
marshal. 

Mason  W.  Tappan,  colonel  of  ist  N.  H.  Regt. 

George  W.  Brovv'n,  navy,  N.  Y. ;  master  two  years ;  lieutenant  2 
years. 

Samuel  J.  Allen,  m.  d.,  surgeon  in  Vt.  regt. 

Bela  N.  Stevens,  Concord,  surgeon  at  Washington,  D.  C. 

Joseph  Augustus  Chapin,  hospital  steward.  Miss. 

Martin  V.  B.  Wilmarth,  son  of  John,  3d  Mich.  Cavalry. 

Milton  E.  Pike,  Vt.  Vols. 

Job  Puffer,  14th  Conn.  Regt.,  age  23. 

Elias  Bush  Bascom,  captain  in  5th  Iowa  Regt. 

Wallace  Bascom,  2d  Mass.  Regt. ;  shot  through  the  heart  at  Gettys- 
burg. 

James  P.  Bascomb,  9th  N.  H. 

E.  M.  Kempton,  3d  N.  H.  Regt. 

Hiram  C.  Hall,  Croydon. 

Nathan  T.  Brown,  acting  master-mate  U.  S.  Navy. 

Charles  Belknap. 

George  Eugene  Belknap  (see  sketch). 

Albert  Nettleton,  son  of  Daniel,  ist;  general  in  regular  army. 


CHAPTER  YI. 

STATE  MILITIA. 

'  J  'HE  town  was  settled  amid  the  stirring  events  of  the  Revo- 
■^  hition,  and  hence  the  people  knew  how  to  value  our  mili- 
tar}'  system,  knowing,  as  they  did,  from  personal  experience, 
how  much  of  peril,  of  hardship,  and  of  patriotism  was  implied 
in  the  term  "  citizen  soldier."  It  had  wrought  out  for  them  a 
country  and  all  of  its  manifold  blessings,  and  they  clung  to  it 
w^ith  an  abiding  interest  for  more  than  three  fourths  of  a  cen- 
tury. 

Musters.  The  annual  muster,  next  to  the  Fourth  of  July, 
was  always  considered  as  one  of  the  most  important  and  at- 
tractive days  in  the  whole  year.  On  these  occasions  all  the 
companies  in  the  regiment,  some  twelve  or  thirteen  in  number, 
and  comprising  some  six  or  eight  hundred  men,  were  called  to- 
gether. They  were  inspected  and  reviewed  by  the  general  and 
his  staft',  and  then  formed  into  a  hollow  square,  with  the  gen- 
eral and  staff,  and  field  officers  of  the  regiment,  in  the  centre, 
when  a  prayer  was  made  by  the  chaplain,  and  the  general  de- 
livered a  speech.  This  was  followed  by  an  intermission,  after 
which  the  regiment  was  again  formed  into  line,  and  went 
through  various  evolutions,  marching  and  counter-marching, 
and  the  whole  was  concluded  by  a  grand  sham-fight. 

There  was  much  that  was  exciting  and  attractive  on  these 
occasions.  The  graceful  waving  of  the  many  elegant  banners, 
the  neat  uniforms  of  the  soldiers,  the  showy  and  costly  uniforms 
of  the  officers,  the  music,  which,  in  addition  to  drums  and  fifes, 
consisted  sometimes  of  half  a  dozen  choice  bands,  the  patriotic 
speech  of  the  commanding  general,  often  eloquent,  the  rush- 
ing tramp  of  the  cavalry,  the  beautiful  display  of  the  whole  reg- 


38  HISTORY   OF   NEWPORT. 

iment  in  motion  as  it  passed  in  review,  and,  more  than  all, 
the  sham-fight,  in  which  the  whole  regiment,  cheered  by  the 
loudest  strains  of  all  the  bands  and  drums  and  fifes,  was  en- 
gaged in  a  furious  combat,  which  filled  the  whole  region  with 
the  smoke  and  noise  of  battle. 

One  of  the  most  successful  musters  here  was  in  1842.  The 
regiment,  then  commanded  by  Col.  Jacob  Reddington,  Gov. 
Hubbard,  commander-in-chief  of  the  militia  of  the  state,  and 
Maj.  Gen.  Hunt,  who  had  command  of  the  third  division,  at- 
tended by  their  suites,  were  present.  The  ranks  were  full  and 
the  day  fine.  The  infantry  companies  then  appeared  for  the 
first  time  with  new  uniforms,  new  arms  furnished  by  the  state, 
and  new  banners.  Gov.  Hubbard  made  a  most  eloquent  ad- 
dress. 

Training  Days,  which  were  in  May,  and  in  the  autumn,  a 
few  days  previous  to  the  annual  muster,  were  days  of  interest. 
On  these  occasions  all  the  companies  in  town  would  in  the 
earlier  period  meet  at  the  old  church  at  the  foot  of  Claremont 
hill,  form  into  line,  and  march  to  the  tavern  which  stood 
near  the  residence  of  Hon.  R.  P.  Claggett,  where  they  would 
be  inspected,  imbibe  their  spiritual  rations,  and  perform  vari- 
ous evolutions.  Ezra  Parmelee,  Jesse  Wilcox,  Josiah  Stevens, 
Elkanah  Carpenter,  and  Josiah  Wakefield  were  among  the  most 
prominent  ofiicers  of  that  day. 

Among  the  citizens  of  this  town   who  have  held  positions  in 
the  state  militia  are  the  following: 

Rali^h  Metcalf,  Governor  and  Commander-in-Chief. 

governor's  staff. 

Edmund  Burke,  Aid  to  Gov.  Hubbard. 
Edmund  Wheeler,  Aid  to  Gov.  Williams. 
Martin  W.  Burke,  Aid  to  Gov.  Weston. 
Samuel  M.  Wheeler,  Aid  to  Gov.  Stearns. 

division  commander. 
Maj.  Gen.  Edward  Wyman,  commander  of  third  division. 


STATE   MILITIA. 


39 


DIVISION  AND   BRIGADE   STAFF. 

Simeon  Wheeler,  Jr.,  inspector,  staff  of  Maj.  Gen.  Wyman. 

Bela  Nettleton,  aid  to  Brig.  Gen.  Carey. 

Benj.  B.  French,  quartermaster,  staff  of  Brig.  Gen.  Glidden. 

Wm.  H.  Cheney,  aid,  staff  of  Gen.  Glidden. 

Henry  E.  Baldwin,  quartermaster,  staff  of  Maj.  Gen.  Newton. 

David  Dickey,  brigade  inspector,  staff  of  Gen.  Wyman. 

Edmund  Burke,  inspector,  staff  of  Gen.  Newton. 


Phineas  Chapin, 
Erastus  Baldwin, 
William  Cheney, 
Jeremiah  D.  Walcott, 


Josiah  Stevens, 
Jesse  Wilcox, 
John  H.  Patch, 


Calvin  Call, 
Cyrus  Barton, 
Edmund  Wheeler, 


REGIMENTAL   OFFICERS. 

Colonels. 

Benjamin  Carr, 
Josiah  Stevens,  Jr., 
Edward  Wyman, 
Jessiel  Perry, 

Majors. 

Josiah  Wakefield, 
Erastus  Newton, 
Sullivan  G.  Pike, 

Adjutants. 

Simeon  Wheeler, 
Francis  Boardman, 
Lewis  Smith, 


Charles  Corbin, 
Jacob  Reddington, 
Daniel  Nettleton, 
Benj.  M.  Gilmore. 


Cyrus  B.  Howe. 


Hartford  Sweet, 
John  Day, 
Lyman  Gould. 


OHAPTEE    VII. 

MEDICAL. 

BY  J.    L.    SWETT,    M.  D. 


<  i 


A  PHYSICIAN  should  not  only  be  ever  ready  to  obey 
-^^^  the  calls  of  the  sick,  but  his  mind  ought  also  to  be 
imbued  with  the  greatness  of  his  mission,  and  the  responsibility 
he  habitually  incurs  in  its  discharge.  These  obligations  are  the 
more  deep  and  enduring,  because  there  is  no  tribunal  other  than 
his  own  conscience  to  adjudge  penalties  for  carelessness  or  neg- 
lect. Physicians  should,  therefore,  minister  to  the  sick  with 
due  impressions  of  the  importance  of  their  office,  reflecting  that 
the  ease,  the  health,  and  the  lives  of  those  committed  to  their 
charge  depend  on  their  skill,  attention,  and  fidelity.  They 
should  study,  also,  in  their  deportment,  so  to  unite  te?zderness 
y^\\h  Jirmness^  and  condescensio7i  with  authority^  as  to  insj^ire 
the  minds  of  their  patients  with  gratitude,  respect,  and  confi- 
dence." 

From  an  examination  of  the  earl}'^  records  of  the  town,  and 
from  conversation  with  some  of  the  oldest  inhabitants,  it  is  as- 
certained tliat  the  medical  profession,  an  important  element  in 
every  community,  has,  from  an  early  period  in  the  history  of 
Newport,  been  represented  by  men  of  character,  influence,  and 
ability  ;  and  though  little  is  now  known  of  those  here  previous 
to  the  year  1790,  yet  that  little  is  such  as  to  warrant  pleasant 
impressions,  and  aflbrd  assurances  of  devotion  to  the  interests 
of  their  calling.  Of  these,  brief  mention  may  be  made  of  Dr. 
Aaron  Mack,  who  was  the  first  physician  to  attempt  a  settle- 
ment here.  He  was  born  in  Hebron,  N.  H.,Jan.  11,  1761  ; 
read  medicine,  and  came  here  in  17S5.  He  was  married  in 
this  town,  Dec.  29,  of  the  same  year,  to  Martha  Newton,  of 


1  MEDICAL,  41 

Groton  ;  nnd  to  them  a  daughter  was  born,  Nov,  23,  1 7S6,  whom 
they  called  Polly.  He  was  here  but  a  short  tune  afterwards, 
and  the  remainder  of  his  history  is  unknown.  Dii,  Hexry 
Bliss  was  his  successor.  He  came  in  17S7,  and  while  here 
acted  in  the  capacity  of  both  physician  and  preacher.  He, 
also,  soon  left. 

At  the  historical  celebration,  in  1846,  it  was  reported  that 
Mrs.  Jeremiah  Nettletox,  who  came  to  this  town  in  1779, 
possessed  unusual  skill  as  a  midwife,  and  that  in  the  winter  of 
17S0  she  walked  the  distance  of  three  miles,  on  snow-shoes,  to 
discharge  professional  duties.  It  was  also  stated,  that  on  an- 
other occasion,  and  for  a  like  purpose,  she  was  drawn  by  four 
men  to  New  London  on  a  hand-sled,  the  men  walking  on  snow- 
shoes. 

About  1790,  Dr.  James  Corbin,  the  first  physician  and  sur- 
geon whose  settlement  was  permanent,  established  himself  here, 
and  commenced  practice.  There  are  those  yet  living  who  not 
only  have  distinct  recollection  of  the  manners  and  merits  of 
this  pioneer  physician,  but  who  have  also  had  acquaintance 
with  all  who  have  succeeded  him  to  the  present  time.  Such, 
and  many  others,  will  be  ready  to  bear  cheerful  testimony  to 
the  fidelity  of  the  medical  profession  in  Newport  in  the  dis- 
charge of  their  duties,  both  to  the  sick  and  to  the  community, 
and  can  decide  how  far  their  general  deportment  and  their  devo- 
tion to  the  trusts  reposed  in  them  have  conformed  to  the  require- 
ments specified  at  the  beginning  of  this  article.  It  is  a  notable 
fact,  that  the  active  professional  lives  of  three  individuals, — Drs. 
Corbin,  McGregor,  and  Swett, — cover  the  entire  period,  from 
the  first  established  physician,  in  1790,  to  the  present  time. 
This  embraces  a  term  of  eighty-six  years,  and  reflects  credit 
upon  the  community  for  stability  of  purpose,  and  respect  for 
the  profession  which  has  done  so  much  to  assuage  the  sorrows 
of  life,  to  lengthen  its  duration,  and  free  it  from  every  clement 
incompatible  with  the  highest  enjoyment. 

Dr.  James  Corbin  was  born  in  Dudley,  Mass.,  in  1762,  Very 
little  is  known  respecting  his  ancestry,  his  own  youth,  or  his 
early  educational  advantages;  but  he  read  medicine  with  Dr. 
Corey,  of  Sturbridge,  ]\Iass.,  and  afterwards  with  Dr.  Hamil- 
ton, an  eminent  surgeon,  of  Somers,  Conn,,  with  whom  he 
4 


42  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

also  practised  some  time.  He  came  here  about  the  close  of  the 
year  1790.  At  that  period  Newport  and  the  adjoining  towns 
were  comparatively  a  wilderness.  The  pojDulation  was  widely 
separated  ;  and  the  roads  were  rugged,  and  often  led  through 
dense  forests.  Notwithstanding  these  disadvantages,  the  doctor 
had  resolved  that  this  should  be  his  abiding-place,  and  the  field 
for  the  exercise  of  his  professional  skill.  The  sequel  soon 
justified  the  wisdom  of  the  decision,  as  he  was  at  once  intro- 
duced into  a  laborious  if  not  into  an  immediately  lucrative  prac- 
tice ;  for  his  services  were  in  demand  not  only  at  home,  but 
throughout  all  this  part  of  the  country.  His  chief  mode  of 
travel  was  upon  horseback  ;  and  the  amount  of  labor,  fatigue, 
and  exposure  encountered  through  his  whole  life  was  great. 
Still  he  found  time  to  keep  himself  tolerably  well  posted  in  the 
improvements  of  his  profession,  the  literature  of  which  was 
much  more  meagre  then  than  at  present. 

In  addition  to  his  love  for  his  profession,  and  the  deep  solic- 
itude felt  for  the  best  interests  of  the  sick.  Dr.  Corbin  also  had 
strong  desires  for  agricultural  pursuits,  to  gratify  which  he  pur- 
chased an  extensive  tract  of  land,  a  mile  or  two  from  the  village  ; 
and,  in  order  that  the  opei'ations  might  be  more  immediately 
under  his  observation,  he  left  the  village,  and  moved  on  to  the 
farm.  Here,  without  abandoning  his  practice,  he  erected  sub- 
stantial buildings,  cultivated  his  broad  acres,  and  surrounded 
them  with  stone  walls,  which  are  to  this  day  an  enduring  mon- 
ument of  his  enterprise.  He  ever  looked  with  pleasure  and  a 
just  pride  upon  his  well-tilled  fields,  his  well-filled  barns,  his 
well-stored  granary  and  larder,  as  well  as  upon  his  choicely  se- 
lected horses,  cattle,  and  sheep  ;  and  from  these  abundant  sup- 
plies, the  poor,  in  their  sickness  and  destitution,  were  often 
sharers  of  his  munificence. 

Dr.  Corbin  was  a  good  townsman  and  reliable  friend,  as  well 
as  a  kind  and  affectionate  husband  and  father.  He  was  cheer- 
ful in  his  disposition,  a  lover  of  company,  and  fond  of  a  story. 
Many  amusing  anecdotes  of  him  have  been  related,  one  of 
which  will  suffice:  Returning  to  his  house  at  a  midnight 
hour,  he  noticed  a  man  hastily  leaving  his  cellar  window. 
Qiiickly  dismounting,  he  at  once  observed  by  the  widow  a  bas- 
ket of  pork.     Stationing  himself  by  it,  he  was  soon  approached 


MEDICAL.  43 

by  a  man  from  within,  who  passed  up  to  him  more  pork,  and 
said, — "I  iiave  reached  the  last  laying;  had  I  better  get  any 
more?"  "Yes,"  was  tlie  rcpl}',  "get  the  whole,  and  then  come 
quietly  out."  He  obeyed  the  direction,  but,  to  his  utter  sur- 
prise, was  confronted  by  the  proprietor  of  the  mansion.  The 
matter  was  generously  compromised,  the  invaders  humbly  con- 
fessing, and  imploring  concealment.  The  reply  was, — "Your 
natnes  shall  never  be  disclosed  :  \\\q  facts  are  mine,  and  I  will 
not  relinquish  my  right  to  relate  them." 

Dr.  C.  was  a  member  of  the  Masonic  fraternity.     He  died 
Jan.  i6,  1826,  aged  64  years. 

Dr.  William  Joslyn,  who  had  been  a  teacher  for  some  time, 
studied  medicine  with  Dr.  Corbin,  and  commenced  practice  in 
this  town  in  1S04.  After  a  residence  here  of  six  years,  he 
moved  to  Waitsfield,  Vt.,  where  he  was  long  engaged  in  a  good 
and  successful  business,  and  died  there,  June  33,  1S34.  He 
married  Miss  Rebecca  Perry,  of  this  town,  a  sister  of  Col. 
Jessiel  Perry. 

Dr.  Arnold  Ellis  was  one  of  the  early  practitioners  of 
Newport,  and,  while  here  as  a  physician,  acted  also  in  the  ca- 
pacities of  post-master,  town-clerk,  and  jeweller.  He  was  a  son 
of  Jacob  Ellis,  and  was  born  in  Meriden,  Conn.,  Oct.  29,  1776. 
From  Newport  he  went  to  Sutton,  where  he  spent  several 
years,  and  from  thence  to  Newbury,  where  he  died  at  an  ad- 
vanced age.  He  married  Elizabeth  Dudley,  and,  at  her  decease, 
Hannah,  daughter  of  Matthew  Buel. 

Dr.  John  B.  McGregor  was  a  native  of  this  town,  and  a  son 
of  Lieut.  John  McGregor,  who,  in  1 7S0,  while  yet  a  young  man, 
came  from  Connecticut  to  this  place.  He  selected  a  tract  of 
land  in  the  north-westerly  part  of  the  town,  where  Augustus 
Wylie  now  lives,  and  in  this  wilderness  commenced  the  felling 
of  trees,  and  other  operations,  preparatory  to  a  homestead.  He 
succeeded  in  getting  a  few  acres  cleared  and  sowed  with  grain 
the  first  season,  built  him  a  log  house,  and  returned  to  Connecti- 
cut to  pass  the  winter.  The  following  spring  he  was  married, 
and  with  his  wife  came  back  to  Newport  and  took  possession 
of  the  cabin.  Here  Providence  smiled  upon  their  labors  ;  pri- 
meval forests  disappeared,  and  gave  place  to  fields  of  waving 
grass  and  grain,  and  to  pastures  covered  with  happy  herds. 


44  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT, 

The  log  cabin  was  soon  exchanged  for  a  more  tasteful,  conven- 
ient, and  spacious  habitation.  To  them  children  were  born, 
and,  on  the  27th  of  March,  17S7,  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  who 
passed  his  childhood  and  youth  at  the  paternal  home.  Having 
acquired  suitable  age  and  education,  he  pursued  the  study  of 
medicine  with  Dr.  Corbin,  attended  lectures  at  Dartmouth  col- 
lege, and  graduated  there  in  1S09.  '^^^^  following  year  he  com- 
menced practice  in  this  town,  where  for  more  than  a  quarter 
of  a  century  he  was  engaged  in  an  extensive  professional  busi- 
ness, and  shared  largely  the  confidence,  esteem,  and  affection 
of  the  whole  communit3\ 

Dr.  McGregor  was  a  great  admirer  of  Dr.  Benjamin  Rush, 
and  studied  his  writings  with  unalloyed  delight.  In  his  prac- 
tice he  was  bold  and  decided,  and  in  his  opinions  positive.  He 
was  a  good  citizen,  a  friend  of  order,  education,  and  religion. 
In  manners  he  was  cultured,  affable,  and  polite,  while  all  the 
impulses  of  his  nature  were  generous  almost  to  a  fault.  These 
qualities  of  character,  combined  with  his  public  spirit,  made 
him  exceedingly  popular,  both  as  a  man  and  a  physician,  and 
enabled  him  to  exert  a  wide  inffuence  in  the  neighborhood.  He 
was  a  great  lover  of  sacred  music,  was  for  many  years  the 
leader  of  the  choir  in  the  South  church,  and  was  chieffy  instru- 
mental in  procuring  the  organ  that  so  long  graced  that  temple 
of  worship,  and  pealed  forth  melodious  sounds  in  harmony 
with  devotion. 

In  the  autumn  of  1S3S,  Dr.  McGregor  left  Newport  and  went 
to  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  for  the  purpose  of  being  with  his  daughter 
Marion,  the  distinguished  pianist  and  organist,  who  was  estab- 
lished there  ;  but  the  change  was  not  promotive  of  his  happi- 
ness. The  interruption  of  life-long  associations,  together  with 
pecuniary  embarrassments  which  had  overtaken  him,  so  sad- 
dened and  depressed  him  that  he  ceased  to  be  what  he  before 
had  been.  From  this  time  he  had  no  permanent  abiding-place, 
but  vibrated  between  his  new  and  his  old  home,  for  which  he 
cherished  the  strongest  affection,  until  death  closed  his  check- 
ered life  while  visiting  a  daughter  at  Davenport,  Iowa,  on  the 
14th  of  September,  1S65,  in  the  eightieth  year  of  his  age.  His 
remains,  were  brought  to  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  and  placed  by  the 
side  of  those  of  his  wife,  who,  on  the  2Sth  of  September.  1S56, 
dreceded  him  to  the  Spirit  Land. 


MEDICAL.  45 

Dr.  Alexander  Boyd,  whose  parents  were  of  Scotch-Irish 
descent,  was  born  in  Londonderry,  N.  IL,  Feb.  8,  17S4.  What 
were  his  early  pursuits  or  what  his  advantages,  or  with  whom 
he  read  medicine,  is  now  unknown  ;  but  his  authority  to  prac- 
tice was  derived  from  a  license  issued  by  Drs.  Ebenezer  Larned 
and  Samuel  ]Morril,  censors  of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical 
Society,  bearing  date  June,  1S15,  and  having  attached  the  sig- 
nature of  the  distinguished  president,  Josiah  Bartlett,  M.  D.  In 
1S20  he  became  a  member  of  the  state  medical  society,  and  for 
a  quarter  of  a  century  was  engaged  in  business  in  this  town. 
December,  iSi6,  he  married  Margaret,  daughter  of  Wentvvorth 
Claggctt,  Esq.,  by  whom  he  had  four  children,  all  of  whom 
died  in  early  life.  She  died  in  1S34  ;  and  his  second  marriage 
was  with  a  sister  of  his  former  wife. 

Dr.  Boyd  was  a  man  of  strong  attachments,  social  and  gen- 
tlemanly, and  in  all  respects  a  good  citizen  and  highly  esteemed 
townsman.  He  died  Sept.  2S,  1S51,  in  the  sixty-ninth  year  of 
his  age. 

Dr.  Willard  P.  Gibson,  son  of  William,  a  native  of  Croy- 
don, was  born  Sept.  2,  179S.  After  acquiring  suitable  prelimi- 
nary education,  he  studied  medicine,  and  graduated  at  Castleton, 
Vt.,  in  1822.  He  was  engaged  in  practice  about  fifteen  years, 
the  last  seven  of  which  were  spent  in  this  town,  where  he  had 
many  friends  and  a  good  business.  He  left  here  in  the  spring 
of  1S37,  and  went  to  AV^indsor,  Vt.,  where  he  immediately 
turned  his  attention  to  the  study  of  theology,  took  orders  in 
the  Episcopal  church,  and  was  installed  at  Woodstock,  Vt., 
Oct,  19,  1S37,  ^^'■''^  '^^'^'^^  ^'°'-'^'  <^l''ys  afterwards,  at  the  age  of  39 
years. 

Du.  William  F.  Cooper  was  a  native  of  Croydon,  a  son  of 
Dea.  Cooper,  and  a  brother  of  Hon.  Lemuel  P.  Cooper.  He 
was  born  in  iSoi,  and  was  early  trained  to  the  duties  of  the 
farm,  in  which  he  was  diligently  employed  until  twenty-one 
years  of  age,  having  each  winter  two  months  of  instruction  in 
the  district  school.  By  a  right  use  of  these  limited  privileges, 
he  acquired  sufHcient  knowledge  to  warrant  him  in  assuming 
the  duties  of  instructor  to  others ;  and  the  emoluments  thus  de- 
rived he  at  once  appropriated  to  his  advancement  in  knowledge. 
Having  by  his  own  efforts  obtained  suitable  preliminary  educa 


4^  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

tion,  he  read  medicine  with  Dr.  Elijah  Cooper,  attended  his 
first  course  of  lectures  at  Burlington,  Vt.,  and  his  second  at 
Brunswick,  Me.,  where  he  graduated  in  1826.  He  immediately 
commenced  business  in  this  town  ;  but  after  remaining  one 
year  his  ambition  led  him  to  seek  a  broader  field  for  its  indul- 
gence, and  he  moved  to  Kelloggsville,  N.  Y.,  where  for  fifty 
years  he  has  been  engaged  in  extensive  medical  and  surgical 
practice,  having  not  only  amassed  a  fortune,  but  secured  an 
assurance  of  an  enduring,  grateful  remembrance  throughout 
his  neighborhood  for  his  kind  and  generous  offices,  his  public 
spirit,  and  his  professional  fidelity. 

Dr.  J.  L.  SwETT  was  born  in  Claremont,  Feb.  17,  iSio.  His 
parents  were  descendants  of  immigrants  from  the  Isle  of  Wight, 
who  came  to  this  country  and  settled  in  the  town  of  Dedham, 
Mass.,  as  early  as  1637.  They  moved  in  the  middle  walks  of 
society,  and  were  known  for  their  industry,  integrity,  and  up- 
rightness of  character,  and  for  their  strict  observance  of  all  the 
proprieties  of  life.  It  was  their  endeavor  to  impress  upon  the 
minds  of  their  children, — of  whom  there  were  ten, — a  regard 
for  truth,  respect  for  age,  reverence  of  God,  and  the  importance 
of  obedience  to  the  divine  teachings  ;  and  that  which  was  so 
faithfully  enforced  by  words,  found  beautiful  illustration  in  their 
own  blameless  lives. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  employed  in  the  duties  of  the 
farm  until  eighteen  years  of  age,  attending  the  district  school 
in  the  winter.  In  1828  and  1829  he  pursued  academic  studies 
at  Wilbraham,  Mass.,  and  in  1830  at  Meriden,  N.  H.  The  two 
following  years  were  spent  in  teaching ;  and  in  the  spring  or 
1833  he  commenced  the  study  of  medicine,  and  prosecuted  the 
same  under  the  cai'e  of  Drs.  Tolles  and  Kittredge,  until  Septem- 
ber, 1835.  In  the  meantime  he  attended  two  courses  of  lec- 
tures at  Dartmouth  college.  In  September,  1S35,  he  visited 
Philadelphia  for  the  advantages  of  observing  hospital  practice 
and  receiving  clinical  instruction,  as  well  as  to  have  the  benefit 
of  a  term  of  lectures  in  one  of  the  schools  at  this  seat  of  med- 
ical science,  Jefferson  college  was  the  one  chosen,  and  from 
this  institution  he  received  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Medicine,  in 
March,  1836.  In  July  of  the  same  year  he  opened  an  office 
and  commenced  practice  in  this  town  ;  and,  as  a  fair  patronage 


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and  generous  confidence  were  soon  accorded,  he  has  remained 
here  to  the  present  tunc,  diligently  devoted  to  the  duties  of  his 
much-loved  profession. 

In  the  earlier  part  of  his  practice,  quite  a  number  of  joung 
men  pursued  their  medical  studies  in  his  office,  among  whom 
were  Amos  Eastman,  S.  J.  Allen,  L.  Sawyer,  L.  W.  Peabody, 
S.  Lovell,  H.  Chapin,  L.  H.  Angell,  Isaac  Cummings,  L.  E. 
Richardson,  and  others, — all  of  whom  have  proved  worthy 
members  of  society,  and  ornaments  in  their  profession. 

In  1S41,  Dr.  S.  became  a  member  of  tlie  New  Hampsliire 
Medical  Society.  He  has  held  various  positions  in  the  same, 
and  was  its  vice-president  in  1S73,  and  its  president  in  1S74. 
He  has  been  an  active  member  of  the  National  Medical  Asso- 
ciation since  1864,  also  a  member  of  the  Rocky  Mountain  Med 
ical  Society,  and  an  honorary  member  of  the  California  State 
Medical  Society. 

In  Ma)%  1S43,  he  married  Miss  Sarah  E.  Kimball,  of  Brad- 
ford. She  closed  a  life  of  great  gentleness  and  purit}',  June  7, 
1S52,  at  the  age  of  28,  having  been  the  mother  of  four  children, 
two  of  whom, — an  intant  son  of  five  months,  and  a  daughter  or 
fourteen, — preceded  her  to  the  Spirit  Land.  She  left  a  daugh- 
ter, aged  eight  years,  and  a  son  of  three  months.  The  former, 
only,  survives,  and  resides  in  San  Francisco.  The  latter.  Dr. 
W.  K.  Swett,  died  in  Kerneville,  Cal.,  July  15,  1S76,  aged  24 
years  and  4  months.  The  second  marriage  was  with  Miss  Re- 
becca Beaman,  of  Princeton,  Mass.,  June,  1S53. 

Dr.  Reuben  Hatch,  who  was  one  of  the  early  physicians  of 
Newport,  was  a  native  of  Alstead,  where  he  was  born  in  17S7. 
While  pursuing  his  studies,  he  attended  lectures  at  Dartmouth 
college.  He  came  to  Newport  in  iSoS,  but  remained  only  two 
years,  when  he  went  to  Hillsborough,  where  for  a  long  time 
he  was  engaged  in  extensive  practice.  He  was  at  Marlow  sev- 
eral years,  and  subsequently  at  Greggville,  111.,  where  he  died 
in  1869.  His  second  marriage  was  with  a  sister  of  the  late 
Thomas  W.  Gilmore,  of  this  town. 

Dr.  Isaac  Hatch  was  also  a  native  of  Alstead,  a  cousin  of 
Dr.  Reuben,  and  was  born  in  1795.  He  attended  lectures  at 
Dartmouth  college,  and  commenced  his  practice  at  Gilsum.  He 
afterwards  went  to  ISIoriah,  Essex  county,  N.  Y.,  from  which 


4^  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

place  he  came  to  Newport,  in  February,  1S37,  and  purchased 
the  house  and  good-will  of  Dr.  William  P.  Gibson,  who  had 
decided  to  turn  his  attention  to  the  Christian  ministry.  His 
2:)ractice   here  was   fair,  but  of  short  duration,  for,  in  October, 

1538,  he  sickened  and  died  of  typhoid  fever,  at  the  age  of  43 
years.     He  was  a  member  of  the  Baptist  church  in  this  town. 

Dr.  Mason  Hatch  was  a  brother  of  Dr.  Isaac  Hatch,  and 
was  born  in  Alstead,  March  3,  1791.  After  a  limited  preparatory 
course  of  study,  he  read  medicine  with  his  kinsman,  Dr.  Reu- 
ben Hatch,  and  subsequently  with  Dr.  Charles  Adams,  of 
Keene,  and  attended  lectures  at  Dartmouth  collegfe.  He  at 
first  settled  at  Hillsborough,  and  was  there  engaged  In  good 
and  successful  business  more  than  twenty  years.  In  1836  he 
moved  to  Bradford,  from  which  place  he  came  to  Newport  in 
the  autumn  of  183S,  to  occupy  the  place  made  vacant  by  the 
death  of  his  brother.  Here  he  soon  succeeded  to  a  good  prac- 
tice, which  he  retained  as  long  as  he  was  able  to  attend  to  it, 
even  visiting  in  many  families  after  he  was  eighty  years  of  age. 
Dr.  Hatch  possessed  a  cheerful  disposition,  had  a  rich  vein  of 
humor,  and  was  quick  at  repartee.  He  was  a  good  citizen, 
and  a  friend  of  order  and  improvement,  as  well  as  a  faithful 
physician,  ever  ready  to  obey  the  calls  of  the  sick,  not  sparing 
himself  if  thereby  he  might  minister  to  the  relief  of  others. 
He  husbanded  well  his  finances,  and  laid  by  for  life's  evening 
an  ample  fortune. 

His  first  marriage  was  with  Miss  Aphia  Andrews,  of  Hills- 
borougli,  to  whom  there  were  born  eight  children.  Three  of 
these  died  in  early  infancy  ;  two  others, — Emily,  aged  20  years, 
and  Abby,  aged   iS, — died   of  typhoid  fever  in  the  autumn  of 

1539.  Of  the  three  remaining,  the  eldest  became  the  wife  of 
the  late  Samuel  C.  Baldwin  ;  the  second,  of  Hon.  Dexter  Rich- 
ards ;  and  the  third,  of  William  Nourse,  Esq. — all  of  this  town. 
Mrs.  Hatch  died  in  September,  1855  ;  and  the  second  marriage 
was  with  Mrs.  Mary  Day,  who  still  survives. 

Dr.  Platch  was  a  member  of  the  Congregational  church,  and 
died  Dec.  2,  1S76,  at  the  age  of  nearly  S6  years. 

Dr.  W.  C.  Chandler  was  born  in  Andover,  Vt.,  Jan.  3,  1807, 
and  was  the  son  of  Dr.  Chandler,  for  many  years  an  eminent 
physician  of  that  town.     His  early  educational  privileges  were 


MEDICAL.  49 

good,  and  he  prosecuted  his  professional  studies  under  the 
direction  of  his  father,  and  graduated  at  Dartmouth  college  in 
1829.  After  a  few  years  of  practice  in  Ludlow,  Vt.,  he  visited 
Philadelphia,  and  attended  a  course  of  lectures  in  the  medical 
department  of  the  University  of  Peiuisylvania.  In  the  au- 
tumn of  1S3S  he  came  to  this  town,  where  he  remained  till  1S41, 
when  he  went  to  Soutli  Natick,  Mass.,  and  vv^as  there  engaged 
in  extensive  practice  until  his  death,  in  1S4S,  in  the  ^zd  year  of 
his  age.  Dr.  Chandler  was  gentlemanly  and  unostentatious  in 
manner,  possessed  warm  social  feelings,  had  a  great  love  for 
his  profession,  and  was  strictly  honorable  in  all  the  relations  he 
sustained  to  others. 

Dr.  Thomas  Sanborn  was  born  in  Sanbornton,  X.  H., 
Sept.  26,  iSii.  He  was  the  son  of  Christopher  Sanborn, 
and  a  grandson  of  Dr.  Benaiah  Sanborn,  an  eminent  physi- 
cian, held  in  high  esteem  in  that  part  of  the  state,  and  a 
lineal  descendant  in  the  fifth  generation  of  Daniel  Sanborn, 
one  of  the  first  settlers  of  the  town.  His  early  life  was  passed 
at  home,  and  his  time  occupied  in  the  duties  of  the  farm,  and 
attending  the  district  school,  with  an  occasional  term  at  the  vil- 
lage academy.  At  the  age  of  sixteen  he  was  bereft  of  his  father, 
whose  life  was  lost  by  drowning,  but  he  remained  with  his 
mother  upon  the  farm  four  or  five  years,  assuming  its  labors, 
and  aiding  in  providing  for  the  family.  In  1S31,  he  engaged 
in  some  form  of  mercantile  business  in  Lowell,  Mass.,  but  his 
youth  and  inexperience  were  not  able  to  cope  with  the  maturity 
and  management  of  trained  financiers,  and  he  failed  to  realize 
his  highest  desire.  Qiiickly  rallying  from  the  consequent  de- 
pression, he  turned  his  thouglits  to  medicine,  the  profession  of 
his  grandsire,  who  had  often  expressed  the  wish  that  one  of  his 
grandsons  might  choose  for  his  life-work  his  own  calling,  and 
in  the  spring  of  1S33  he  entered  the  office  of  Dr.  Tliomas  P. 
Hill,  with  whom  he  studied  three  months,  and  attended  a 
course  of  lectures  at  Brunswick,  Me.  From  this  time  he  again 
became  undecided  in  relation  to  his  future,  and  for  six  years 
was  only  for  a  brief  period  engaged  in  any  one  pursuit.  In 
1S39  his  purpose  to  qualify  for  the  practice  of  medicine  was  re- 
formed, and  he  resumed  his  studies  under  the  direction  of  his 
brother-in-law,    Dr.  W.   II.   Hosmer,  of  New    London,  with 


So  HISTORY   OF    NEWPORT. 

whom  he  remained  two  years,  attending  in  the  meantime  two 
courses  of  lectures  at  Dartmouth  college.  He  was  also  for  six 
months  under  the  instruction  of  Dr.  Oilman  Kimball,  of  Low- 
ell, and  received  his  medical  degree  from  Dartmouth  college  in 
1841.  The  same  year  he  commenced  practice  in  Goshen, 
continuing  there  until  August,  1S43,  when  he  came  to  this 
town.  In  1S47,  ^^^  '^^^  induced  to  remove  to  New  London, 
but  soon  became  satisfied  that  this  change  was  not  for  his  in- 
terest. After  an  absence  of  less  than  one  year,  he  returned 
to  Newport,  where  the  residue  of  his  life  was  passed.  He  now, 
more  than  ever,  bent  his  whole  energies  to  the  duties  of  his 
profession,  was  prompt  in  reply  to  calls,  and  faithful  in  minis- 
tering to  the  necessities  of  the  sick.  His  leisure  hours  were 
spent  in  studying  his  cases,  and  in  making  himself  familiar 
with  the  improvements  of  the  times,  and  he  was  soon  in  the 
possession  of  a  full  and  lucrative  business,  which  he  prosecuted 
until  his  last  sickness,  a  period  of  more  than  twentv-five  years. 
In  1S53  he  visited  Europe,  and  was  absent  four  or  five  months, 
availing  himself  of  the  advantages  of  observation  in  the  hospi- 
tals of  Edinburg.  Paris,  and  other  cities.  In  1S57  ^"^  1S5S 
he  represented  Newport  in  the  legislature.  In  1S63  he  was 
appointed  surgeon  of  the  i6th  N.  H.  Regiment  Volunteers, 
and  accompanied  Gen.  Banks's  division  to  Louisiana.  On  his 
return,  he  was  appointed  U.  S.  army  surgeon  for  this  localit_v. 
He  was  a  past  master  of  Mount  Vernon  Lodge  of  Free  Masons, 
and  was  held  in  high  regard  by  this  fraternity.  He  was  also  a 
member  of  the  N.  H.  Medical  Society,  and  of  the  National 
Medical  Association.  His  death  occurred  July  23, 1S75,  in  the 
sixty-fourth  3^ear  of  his  age. 

Dr.  James  A.  Gregg  was  born  in  Antrim,  N.  H.,  Jan.  i, 
1790.  He  was  of  Scotch-Irish  descent,  the  fomilies  of  both  his 
parents  forming  a  part  of  the  original  band  of  Presbyterian  em- 
igrants who  settled  in  the  town  of  Londonderry,  this  state,  as 
early  as  1719? — their  ancestors,  a  century  before,  having  emi? 
grated  from  Argyleshire,  in  the  west  of  Scotland,  to  the  counties 
of  Londonderry  and  Antrim  in  the  north  of  Ireland.  His  early 
school  advantages  were  quite  limited,  but,  possessing  an  active 
mind  and  a  thirst  for  knowledge,  he  devised  ways  by  which  he 
acquired  a  good  English  education,  together  with  a  tolerable 


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familiarity  with  Latin.  He  read  medicine  with  Dr.  Stickney, 
of  Antrim,  and  attended  lectures  at  Dartmouth  college,  where 
he  also  graduated.  In  1S14  he  settled  in  Unity,  and  remained 
there  eighteen  years,  engaged  in  extensive  and  laborious  prac- 
tice, sharing  largely  the  confidence  of  the  people  at  home  and 
in  the  towns  around.  While  there,  he  not  only  attended  to  his 
professional  duties,  but  found  time  to  aid  young  men  in  their 
more  advanced  studies.  He  also  represented  the  town  in  the 
legislature.  In  order  that  his  family  might  have  better  educa- 
tional advantages,  he  left  Unity  in  1S32  and  went  to  Hopkin- 
ton,  where  there  was  then  a  flourishing  academy.  After  a  res- 
idence of  fourteen  years  in  Hopkinton,  he  moved  to  Manchester, 
in  1S46,  and  was  in  practice  there  till  1S55,  when  he  came  to 
this  town,  and  was  in  business  eleven  years.  In  the  autumn  of 
1866  he  visited  a  daughter  at  Arlington,  Vt.,  where  he  sickened 
and  died  of  typhoid  fever,  at  the  age  of  76.  Dr.  Gregg  was  a 
self-made  man,  possessed  great  physical  endurance,  a  well  in- 
formed mind,  and  a  readiness  to  act  in  any  emergency.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  Congregational  church  in  Newport. 

Dr.  Wm.  H.  Hosmer  was  a  son  of  Jacob  and  Catharine 
Wellington  Hosmer,  and  was  born  in  Concord,  June  13,  1S14. 
Until  17  years  of  age  his  time  was  passed  at  home,  attending 
school,  and,  as  he  was  able,  assisting  his  father,  who  was  by 
trade  a  hatter.  After  spending  one  year  as  a  clerk  in  a  furnish- 
ing store  in  Boston,  he  returned  and  reengaged  in  his  former 
enployment  for  some  time,  when,  by  the  accidental  discharge 
of  a  gun,  he  received  an  injury  of  the  left  hand  which  tempora- 
rily disqualified  him  for  labor,  and  his  thoughts  were  now  di- 
rected to  some  other  calling.  He  pursued  academic  studies  at 
Sanbornton,  and  in  June,  1835,  entered  the  office  of  the  late 
Dr.  Thos.  P.  Hill,  of  that  place,  under  whose  care  the  period 
of  his  pupilage  was  passed.  He  attended  lectures  at  Dartmouth 
college,  graduating  there  in  July,  1S38,  and  in  September  fol- 
lowing located  at  New  London,  where  he  remained  nine  years 
in  extensive  practice.  In  September,  1S47,  ^^^  came  to  this 
town,  but  after  the  lapse  of  a  single  year  removed  to  Concord, 
where  he  still  resides. 

Dr.  Leonard  E.  Richardson  was  born  in  Auburn,  Mass., 
Oct.  15,  1S33,  and  \vhcn  but  10  years  of  age  came  with  his  father 


52  HISTORY   OF    NEWPORT, 

to  this  town.  He  pursued  his  academic  studies  at  Meriden,  N. 
H.,  and  graduated  there  with  the  chiss  of  1853.  In  the  winter  of 
1S54  ^^*^  commenced  the  study  of  medicine,  attended  one  course 
of  lectures  at  Dartmouth  and  another  at  Harvard  Medical  Col- 
lege, and  graduated  at  the  latter  institution  in  March,  1S57. 
Shortly  afterwards  he  opened  an  office  and  commenced  practice 
in  this  town,  but  as  opportunity  presented  for  more  immediate 
business  in  Stoddard,  N.  H.,  he  left  here  for  that  place,  where 
he  remained  for  a  period  of  eight  years,  in  good  and  successful 
practice.  From  Stoddard  he  went  to  Hartford,  Conn.,  his 
present  residence.  He  married  Lois,  eldest  daughter  of  Dea. 
Austin  Kibby,  of  Newport,  and  has  two  children. 

Dr.  Albina  Hall  was  born  in  Croydon  on  the  i6th  of  Octo- 
ber, 1800,  received  a  good  English  education,  studied  medicine, 
•and  graduated  at  the  Berkshire  Medical  School  in  1823.  He 
was  in  practice  at  Landaft',  N.  H.,  in  Hancock,  Me.,  in  Fredo- 
nia,  N.  Y.,  and  two  or  three  years  in  this  place,  commencing 
in  1S40.  His  present  residence  is  Croydon,  where  he  has 
shared  the  confidence  of  his  fellow-townsmen,  having  been  their 
representative  in  186S,  and  again  in  1S69.  He  was  a  candidate 
for  state  senator  in  1871.  He  married  Livia,  daughter  of  Abi- 
jah  Powers. 

Dr.  Mason  A.  Willcox,  a  homoeopathic  physician,  is  a 
native  of  this  tow^n,  and  a  son  of  Albert  and  Caroline  Willcox. 
He  was  born  Dec.  25,  1844,  and  passed  his  childhood  and  youth 
at  home,  attending  school,  and  acting  as  clerk  in  his  father's 
store.  He  pursued  academic  studies  at  Meriden  and  Tilton, 
read  medicine  at  Ann  Arbor,  Mich.,  and  graduated  at  the  De- 
troit Medical  College.  He  commenced  practice  in  Newport  in 
1869,  but  after  a  residence  of  one  year  went  to  Lawrence,  Mass., 
where  he  is  engaged  in  successful  business. 

Dr.  Ira  P.  George  was  born  in  New  Boston,  N.  H.,  in  1839. 
He  came  to  this  town  when  a  child,  and  lived  in  the  family  of 
a  relative.  He  obtained  his  education  at  the  district  school, 
read  medicine  with  Dr.  Sanborn,  attended  lectures  and  grad- 
uated at  Dartmouth  Medical  College,  and  commenced  practice 
in  Sunapee.  He  was  there  but  a  year  or  two,  and  in  Newport 
about  the  same  length  of  time.     Li  1S69  he  went  from  here  to 


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Whiteliall,  Vt.,  and  in  1S71  from  thence  to  Gibbon,  Neb.,  and 
engaged  in  other  pursuits. 

Dr.  J.  S.  Elkins  was  l^orn  in  Barnstead,  N.  H.,  in  1S45.  He 
studied  medicine  with  Dr.  M.  Walker,  of  Barnstead,  and  with 
his  brother,  Dr.  J.  P.  Elkins,  of  Wilmot ;  attended  lectures  at 
Bowdoin  and  Dartmouth  colleges,  and  received  his  diploma 
from  the  latter  institution  in  1S6S,  and  in  the  following  year 
commenced  practice  in  this  town.  He  married  Louisa  A., 
daughter  of  Ransom  Severns. 

Dr.W.  W.  Dari.ixg,  son  of  William,  was  born  in  Croydon, 
Nov.  20,  1S34.  ^^^  studied  his  profession  with  Dr.  Sanborn, 
and  received  his  diploma  from  Dartmouth  college  in  1S59.  -^^^ 
was  in  practice  in  Sutton,  and  also  in  Goshen,  for  a 
time,  before  coming  to  this  town,  in  1S69,  where  he  3-et  re- 
mains. 

Dr.  David  Morrison  Currier  was  born  in  Grafton,  Sept, 
15,  1S40.  He  remained  on  the  farm  until  eighteen  years  of  age  ; 
was  educated  at  the  N.  H.  Conference  Seminar}^  and  Female 
College,  spent  a  year  and  a  half  at  the  McLean  asylum  at  Som- 
ei'ville,  Mass.,  two  with  Dixi  and  A.  B.  Crosby,  at  Hanover, 
several  months  with  Dr.  Buck,  of  Manchester,  and  graduated 
at  the  Dartmouth  Medical  College  in  1S67.  He  was  in  prac- 
tice with  Dr.  Fitz,  at  Sutton,  one  year,  and  was  at  Sunapee  two 
and  a  half  years.  He  spent  the  winter  of  1S70-71  at  the  Mas- 
sachusetts General  Hospital,  and  the  spring  following  came  to 
this  town.  He  married  Jennie  B.  Colb}-,  daughter  of  Johnson 
Colby,  of  Sutton,  and  grand-daughter  of  Parson  S.  Colby,  of 
this  town. 

Dr.  Henry  W.  Brown,  son  of  Edward  H.  Brown,  Esq.,  of 
Croydon,  was  born  Nov.  15,  1S47.  He  received  his  prelimi- 
narv  education  at  Meriden  and  New  London  academies,  read 
medicine  with  Dr.  Sanborn,  and  graduated  at  Harvard  Univer- 
sity, February,  1S73.  The  March  following,  he  commenced 
practice  here  with  prospects  of  a  useful  life,  but  sickened  and 
died,  suddenly,  Sept.  30,  1S75,  aged  2S  years.  He  married 
Caroline,  daughter  of  Moses  Barton,  of  Croydon. 

In  addition  to  the  foregoing,  several  other  physicians  have 


54  HISTORY   OF   NEWPORT, 

located  in  Newport,  remaining  for  a  longer  or  shorter  period, 
among  whom  may  be  named  Dr.  Elijah  Cooper,  a  native  of 
Walpole,  and  a  kinsman  of  the  Croydon  Coopers.  He  grad- 
uated at  Dartmouth  college,  and  was  in  successful  practice  here 
a  couple  of  years,  but  left,  in  1S25,  for  a  larger  field,  which  he 
found  at  Newark,  Ohio,  where  he  acquired  a  good  medical 
reputation,  and  amassed  a  fortune.  He  was  twice  married  :  in 
1825,  to  Caroline,  eldest  daughter  of  Nicholas  Farwell,  of  Clare- 
mont,  by  whom  he  had  seven  children.  She  died  in  1847. 
His  second  marriage  was  with  her  sister  Mary.  In  September, 
1854,  Dr.  Cooper,  his  wife,  their  daughter,  four  years  old,  and 
a  servant  in  the  family,  all  perished  of  cholera.  The  second 
daughter  of  Dr.  Cooper  married  Maj.  Jno.  L.  Farwell.  cashier 
of  the  Claremont  National  Bank. 

In  1S43,  Dr.  J.  W.  Baker,  whose  father  was  a  physician,  and 
in  practice  at  Plainfield,  came  here,  but  left  at  the  close  of 
one  year  for  Meriden,  where  he  was  in  good  business  until 
1854,  when  he  moved  to  Davenport,  Iowa,  his  present  resi- 
dence. 

In  the  autumn  of  1S75,  Dr.  J.  P.  Elkins  came  from  Wilmot 
to  Newport,  with  the  purpose  of  permanent  settlement ;  but 
such  were  the  inducements  presented  by  former  friends  for  his 
return,  that  he  complied  with  their  wishes,  and  left  the  follow- 
ing spring. 

In  the  summer  of  1S76,  Dr.  W.  P.  Swett,  a  son  of  Rev.  Dr. 
Swett,  of  the  diocese  of  Vermont,  and  a  graduate  of  the  uni- 
versity at  Burlington,  opened  an  office  here,  but  remained  a 
few  months  only.  His  present  field  of  practice  is  Harwinton, 
Conn. 

Dr.  Thos.  B.  Sanborn,  son  of  Dr.  Thos.  Sanborn,  deceased, 
a  native  of  this  town,  was  educated  at  the  Colby  academy,  New 
London,  studied  his  profession  with  his  father,  and  graduated 
at  the  Bellevue  Medical  College,  New  York.  He  commenced 
practice  here  in  1877?  taking  his  father's  office,  witli  prospects 
favorable  to  a  permanent  abiding-place. 

Dr.  Herbert  D.  Gould,  son  of  Jesse  N.  Gould,  of  Weare,  was 
born  July  4,  1854.  ^^  '^^^  educated  at  the  Francestown  acad- 
emy, studied  his  profession  with  Dr.  H.  E.  Spaulding,  of  Hing- 
ham,  Mass.,  attended  lectures  at  Dartmouth  college  and  Boston 


MEDICAL.  55 

University,  and  graduated  at  the  New  York  Ilomocopathic  col- 
lege in  1S7S.  He  came  to  tliis  town  the  same  year,  and  com- 
menced the  practice  of  his  profession. 

A  large  number  of  natives  and  inhabitants  of  Newport  have 
become  physicians,  and  have  settled  elsewhere.  For  an  account 
of  them,  see  List  of  Graduates,  also  Biography. 


CHAPTEE    Till. 

NECROLOGICAL. 

B  V     DR.    J  .     I.  .     S  W  E  T  T  . 

"C^ROAI  tlie  first  settlement  of  Newport,  in  1766,  to  1S24, 
-^  there  are  no  recorded  statistics  of  the  diseases  or  the  mor- 
tality of  the  town,  from  which  an  accurate  estimate  can  be 
made.  Prior  to  the  year  1800,  the  population  numbered  but  a 
few  hundreds.  These  mostly  belonged  to  the  early  and  middle 
periods  of  life  ;  and  the  only  unusual  and  alarming  sickness, 
now  known  to  have  occurred,  was  in  17S3,  and  resulted  from 
an  epidemic  of  a  low  form  of  fever,  called  at  the  time  putrid 
fever,  the  stricken  ones  becoming  early  prostrated,  and  many 
of  the  cases  passing  rapidly  to  a  fatal  termination.  The  ad- 
joining towns  shared  in  this  visitation  ;  and  for  several  months 
a  general  gloom  pervaded  the  whole  vicinity,  inasmuch  as  great 
mortality  follow^ed,  especially  with  the  young. 

The  next  most  notable  epidemic  commenced  in  the  winter  of 
1812,  and  continued  until  the  summer  of  1S13.  It  was  called 
"  spotted"  or  "petechial  fever,"  the  cerebro-spinal  meningitis 
of  the  present  day.  It  was  here,  as  in  the  neighboring  towns, 
alarming  and  fotal,  baffling,  in  a  great  measure,  the  best  efforts 
and  highest  skill  of  physicians.  Strong  men  and  women,  well 
in  the  morning,  and  engaged  in  their  ordinary  pursuits,  were 
attacked  during  the  day,  and  in  the  evening  numbered  with  the 
dead.  Fear  of  the  malady  was  so  great  that  much  difficulty 
was  encountered  in  securing  proper  attentions  for  the  sick. 
Under  these  circumstances,  a  town-meeting  was  called,  for  de- 
liberation, and  resulted  in  an  appropriation  of  one  hundred  dol- 
lars to  procure  medical  counsel  from  abroad,  and  six  hundred 
dollars  to  supply  the  needs  of  the  destitute,  and  to  remunerate 
for  medical  services.  A  board  of  health  was  also  appointed, 
whose  duties  were,  to  adopt  hygienic  measures,  look  after  the 
sick,  and  see  that  the  appropriation  was  judiciously  expended. 
It  was  composed  of  Phineas  Chapin,  Uriah  Wilcox,  William 
Cheney,  Jonathan  Brown,  Sylvanus  Richards,  and  Philip  W. 


V 


NECROLOGICAL.  $7 

Kibb}'.     During  the  prevalence  of  this  epidemic,  a  large  num- 
ber of  persons  fell  victims  to  the  disease. 

In  the  summer  and  autumn  of  1S25,  typhoid  fever,  of  a  very 
grave  form,  visited  tlie  town,  pervaded  nearly  every  part,  and 
in  an  unusual  number  of  instances  proved  fatal,  making  the 
mortality  of  that  year  fifty-two,  or  four  times  as  great  as  that  of 
the  preceding. 

In  the  winter,  spring,  and  early  summer  of  1840,  scarlatina, 
called  "  canker  rash,"  was  widespread  throughout  the  town. 
For  a  time,  a  large  proportion  of  the  cases  were  of  a  malignant 
type,  and  in  several  instances  death  supervened  on  the  day  of 
attack.  The  whole  number  of  cases  that  occurred  exceeded 
three  hundred,  and  in  twenty-five  of  these  the  result  was  fatal. 
This  same  affection,  in  milder  form,  has  with  frequency  pre- 
sented itself  since  1S40;  but  with  the  exception  of  1S5S,  and 
again  in  1S75,  it  has  not  been  attended  w^th  great  mortality. 

Small-pox  has  twice  appeared  in  town, — first,  in  1S33,  when 
Jared  Lane  and  a  daughter  of  Aaron  Bucll  died  from  this  cause, 
and  again,  in  the  spring  of  1S40,  in  the  family  of  Capt.  Seth 
Richards,  there  being  two  cases  of  variola  and  two  of  varioloid, 
all  of  which  recovered. 

Diphtheria  was  first  known  in  this  vicinity  in  1S54,  and  for 
a  number  of  years  added  considerably  to  the  mortality  of  the 
town.  Since  that  period  the  cases  presenting  have  been  of  milder 
character,  and  more  easily  controlled. 

The  other  diseases  prevalent  have  been  such  as  are  common 
to  all  New  England.  Annually,  typhoid  fever  has  made  its 
visitation,  but  varying  greatly  in  gravity  and  fatality  in  dif- 
ferent years.  Cholera  infantum,  dysentery,  and  other  affections 
of  the  alimentary  canal,  have  usually  appeared  each  summer 
and  autumn,  and  have  produced  a  larger  mortality  among  chil- 
dren than  any  other  class  of  diseases;  while  pulmonarv  afiec- 
tions,  as  bronchitis,  pneumonia,  and  consumption,  have  been 
constantly  developing,  and  removing  their  victims  from  our 
midst.  The  mortality  from  consumption  alone,  during  the  last 
forty  years,  lias  been  twenty  per  cent,  of  all  those  who  have 
died  beyond  ten  years  of  age. 

The  accompanying  necrological  statistics  cover  a  period  of 
fifty-three  years,  the  first  thirteen   of  which  were  taken  from 
5 


58  HISTORY    OF   NEWPORT. 

records  made  by  the  Rev.  John  Woods,  and  those  of  the  last 
forty  from  records  made  by  the  writer.  The  popidation  of  the 
town  has  been  slowly,  but  gradually,  on  the  increase  during  the 
more  than  half  a  century  covered  by  the  table,  which,  accord- 
ing to  the  United  States  census,  was,  in  1830,  1,913  ;  in  1840, 
1,958;  in  1850,  2,020;  in  i860,  2,078;  and  in  1S70,  2,163. 
Since  the  latter  period,  by  reason  of  railroad  focilities,  the  gain 
has  been  more  rapid,  so  that  the  present  population  is  estimated 
to  be  3,500. 

The  whole  mortality  that  occurred  from  January,  1824,  to 
January,  1877,  a  period  of  fifty-three  years,  is  1,867,  giving  an 
average  of  thirty-five  deaths  to  each  year,  and  a  fraction.  Of  the 
whole  number,  eight  hundred  and  twenty-six  were  males,  and 
nine  hundred  were  females,  while  the  sex  of  one  hundred  and 
forty-one  is  unknown,  they  being  very  young  children.  Five 
hundred  and  forty-two  died  below  ten  years  of  age,  with  an 
average  existence  to  each  of  about  two  years  ;  and  five  hundred 
and  sixty-seven  attained  to  the  age  of  sixty  years  and  upwards  ; 
three  hundred  and  seventy-two,  to  seventy  and  upwards  ;  one 
hundred  and  seventy,  to  eighty  and  upwards  ;  forty-one,  to  nine- 
ty and  upwards  ;  and  one  exceeded  one  hundred  \'ears.  Of 
those  who  have  reached  the  greatest  longevity  since  January, 
1837,  "^^y  ^®  mentioned  the  following: 

Mrs.  Anna  Wakefield,  91  years.  Mrs.  Mary  Hall,  94  years. 

Mr.  Ezra  Parmelee,  92  years.  Mrs.  Mary  Pike,  92  years. 

Mrs.  Ezra  Parmelee,  91  years.  Mr.  Joel  Kelsey,  99  years,  7  mos. 

Mrs.  Wid.  Dow,  91  years.  Mr.  Benj.  Whitcomb,  94  years. 

Mrs.  Wid.  Brown,  97  years.  Mr.  Moses  Goodwin,  94  years. 

Miss  Peggy  Atwood,  97  years.  Mr.  Joel  McGregory,  100  years,  11 

Mr.  Daniel  Stearns,  93  years.  months,  22  days. 

Col.  Phineas  Chapin,  93  years.  Dea.  Isaac  Warren,  91  years. 

Mr.  Samuel  Goldthwaite,  93  years.  Mrs.  Roxy  Newton,  92  years. 

Dea.  Philip  W.  Kibby,  93  years.  Mr.  Nehemiah  Rand,  92  years. 

Mrs.  Daniel  Wilmarth,  90  years.  Mrs.  Erastus  Newton,  91  years. 

Mr.  John  Bartram,  97  years.  Mrs.  Lois  Colby,  90  years. 

Mrs.  Ruth  Pike,  90  years.  Mrs.  Daniel  Barker,  90  years. 

Mrs.  Benj.  Whitcomb,  94  years.  Mrs.  Thankful  Wheeler,  94  years, 

Mr.  Jonathan  Wakefield,  96  years.       6  months. 

Mrs.  Anna  Locke,  91  years.  Mrs.  Mehitable  Cutts,  93  years. 

Mr.  John  Bailey,  94  years.  Mrs.  Luke  Paul,  91  years. 

Mrs.  Joan  Blake,  95  years. 


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I 

CHAPTEE    IX. 

THE  NEWSPAPER  PRESS   IN   NEWPORT. 

BY    H.    G.    CARLETON. 

TN  giving  the  following  history  of  the  newspap^  press  in 
-*-  Newport,  it  may  be  proper  to  state  that  the  writer  has  been 
connected  with  the  Ar£'zis  and  Spectator  most  of  the  time  for 
more  than  forty-six  years  ;  that  he  was  acquainted  with  all 
but  two  of  its  former  editors  and  proprietors  ;  and  that  the 
facts  given  below,  which  he  was  not  fully  conversant  with,  are 
taken  from  the  files  of  the  paper,  and  may  therefore  be  con- 
sidered reliable. 

In  August,  1S23,  Cyrus  Barton,  a  native  of  Croydon,  N. 
H.,  and  a  practical  printer,  established  a  newspaper  in  Clare- 
mont,  called  the  Claremont  Spectator.  It  contained  five  col- 
umns to  a  page,  and  was  in  size  about  20  by  25  inches.  Mr. 
Barton  filled  the  position  of  editor,  besides  doing  much  la- 
bor on  the  mechanical  department  of  the  paper.  The  first 
number  of  this  paper  was  issued  Aug.  29,  1S23,  and  the  last 
number  was  issued  Sept.  3,  1S24.  In  January,  1825,  Mr.  Bar- 
ton removed  his  printing-office  to  Newport,  and  established  the 
New  Hampshire  Spectator.  The  first  number  printed  in  New- 
port is  dated  January  12,  1S25.  The  removal  of  the  paper  from 
Claremont  to  Newport  was  made  with  the  expectation  that  the 
latter  would  be  the  shire  town  of  the  new  county  of  Sullivan, 
then  being  formed. 

In  September,  1S26,  Dunbar  Aldrich,  a  printer  from 
Cheshire  county,  became  connected  v^^ith  Mr.  Barton  in  the 
publication  of  the  paper,  the  firm  being  Aldrich  &  Barton.  In 
April,  1829,  Mr.  Aldrich  retired  from  the  firm  ;  and  Mr.  Bar- 
ton associated  with  him  B.  B.  French  and  Cyrus  Metcalf, 


THE   NEWSPAPER   PRESS,  6 1 

the  firm  being  Barton,  French  &  Metcalf,  Air.  French  being  an 
attorney-at-lavv  and  clerk  of  the  courts  for  Sullivan  county,  and 
Mr.  Metcalf  a  practical  printer.  In  July,  of  the  same  year, 
Mr.  Barton  withdrew  from  the  paper  and  removed  to  Concord 
to  take  the  editorial  charge  of  the  New  Hampshire  Patriot^ 
the  Hon.  Isaac  Hill,  the  editor  of  that  paper,  retiring  from 
the  concern.  Messrs.  French  &  Metcalf  continued  the  publi- 
cation of  the  paper  about  one  year,  when  Mr.  Metcalf  with- 
drew from  the  firm,  and  Mr.  French  formed  a  business  con- 
nection with  Simon  Brown,  a  brother-in-law  and  a  practical 
printer,  the  firm  being  French  &  Brown,  Mr.  French  editing 
the  paper,  besides  performing  his  duty  as  clerk  of  the  courts, 
and  Mr.  Brown  taking  charge  of  the  mechanical  department  of 
the  business.  In  1S34,  Mr.  French  removed  to  Washington 
city,  and  Mr.  Brown  continued  as  its  sole  editor  and  proprietor. 

In  the  same  year,  the  Argus^\\\c\\  printed  at  Clai-emont,  was 
removed  to  Newport,  and  in  the  following  year  was  united 
with  the  Spectator-.  Its  name  was  changed  to  Argus  and 
Spectator^  Mr.  Brown  retiring  from  the  paper,  and  Edmund 
Burke  becoming  its  sole  editor. 

In  1S38,  Henry  E.  Baldwin  and  William  English,  both 
practical  printers,  and  both  former  workmen  in  the  office,  pur- 
chased the  concern,  and  became  its  editors  and  proprietors. 
In  a  few  months,  Mr.  English  sold  his  interest  in  the  paper  to 
Samuel  C.  Baldwin,  and  it  was  published  by  H.  E.  &  S.  C. 
Baldwin.  In  January,  1S40,  Henry  G.  Carleton  and  Mat- 
thew Harvey  purchased  the  paper,  since  which  time,  now 
more  than  tliirty-eight  years,  and  more  than  two  thirds  of 
its  whole  existence,  it  has  been  published  by  Carleton  & 
Harvey. 

As  will  be  seen,  the  paper  has  passed  through  many  hands 
since  its  commencement,  particularly  in  the  first  fifteen  years  of 
its  existence, — not  an  uncommon  thing  in  the  history  of  the 
newspaper  press  of  this  country.  Most  of  those  who  have  been 
connected  with  it  have  passed  away,  although  not  until  they  had 
become  well  known,  and  had  exerted  no  small  share  of  infiu- 
ence  in  the  political  world. 

Cyrus  Barton,  the  founder  of  the  paper,  removed  to  Concord 
when  a  young  man,  and  became  editor  of  the  Nevj  Hampshire 


62 


HISTORY   OF   NEWPORT. 


Patriot^  the  leading  Democratic  paper  of  the  state.  He  has 
served  as  councillor,  state  senator,  member  of  the  constitutional 
convention,  in  1S50,  to  revise  the  state  constitution,  and  also 
U.  S.  marshal  for  New  Hampshire.  He  fell  dead  vv^hile  deliv- 
ering a  political  speech  at  Loudon,  in  1855,  at  the  age  of  about 
58  years. 

Of  Dunbar  Aldrich,  the  partner  of  Mr.  Barton,  but  little 
is  known.  He  was  but  a  short  time  connected  with  the  paper. 
He  was  a  practical  printer  by  trade,  and  came  to  Newport  from 
Cheshire  county. 

Cyrus  Metcalf,  connected  with  Mr.  French  in  the  publication 
of  the  Spectator  ^yN?i%  a  native  of  Canada.  After  his  retirement 
from  tlie  paper  he  removed  to  New  York,  and  was  employed 
for  a  long  time  in  the  office  of  the  New  York  Tribime.  He 
died  but  a  few  years  since. 

B.  B.  French  removed  from  Newport  to  Washington  city  in 
1834,  '^'^'^^  '^^'^^s  in  the  government  employ  most  of  the  time  un- 
til his  death,  in  the  summer  of  1S70.  He  filled  the  important 
positions  of  clerk  of  the  U.  S.  house  of  representatives  and 
commissioner  of  public  buildings,  and  held  other  places  of 
trust  and  responsibility. 

Simon  Brown,  after  his  retirement  from  the  Spectator^  in 
1S35,  removed  to  Concord,  and  from  thence,  after  a  short  res- 
idence there,  to  Washington  city,  where  he  became  librarian  of 
•  the  house  of  representatives.  After  a  residence  there  of  some 
years,  he  removed  to  Concord,  ]\Iass.,  and  engaged  in  agricul- 
tural pursuits.  He  was  editor  of  the  Hingham  Gazette^  and 
for  many  years,  until  his  death,  editor  of  the  New  England 
Farmei-.  He  was  a  member  of  the  board  of  agriculture,  and 
a  trustee  of  the  reform  school ;  served  in  the  legislature  of  Mas- 
sachusetts, and  in  1855  became  lieutenant-governor  of  the  state. 
He  died  in  February,  1873,  at  the  age  of  about  71  years. 

Edmund  Burke,  for  several  years  editor  of  the  Argus,  was 
elected  to  congress  in  1839,  was  reelected  in  1841  and  1843, 
serving  six  years  in  the  house  of  representatives.  In  1845  he 
was  appointed  commissioner  of  patents  by  President  Folk,  and 
retired  on  a  change  of  the  national  administration,  after  serving 
four  years.  In  1849  ^""^  became  associate  editor  of  the  Wash- 
ington Union^  at  that  time  the  leading  Democratic  paper  in  the 


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country.  He  is  now  (1S78)  extensively  engaged  in  tlie  prac- 
tice of  law,  and  is  the  only  man  now  alive,  with  the  exception 
of  the  present  proprietors, — Carleton  &  Harvey, — who  has  ever 
had  any  pecuniary  interest  in  the  paper. 

Henry  E.  Baldwin  was  the  successor  of  Mr.  Burke  in  the 
editorial  department  of  the  paper.  He  was  a  practical  printer 
by  trade,  having  served  his  apprenticeship  in  the  office.  He 
filled  the  offices  of  clerk  of  the  state  senate,  register  of  deeds 
and  of  probate  for  the  county  of  Sullivan,  inspector  in  the 
Boston  custom-house  during  the  administration  of  President 
Polk,  and  a  government  clerk  in  Washington,  where  he  died 
in  February,  1S57. 

William  English,  a  short  time  the  associate  of  Henry  E. 
Baldwin,  was  for  some  time  city  editor  of  the  Boston  Post. 
He  was  also  private  secretary  to  Gov.  Morton,  of  Massachusetts, 
while  he  was  collector  of  the  port  of  Boston.  He  was  a  native 
of  Ireland,  noted  for  his  rapidity  as  a  compositor,  and  was  a 
young  man  of  ability.     He  died  in  January,  1S49. 

Samuel  C.  Baldwin,  an  associate  with  his  brother,  Henry  E. 
Baldwin,  in  the  publication  of  tlie  paper,  was  editor  of  the  Ply- 
mouth Rock.,  at  Plymouth,  Mass.,  and  the  Laconia  Democrat., 
at  Laconia,  N.  H.  He  was  also  clerk  of  the  court  for  the 
county  of  Belknap.     He  died  in  1S61. 

Henry  G.  Carleton,  one  of  the  present  publishers  of  the  Ar- 
gtis.,  of  the  firm  of  Carleton  &  Harvey,  has  been  connected  with 
the  paper,  as  one  of  its  editors  and  publishers,  now  (1S7S) 
nearly  thirty-nine  years.  He  has  been  register  of  deeds  and  of 
probate  for  the  county  of  Sullivan,  and  has  represented  the 
town  of  Newport  in  the  state  legislature.  He  is  a  director  in 
the  First  National  Bank,  and  is  a  trustee  and  the  president  of 
the  savings  bank. 

Matthew  Harvey,  one  of  the  present  editors  and  publishers 
of  the  paper,  of  the  firm  of  Carleton  &  Harvey,  has  been  con- 
nected with  the  paper,  as  editor  and  publisher,  nearly  thirty-nine 
years.  The  firm  commenced  business  Jan.  i,  1S40,  being  the 
oldest  newspaper  firm  in  the  state.  He  was  register  of  deeds 
for  the  county  of  Sullivan  for  a  period  of  five  years.  He  was 
also  assistant  marshal  of  the  state  to  take  the  United  States  cen- 
sus in  1S60. 


64  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

In  addition  to  the  above,  there  are  others  who  have  learned 
the  trade  of  printing  in  the  office,  who  have  reached  positions 
of  trust  and  responsibility.  Of  the  earlier  apprentices  are  Ros- 
well  Elmer  and  Horace  Parmelee,  who  served  their  apprentice- 
ships with  Mr.  Barton,  the  founder  of  the  paper.  The  former 
was  for  some  time  editor  of  the  JVorth  Carolina  Spectator,  af- 
terwards a  cotton  planter  in  Louisiana,  and  is  now  living  near 
Cincinnati,  Ohio.  Mr.  Horace  Parmelee  left  the  business  and 
engaged  in  trade.     He  is  now  in  business  in  New  York. 

William  W.  Forsaith  worked  as  a  journeyman  printer  in 
Boston  for  some  years,  when  he  went  to  California,  where  he 
died  some  twenty  years  since. 

Mr.  Harvey  Richards,  who  served  his  apprenticeship  with 
H.  E.  &  S.  C.  Baldwin  and  with  Carleton  &  Harvey,  left  the 
business  when  a  young  man,  and  is  now  engaged  in  trade  in 
Minnesota,  where  he  has  been  quite  successful. 

Mr.  Virgil  C.  Stevens,  who  also  served  his  apprenticeship 
with  H.  E.  &  S.  C.  Baldwin  and  Carleton  &  Harvey,  went  to 
California  when  a  young  man,  and  was  for  some  time  connect- 
ed with  one  of  the  leading  papers  in  San  Francisco.  He  is  now 
assistant  foreman  in  the  office  of  the  Boston  Daily  Advertiser. 

Mr.  Jacob  W.  Wheeler,  who  served  his  apprenticeship  with 
Carleton  &  Harvey,  after  working  at  his  trade  as  a  journeyman 
printer  for  a  short  time,  became  editor  of  a  leading  Democratic 
paper  in  Davenport,  Iowa,  but,  his  health  failing,  he  retired 
from  the  paper,  and  returned  to  Newport,  his  native  town, 
where  he  died  in  1853,  ^'  ^^^^  ^o^  of  twenty-five  years. 

Mr.  Parmenus  H.  Whitcomb,  who  served  his  apprenticeship 
with  Carleton  &  Harvey,  after  working  as  a  journeyman  for 
some  years,  purchased  the  Dartmouth  Press,  at  Hanover,  N. 
H.,  and  is  printing  the  Dartmozith,  a  monthly  devoted  to  the 
interests  of  Dartmouth  college.  He  also  does  much  other  print- 
ing connected  with  the  college. 

Mr.  Benjamin  F.  Haven,  an  apprentice  to  Carleton  &  Har- 
vey, after  working  at  his  trade  for  some  years,  enlisted  in  the 
9th  Regiment  of  the  N.  H.  Volunteers  during  the  late  rebellion, 
and,  after  serving  until  near  the  close  of  the  war,  was  taken 
prisoner,  and  died  in  Danville,  Va.,  in  November,  1864. 

Mr.  George  Johnson,  an  apprentice  to  Carleton  &  Harvey, 


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on  tlic  completion  of  his  trade  commenced  to  study  for  the 
ministry,  and,  after  the  usual  course,  was  ordained,  and  soon 
joined  the  Methodist  Conference  in  Vermont,  from  whence  he 
removed  to  the  state  of  Minnesota  and  connected  himself  with 
the  Congregational  denomination,  where  he  is  now  laboring  as 
a  home  missionary. 

Mr.  Henry  Stevens,  an  apprentice  to  Carleton  &  Harvey,  es- 
tablished himself  in  business  at  Wcstborough,  Mass.,  where  he 
was  meeting  with  mucli  success,  when  he  was  taken  away  by 
death  in  1S71 . 

Frank  H.  Carleton,  son  of  H.  G.  Carleton,  one  of  the  present 
publishers  of  the  Ar^zis  and  Spectator,  learned  the  trade  of 
printing  in  the  ofHce,  but  afterwards  graduated  at  Dartmouth 
college,  in  the  class  of  1872.  While  in  college  he  was  a  fre- 
quent contributor  to  the  columns  of  the  Argus  a?id  Spectator, 
and  other  papers.  He  is  a  lawyer  in  St.  Paul,  Minn.,  and  clerk 
of  the  municipal  court  of  that  city. 

Mr  Arthur  S.  Paul,  of  Unity,  son  of  John  Paul,  Esq.,  of 
that  town,  entered  the  office  of  Carleton  &  Harvey,  in  April, 
1S73,  served  his  time  of  three  years  as  an  apprentice,  and, 
after  working  as  a  journeyman  in  the  office  one  year,  went  to 
San  Antonio,  in  Texas,  where  he  is  now  (1S7S)  employed  in 
his  profession. 

There  have  been  other  apprentices  in  the  office  since  the 
commencement  of  the  paper,  but  none  that  we  now  recollect 
who  have  served  a  full  apprenticeship. 

On  the  removal  of  the  paper  from  Claremont  to  Newport,  in 
1S25,  it  took  strong  ground  in  favor  of  the  election  of  Andrew 
Jackson  for  President,  and  has  ever  since  been  Democratic  in 
politics,  jKlhering  to  the  party  in  victory  and  in  defeat. 

The  Farmers'  Advocate  and  Political  Advcnttircr,  a  paper 
edited  by  Hubbard  Newton,  Esq.,  was  published  weekly  by 
H.  &  C.  H.  E.  Newton,  in  1S30  and  1831,  advocating  the  elec- 
tion of  Henry  Clay  to  the  Presidency,  and  the  Whig  doctrines, 
in  opposition  to  Andrew  Jackson  and  the  Democratic  party, 
and  was  continued  for  one  year.  In  1S32  and  1S33  the  North- 
ern Farmer  and  Horticulturist^  a  journal  devoted  to  farm- 
ing and  horticulture,  was  edited  and  published  for  two  years  by 
the  same  parties. 


66  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

Rev.  John  Wilcox,  as  far  back  as  1S34,  had  a  press  in 
town.  He  printed  an  edition  of  the  New  Testament,  Web- 
ster's Spelling  Book,  the  New  England  Primer,  and  an  Enc}'- 
clopedia. 

The  Stdlivan  Republica7i  was  published  by  an  association  of 
the  leading  Republicans  of  this  and  neighboring  towns,  and  was 
devoted  to  the  interests  of  the  Republican  party.  The  first  num- 
ber was  issued  in  January,  1S59,  and  it  was  discontinued  in  the 
spring  of  1S61.  The  Hon.  L.  W.  Barton,  of  this  town,  was  the 
managing  agent.  It  was  edited  by  Hon.  W.  H.  H.  Allen  (see 
Lawyers),  and  printed  by  E.  H.  Cheney,  who  afterwards  re- 
moved to  Lebanon,  purchased  the  Free  Press^  and  became  its 
editor  and  publisher. 

The  Nexv  Hampshire  hisurance  Journal  was  the  title  of  a 
monthly  publication  issued  by  Robert  C.  Osgood  in  1S74.  It 
was  soon  discontinued. 

Among  those  natives  of  Newport  more  or  less  prominently 
connected  with  the  press  in  different  parts  of  the  countr}',  not 
mentioned  above,  are  the  following:  George  E.  Jenks,  Edward 
A.  Jenks,  Bela  W.  Jenks,  Milton  Foss,  Henry  H.  Metcalf, 
Andrew  J.  Gilmore,  James  Kelley,  George  B.  Wheeler 
Wm.  F.  Newton. 


CHAPTER  X. 

BANKS. 

BY    FREDERICK    W.    LEWIS,    ESQ_. 

nPHE  Suf^ar  River  Bank  was  incorporated  Jan.  7,  1S53,  with 
■^  a  capital  stock  of  $50,000.  So  full  was  the  faith  of  the 
public  in  its  success,  that  more  than  twice  the  amount  of  cap- 
ital needed  was  at  once  subscribed,  and  a  committee  was  ap- 
pointed to  apportion  the  stock  among  the  subscribers.  On  the 
19th  day  of  February  following,  Ralph  Metcalf,  Edmund 
Burke,  Amasa  Edes,  Thomas  A.  Twichcll,  Thomas  W.  Gil- 
more,  Amasa  Hall,  and  Dexter  Richards  were  chosen  directors. 
On  the  same  day,  the  organization  of  the  bank  was  completed 
by  the  election  of  Ralph  Metcalf,  president,  and  Paul  J.  Wheeler, 
cashier.  The  bank  was  opened  for  business  on  the  loth  day  of 
June,  1S53. 

In  1S5S,  Mr.  Metcalf,  having  removed  tVom  town,  resigned 
the  office  of  president,  and  Thomas  W.  Gilmore  was  elected. 
Mr.  Gilmore  continued  to  hold  the  office,  and  to  discharsfe  the 
duties  thereof  with  marked  ability  and  scrupulous  fidelity,  until 
failing  health  compelled  him,  in  1S75,  to  decline  further  elec- 
tion. On  the  retirement  of  Mr.  Gilmore,  Dexter  Richards,  the 
present  incumbent,  was  chosen  president. 

Paul  J.  Wheeler  held  the  office  of  cashier  until  his  decease, 
Sept.  19,  1S63.  On  the  7th  of  October  following,  Frederick 
W.  Lewis  was  chosen  cashier,  and  continued  to  hold  the  othce 
until  the  reorganization  of  the  bank  as  a  national  bank,  Feb. 
17,  1865,  when  he  was  elected  cashier  of  the  national  bank, 
and  has  continued  to  hold  the  office  until  the  present  time. 

April  24,  1S65,  the  capital  stock  was  increased  from  $50,000 
to  $100,000.     The  present  board  of  officers  is  as  follows  :  Dex- 


68 


HISTORY  •of   NEWPORT. 


ter  Richards,  president ;  F.  W.  Lewis,  cashier  ;  Dexter  Rich- 
ards, Worthen  Hall,  Henry  G.  Carleton,  Daniel  R.  Hall,  Josh- 
ua W.  Booth,  John  P.  Knowlton,  and  Edmund  Wheeler,  direc- 
tors ;  Dexter  Richards,  F.  W.  Lewis,  and  H.  G.  Carleton, 
financial  committee  ;  Edmund  Wheeler,  Dexter  Richards,  and 
Daniel  R.  Hall,  examining  committee. 

Besides  the  officers  already  named,  the  following  persons 
have  been  members  of  the  board  of  directors  at  various  times : 
Amasa  Edes,  Oliver  Booth,  Horace  Metcalf,  and  Daniel  J.  War- 
ner. 

The  dividends,  for  thirteen  years  since  its  organization  as  a 
national  bank,  have  averaged  9[oo  per  cent,  per  annum  ;  and  the 
bank  now  holds  a  handsome  surplus. 

The  Newport  Savings  Bank  was  incorporated  July  i,  iS6S, 
and  was  organized  and  commenced  business  in  September  of 
the  same  year.  The  first  board  of  officers  consisted  of  the  fol- 
lowing persons  :  Dexter  Richards,  Henry  G.  Carleton,  Amasa 
Edes,  Shepherd  L.  Bowers,  Edmund  Wheeler,  Isaac  A.  Reed, 
Albert  S.  Wait,  Levi  W.  Barton,  Samuel  H.  Edes,  Francis 
Boardman,  Benjamin  F.  Sawyer,  Edmund  Burke,  John  Blan- 
chard,  and  Harvey  Huntoon,  trustees  ;  Dexter  Richards,  Hen- 
ry G.  Carleton,  and  Amasa  Edes,  loaning  agents  ;  Edmund 
Wheeler,  Francis  Boardman,  and  Isaac  A.  Reed,  auditors ; 
Dexter  Richards,  president ;  Henry  G.  Carleton,  vice-president ; 
Frederick  W.  Lewis,  secretary  and  treasurer. 

This  bank  has  made  semi-annual  dividends  of  3^  per  cent, 
from  its  organization  ;  it  also  made  an  extra  dividend  in  April, 
1873,  amounting  to  ifo^  per  cent,  per  annum  up  to  that  time. 
In  April,  1S7S,  it  reported, — Deposits,  $331,500;  guaranty 
fund,  $5,500;  surplus,  $5,694.18. 

The  present  board  of  officers  consists  of  the  following:  Hen- 
ry G.  Carleton,  president ;  Worthen  Hall,  vice-president ;  Fred- 
erick VV.  Lewis,  secretary  and  treasurer ;  Dexter  Richards,  H. 
G.  Carleton,  and  Francis  Boardman,  loaning  agents  ;  Francis 
Boardman,  E.  C.  Converse,  and  F.  A.  Rawson,  auditors. 


CHAPTEE    XI. 

COUNTY. 

THE  towns  now  included  in  Sullivan  county  once  formed  a 
part  of  Cheshire.  The  old  county  being  so  long,  the  peo- 
ple had  been  subjected  to  a  large  amount  of  unnecessary  travel 
and  expense  ;  and  one  term  of  the  court  had  for  many  years  been 
holden  at  Keene  and  the  other  at  Charlestown,  the  better  to 
accommodate  the  public.  A  law  was  passed,  Dec.  28,  1S24, 
removing  the  M.ly  term  of  the  supreme  court  of  judicature  from 
Charlestown  to  Newport.  June  23,  1S26,  the  legislature  sub- 
mitted to  the  several  towns  of  the  county  the  question  of  divid- 
ing the  county.  July  5,  1S27,  the  act  incorporating  the  county 
of  Sullivan  was  passed,  to  take  eflect  the  following  September. 
The  question  whether  Claremont  or  Newport  should  be  the 
shire  town,  submitted  to  the  people  at  the  same  time  with  that 
of  the  formation  of  the  county,  was  decided  in  Hn-or  of  New- 
port by  a  majority  of  3,728  votes. 

That  Newport  was  made  the  shire  town  of  the  county,  even 
after  this  decisive  vote,  was  in  a  good  measure  due  to  the  efforts 
of  Col.  William  Cheney,  who,  almost  single-handed  and  alone, 
combated  an  imposing  array  of  legal  talent  in  tlie  legislature, 
whose  interests  were  in  the  western  portion  of  the  county,  and 
won  the  victory. 

CouRT-HousE.  At  a  meeting  held  Jan.  13,  1S25,  the  town 
voted,  by  a  voice  nearly  unanimous,  to  raise  the  sum  of  $2,cxx) 
to  assist  in  building  a  court-house  and  town-hall  building,  the 
remaining  $i,5(X)  to  be  supplied  by  individual  subscriptions, 
the  two  sums  being  required  to  meet  the  estimated  expense  of 
the  building.  The  lot  on  which  tlie  building  was  erected  was 
purchased  of  Aaron  Nettleton,  Jr.,  for  the  sum  of  $410.  A  build- 
ing committee,  consisting  of  Col.  William  Cheney.  James  Brcck, 


yO  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

Esq.,  and  Col.  James  D.  Walcott,  were  appointed  to  superin- 
tend the  work.  On  the  nth  d,ay  of  February,  1826,  OHver 
Jenks,  James  D.  Walcott,  and  David  Allen,  selectmen  of  New- 
port, and  Salma  Hale,  clerk  of  the  court,  certified  that  the  new 
court-house  was  built  and  ready  for  occupation.  This  building, 
after  several  modifications,  continued  to  be  occupied  by  the 
county  until  1873,  when  it  was  deeded  to  the  town,  and  the 
court  was  removed  to  the  new  building. 

New  Town-Hall  and  Court-House.  For  a  long  time  the 
town,  in  its  frequent  large  gatherings,  had  suffered  great  incon- 
venience from  the  want  of  a  hall  with  sufficient  capacity  to  ac- 
commodate the  crowd,  and  especially  so  on  occasions  of  unusual 
interest,  which  drew  together  large  numbers.  This  need  was 
felt  by  all  our  people  ;  and  when,  after  the  close  of  the  war,  the 
state  assumed  the  debts  of  the  towns,  the  proportion  which  fell 
to  this  town  being  some  $16,000,  this  was  thought  to  be  the 
opportune  moment  in  which  to  build  the  long-.wished-for  hall, 
as  it  would  save  the  expense  of  collection  and  cause  less  incon- 
venience to  the  public.  Accordingly  a  meeting  was  called,  and 
various  plans  and  estimates  presented.  After  a  long  and  some- 
what exciting  controversy,  a  location  and  a  plan  were  agreed 
upon  ;  and  the  town  voted,  Nov.  21,  1872,  to  erect  the  building. 
Frederick  W.  Lewis,  Levi  W.  Barton,  Shepherd  L.  Bowers, 
Francis  Boardman,  Martin  L.  Whittier,  and  William  Kelley 
were  appointed  a  committee  to  take  charge  of  the  work.  The 
site  on  vt^hich  it  stands  was  occupied  by  the  residence  of  Dr.  J. 
L.  Swett,  for  which  they  paid  him  $6,000.  The  plan  of  the 
work  was  drawn  by  Edward  Dow,  architect,  of  Concord  ;  and 
the  building  was  erected  by  W.  L.  Dow  &  Co.,  of  this  town,  at 
a  cost,  when  completed,  of  nearly  $40,000.  It  is  considered 
one  of  the  finest  edifices  of  the  kind  in  the  state.  The  entire 
expense  was  paid  by  Newport,  Claremont  having  pledged  itself 
to  furnish  a  suitable  building  and  safes  without  expense  to  the 
county,  provided  the  courts  should  be  removed  to  that  town. 
In  part  compensation,  however,  for  this,  the  town  had  the  old 
court-house  and  grounds,  which  they  needed  for  graded  school 
purposes,  and  also  the  former  safe  and  grand  jury  rooms. 

Jail.  The  old  jail  at  Charlestown  continued  to  be  occupied 
by  the  county  until  April  i,  1S42,  when  it  was  set  on  fire  by  a 


COUNTY,  71 

notorious  robber  by  the  name  of  Hicks,  and  burned.  The  same 
season  a  new  one  was  built  in  this  town.  It  was  erected  by  the 
Hon.  Nathan  Mudget,  at  a  cost  of  $3,300.  It  was  remodelled, 
under  the  direction  of  the  county  commissioners,  in  1S76,  at  an 
additional  cost  of  some  $5,000. 

County  Safe.  The  old  County  Safe  building  was  erected 
for  the  county  in  1S43,  by  Jonathan  M.  Wilmarth,  Esq.,  at  a 
cost  of  $1,100.  The  town  voted,  Aug.  i,  1S43,  "  to  lease  to  the 
county  the  south-west  corner  of  the  court-house  common,  for 
the  purpose  of  erecting  county  offices  and  safes,  to  be  held  so 
long  as  used  for  that  purpose." 

The  citizens  of  Newport,  at  various  times  since  the  forma- 
tion of  the  county,  have  held  the  following  offices.  Several  of 
them,  however,  resided  in  other  towns  at  the  time  of  their  elec- 
tion or  appointment  to  office. 

Clerks  of  the  Court.  Benjamin  B.  French,  Thomas  \V. 
Gilmore,  W.  H.  H.  Allen,  William  F.  Newton,  George  E. 
Dame. 

Solicitors.  Edmund  Burke,  Samuel  H.  Edcs,  Levi  W. 
Barton. 

Sheriffs.  David  Allen,  Frederick  Claggett,  Rufus  P.  Clag- 
gett. 

Treasurers.    Jonathan   M.   Wilmarth,   Paul  J.  Wheeler. 

Commissioner.     Francis  Boardman. 

Registers  of  Deeds.  Cyrus  Barton,  Calvin  Wilcox,  N.  B. 
Cutting,  Henry  E.  Baldwin,  Henry  G.  Carleton,  Matthew 
Harvey,  John  Towne,  Levi  W.  Barton,  Arthur  II.  Ingram, 
Elisha  M.  Kempton,  William  E.  Brooks. 

Jailors.     David  Harris,  James  L.  Riley,  Martin  A.  Barton. 

Judge  of  Probate.     W.  H.  H.  Allen. 

Registers  of  Probate.  Aaron  Nettleton,  Jr.,  Ralph  Met- 
calf,  Henry  E.  Baldwin,  Henry  G.  Carleton,  Edward  Wyman, 
Shepherd  L.  Bowers,  George  R.  Brown. 


OHAPTEE    XII. 

MILLS . 

GRIST-MILLS.     The    first  settlers  took   care   to    provide 
themselves  with  early  and  ample  mill  accommodations, 
as  will  be  seen  by  the  following  vote  of  the  proprietors : 

At  an  Adjourned  Meeting  holden  on  the  29"^  day  of  October,  at  the 
house  of  Zephaniah  Clark  afores*^  by  the  ProiDrietors  of  Newport  afores"^, 
M"'.  Stephen  Wilcocks,  Moderator — 

Voted  that  Benjamin  Giles  now  Resident  in  Newport  have  One  hun- 
dred Acres  of  Land,  laid  out  by  the  Proprietors  Committee  to  him  his 
heirs  and  assigns  for  Ever,  and  to  be  so  laid  out  as  to  secure  to  said 
Giles  his  heirs  and  Assigns  that  part  of  the  East  Branch  of  Great  Sugar 
River  so  called  near  where  s'^  Giles  is  about  to  sett  up  a  Corn  Mill  and 
a  saw  mill,  so  that  said  Giles  may  build  a  Damm  aCross  said  River, 
with  all  the  priviledge  of  said  River,  so  far  as  is  necessary  for  the  ben- 
efit of  s*^  Mills  with  the  land  Adjoining  said  River  so  as  to  take  in  a  Suf- 
ficiency of  Land  for  to  sett  said  Mills  and  what  may  be  convenient 
around  the  same,  and  also  to  be  so  laid  out  as  to  take  apart  of  the 
White  Pine  Timber,  and  also  to  Procure  a  Pair  of  Mill  Stones  for  said 
Giles  at  said  Mills.  Also  that  said  Giles  have  a  Tax  or  Rate  to  the 
Valine  of  Four  da3'S  Labour  on  Each  Proprietors  Right  or  Share,  the 
afores*^  Grants  given  for  s''  Giles's  Encouragement  towards  his  Building 
the  aforesaid  Mills  in  Newport  afores<i. 

The  site  selected  on  which  to  build  the  mill  is  the  one  now 
occupied  by  the  Granite  Mills  of  Coffin  &  Nourse.  The  mills 
were  completed  and  ready  for  operation  Sept.  24,  176S.  The 
old  mill-stones  are  still  pointed  out,  and  the  single  tree  which 
constituted  the  original  dam  is  now  doing  the  same  service  to 
the  present  mills,  and  is  in  a  good  state  of  preservation.  Pre- 
vious to  the  completion  of  this  undertaking,  the  milling  was 
mainly  done  at  Charlestown,  which   was  reached  by  a  rough 


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road,  leading  over  Pike  hill.  The  mills  and  privilege  were 
sold  to  Jeremiah  Nettleton  in  1779.  They  w^ere  afterwards 
owned  by  Ebenezer  Merrit,  Samuel  Endicot,  in  1812;  Ruel 
Keith  ;  and  jointly  by  Amasa  Edes,  Joseph  Sawyer,  Jr.,  and  S. 
S.  Wilcox,  who  purchased  them  in  1S36,  at  the  time  of  the 
Mirick  speculation,  who,  in  1S67,  sold  to  Cofiin  &  Nourse,  the 
present  owners. 

The  village  grist-mill  was  built  previous  to  1787-  Daniel 
Dudley  furnished  the  means,  and  John  Dudley  and  Constant 
White  superintended  the  construction.  It  was  purchased  by 
Roswell  Kelsey,  who  sold  it  to  William  McAllister.  It  was 
rebuilt  by  Col.  William  Cheney  in  1S15.  It  has  since  been 
owned  by  Nathan  Nettleton  ;  Durkee  &  Cutting,  1826;  Albert 
Wilcox  ;  Wilcox  &  Whittemore  ;  Edes,  Wilcox  &  Breck,  1S36  ; 
Benj.  Farrington  ;  J.  &  E.  S.  Barrett ;  Emerson  &  Booth  ; 
Augustus  G.  Savory  ;  C.  C.  Shedd,  1865  ;  Gerry  Morgan,  1S6S  ; 
Horace  Adams,  1869  ;  Bennett  &  Woodbury,  1869  ;  Bennett  & 
Rowell,  1S70;  Bennett,  Rowell  &  Wright,  1S73  ;  and  now 
(1878)  by  Wright  &  Stockwell.  The  mill  was  burned  in  Jan- 
uary, 1866,  while  owned  by  Mr.  Shedd,  and  was  rebuilt  by  Mr. 
Morgan  some  three  years  after.  In  1870  this  mill  ground  19,000 
bushels  of  grain,  valued  at  $33,000. 

The  grist-mill  on  the  Goshen  Branch  of  Sugar  river,  origi- 
nally built  by  Rev.  Abijah  Wines,  son-in-law^  of  Benj.  Giles, 
who  built  the  first  mill,  and  subsequently  owned  by  Reuben 
Bascom  and  Ezra  Parmelee,  previous  to  1779,  was  on  the 
south  side  of  the  river.  It  had  one  run  of  stones,  and  the 
power  was  applied  to  the  wheel  by  means  of  a  hollow  log 
running  from  the  top  of  the  dam.  Mr.  Bascom  sold  his  inter- 
est to  Josiah  Stevens.  It  was  purchased  by  Reuben  Bascom 
in  1 791.  It  was  rebuilt  on  the  north  side  of  the  river  by  James 
Whipple  and  Samuel  P.  Hawes,  previous  to  181 3.  It  has 
since  been  owned  by  Elisha  Bascom,  Reuben  M.  Call,  Adams 
&  Dummer,  Henry  Chapin,  and  Abijah  W.  Tenney.  The 
original  logs  put  in  at  the  building  of  the  dam  are  nearly  two 
thirds  of  them  still  there,  in  a  good  state  of  preservation,  where 
they  have  been  for  nearly  or  quite  one  hundred  years. 
Benjamin  F.  Haven  had  a  grist-mill  in  operation  for  several 


74  HISTORY   OF    NEWPORT. 

years  in  the  basement  of  his  saw-mill  at  Northville,  commenc- 
ing in  I 866. 

Frank  P.  Rowell,  in  1877,  erected  a  steam  grist-mill  on  Corn 
alley,  near  Railroad  square,  where  he  has  ground  a  large 
amount  of  corn — about  12,000  bushels  annually. 

SaW'-Mili.s.  The  first  saw-mill,  built  by  Mr.  Giles,  has  al- 
ready been  described  in  connection  with  his  grist-mill.  Mr. 
Ezra  Parmelee  sawed  the  first  boards. 

The  Comstock  saw-mill  was  built  by  Dea.  Asa  Hurd,  about 
1830.  It  has  since  been  owned  and  operated  by  Josiah  Hurd, 
Bascom  &  Tenney,  Oliver  Comstock,  Montgomery  Craige, 
Coffin  &  Nourse,  and  King  &  Small.  In  1870,  King  &  Small 
produced  220,000  feet  of  boards  and  100,000  shingles. 

Roswell  Kelsey,  Jr.,  built  the  dam  at  the  Sugar  River  Mills 
for  a  saw-mill.  The  mill  was  placed  on  the  south  side  of  the 
stream,  so  as  to  better  accommodate  the  large  tracts  of  timber 
on  East  mountain.  It  was  sold  to  James  D.  Walcott  in  iSi3, 
and  was  rebuilt  by  Jonathan  Cutting  on  the  north  side  of  the 
river,  and  occupied  by  him  until  1839,  when  it  was  burned. 

The  village  saw-mill,  built  by  Daniel  Dudley,  stood  on  the 
north  side  of  the  river  until  1S15,  when  the  grist-mill  was  re- 
built, and  the  saw-mill  was  placed  where  it  now  stands,  on  the 
south  side  of  the  dam.  This  mill  has  been  owned  since  by 
Jonathan  Cutting,  1826;  Seth  Richards;  Albert  Wilcox  ;  Jacob 
Reddington,  1S37  ;  Garry  Tompkins,  1849;  George  E.  Wil- 
marth,  185S  ;  and  by  Daniel  Nettleton.  This  mill  manufac- 
tured 550,000  feet  of  lumber  and  150,000  shingles  in  1S70.  It 
was  burned,  Sept.  22,  1878. 

The  Staniels  saw-mill  was  owned  and  run  in  connection  with 
the  grist-mill.  In  1836,  it  was  purchased  by  Stephen  Call  and 
Frederick  Claggett.  It  has  been  owned  since  by  A.  W.  Ten- 
ney, John  Wilcox,  Hiram  Staniels,  and  David  E.  Carr.  The 
latter,  in  1S70,  produced  100,000  feet  of  boards,  25,000  laths, 
and  15,000  shingles. 

Ephraim  Towner,  one  of  the  earliest  settlers,  had  a  saw-mill 
on  Towner  brook,  near  the  junction  of  the  Goshen  and  Break- 
Neck  Hill  roads. 

Allen's  mill,  at  Northville,  was  built  by  Samuel  W.  Allen  in 
1871.     The  Richardson  mill  and  canal,  at  the  same  power,  were 


MILLS.  75 

built  in  1S36  by  Samuel  Larned  &  Co.  Allen's  mill,  when 
oiDcrating  at  its  full  capacity,  can  produce  7,000  feet  of  boards, 
9,000  shingles,  and  15,000  laths  per  day. 

Ichabod  Morse,  soon  after  his  arrival  in  town,  built  a  saw- 
mill near  the  mouth  of  Morse  brook.  The  mill  was  shortly 
carried  away  by  the  high  water. 

The  Haven  mill  at  Northville  was  built  by  widow  Joel  Wake- 
field, in  the  early  part  of  the  present  century.  It  was  rebuilt  by 
James  Haven  in  1S31,  and  has  since  been  owned  by  his  son,  B. 

F.  Haven. 

The  saw-mill,  dam,  and  canal  at  Kellcyville  were  built  by 
Israel  Kelley  in  1827,  He  was  assisted  by  the  contributions  of 
some  sixty-live  of  his  neighbors,  who  were  interested  in  the 
enterprise.  The  mill  has  since  been  operated  by  William  and 
Franklin  Kelley,  his  sons,  and  by  Nehemiah  Dodge  and  David 

G.  Fowler.  In  1S70,  Mr.  Fowler  sawed  100,000  feet  of  boards, 
and  made  200,000  shingles. 

Nathan  Hurd,  in  the  earlier  days,  had  a  saw-mill  opposite 
the  Endicot  farm,  which  was  carried  away  by  a  freshet  and 
never  rebuilt. 

Randall's  mill  was  built  by  Lewis  W.  Randall  and  Carroll 
W.  Peabody.  It  was  soon  purchased  by  Mr.  Randall,  who, 
after  operating  it  for  several  years,  sold  to  Ira  F.  Chandler, 
its  present  owner.  In  1S70,  Mr.  C.  produced  150,000  feet  of 
boards,  150,000  feet  of  lumber,  and  75,000  laths. 

The  saw-mill  in  the  north-west  part  of  the  town,  on  Ferry 
brook,  has  been  owned  by  Henry  Chapin,  Ezekiel  Powers,  and 
Abijah  W.  Tenney. 

The  saw-mill  in  the  north-east  part  of  the  town,  on  Long 
Pond  brook,  was  built  by  Peter  Wakefield,  who  sold  it  to  Ste- 
phen Reed,  a  son-in-law,  who  rel)uilt  it,  and  from  whom  it  fell 
to  his  sou  Jackson  Reed.  Mr.  Reed  sawed,  in  1S70,  100,000 
feet  of  boards. 


OHAPTEE  XIII. 

HOTELS. 

n~^HE  favorable  position  of  Newport,  situated  as  it  is  in  the 
■^  valley  of  Sugar  river,  and  at  the  confluence  of  its  two 
branches  north  and  south,  has  enabled  it  to  enjoy  much  of  the 
advantages  of  the  through  travel,  as  well  as  a  wide  local  patron- 
age ;  and  hence  hotel-keeping  has  always  been  an  important 
and  prosperous  branch  of  business.  Its  palmiest  days  were 
prior  to  the  introduction  of  railroads,  when  an  immense  amount 
of  travel  and  freighting,  by  stage  and  teams,  passed  through  this 
town  on  its  way  to  and  from  market.  The  accommodation 
ot  fashionable  summer  boarders  from  our  cities  seems  to  give 
promise  of  another  harvest  for  that  calling. 

The  first  mention  we  find  of  a  public  house  is  among  the 
records  of  the  proprietors'  clerk,  where  the  proprietors  ad- 
journed Oct.  13,  1767,  "  to  meet  on  the  i6tJi  inst.,  at  12  o'clock, 
at  the  house  of  Zephaniah  Clark,  innholder,  in  said  Newport." 
Tradition  says  it  was  a  humble  log  cabin,  standing  near  the 
residence  of  Mr.  Claggett,  on  the  Unity  road.  That  spot  con- 
tinued to  be  the  favorite  location  for  a  hotel  until  after  the 
building  of  the  Croydon  turnpike,  and  the  consequent  transfer 
of  business  to  the  present  village.  The  house  of  Mr.  Claggett 
was  built  by  John  Lane,  and  occupied  by  him,  David  Lyon, 
and  Ruel  Keith,  as  a  tavern. 

Benjamin  Bragg  had  a  tavern  at  the  Fairbanks  place  in  17S2. 
The  first  building,  made  of  logs,  was  burned,  and  a  two-story 
framed  house  was  erected  in  its  place,  and  used  as  a  tavern. 
He  sold  out  to  Phineas  Wilcox,  who  continued  the  business  at 
the  same  place. 

The  first  framed  house  within  the  limits  of  the  present  vil- 


HOTELS.  77 

lage  stood  upon  the  site  of  the  present  residence  of  J.  H.  Hunton. 
It  was  built  by  Isaac  Rcddington,  and  was  designed  for  a  tavern 
and  store,  and  was  occupied  by  him  as  such  in  1793  and  1794. 
It  was  sold  to  Jesse  Wilcox,  Jr.,  who  continued  the  same  busi- 
ness from  1797  until  the  time  of  his  death. 

The  F.  Claggett  house,  the  second  one  north  of  the  Congre- 
gational church,  was  built  by  Gordon  Buel  for  a  hotel.  It  was 
kept  1)V  him  in  iSii,  and  afterwards  by  Sylvanus  Richards, 
Seth  Richards,  John  Silver,  in  1S26,  and  by  J.  Black.  It  was 
known  as  the  "  Rising  Sun." 

"The  Newport  CoHee-IIouse,"  now  the  house  of  Mr.  W.  A. 
F.  Ladd,  standing  nearer  the  river  than  now,  and  fronting 
south,  was  built  by  Sargent  Heath,  in  1825,  for  a  tavern,  and 
was  kept  by  him  for  a  number  of  years. 

Luther  Delano  kept  a  tavern  for  a  while  at  the  Tontine,  on 
the  east  side  of  the  common. 

Peter  Wakefield  kept  a  tavern  in  the  north  part  of  the  town, 
in  179S,  near  Baptist  hill. 

Ichabod  Morse  kept  a  tavern  at  the  G.  P.  Haven  place.  It 
stood  upon  what  was  then  the  Cornish  turnpike,  which  was 
new  and  much  travelled. 

Willard  Wakefield  and  J.  Rice  had  a  public  house  at  North- 
ville  for  a  number  of  years. 

Sylvanus  Richards  kept  a  tavern  for  many  years  in  the  west 
part  of  the  town,  on  the  S.  II.  Cutting  farm,  where  he  had  a 
nice  place,  and  one  of  the  very  largest  stocks  in  town.  A  Mr. 
Rice  also  kept  a  tavern  on  the  same  road,  but  nearer  the 
Claremont  line. 

The  house  of  Mr.  B.  Marshall,  on  the  new  road  to  Claremont, 
was  used  for  many  years  as  a  tavern,  commencing  with  the 
opening  of  the  road.  It  was  known  as  the  "  Half-way  House." 
It  was  kept  first  by  Stephen  Perry,  and  afterwards  by  Mr.  Ken- 
nerson,  Mr.  Walker,  and  Harvey  Bingham. 

Col.  David  Fisher  had  a  tavern  at  the  foot  of  Claremont  hill 
in  1794;  and  Col.  William  Cheney  was  licensed  to  keep  a  tav- 
ern at  the  same  place  in  1S13. 

Hon.  David  Allen  kept  a  tavern  for  many  years  at  his  place 
on  the  Goshen  road,  where  Mrs.  Page  now  resides,  commenc- 
ing in  iSi  I.     It  is  still  remembered  with  pleasure  by  the  once 


78  HISTORY   OF   NEWPORT. 

weary  travellers  who  enjoyed  its  home  comforts  and  bountiful 
table. 

Joseph  Buel  had  a  tavern  in  1793  at  the  L.  W.  Darling  place 
on  the  East  mountain. 

The  Isaac  Qiiimby  house,  at  Kelleyville,  was  occupied  as  a 
tavern  for  several  years.     It  was  kept  by  Jonathan  Comstock. 

A  public  house  was  kept  for  a  number  of  years  at  the  Gold- 
thwait  place,  on  the  old  Croydon  turnpike,  by  James  White. 

Asa  Hurd  kept  tavern  at  the  S.  S.  Wilcox  house  in  the  east 
part  of  the  town. 

The  Netvport  House  was  built  and  kept  by  Col.  William 
Cheney  in  1S14,  and  was  also  kept  for  a  while  by  Col.  Luther 
Delano.  It  was  shortly  after  purchased  and  greatly  enlarged 
by  Capt.  Joel  Nettleton,  and  kept  by  him  for  more  than  twenty 
years.  Since  his  day  it  has  been  kept  by  Parker  Nettleton, 
James  Kendall,  Stephen  Day,  W.  C.  Colston,  Samuel  Emmons, 
Milton  Glidden,  Ira  M.  Clark,  David  B.  Jones,  Cross  &  Ayer, 
and  J.  &  H.  G.  P.  Cross.  The  original  edifice  was  burned  in 
i860,  and  the  present  structure  was  erected  the  same  year  by 
the  Messrs.  Cross,  assisted  by  liberal  contributions  from  the 
citizens  of  the  village,  at  a  cost  of  $10,000.  It  was  inaugurated 
with  a  most  brilliant  leap-year  i^arty  on  the  14th  of  December 
of  that  year.  It  was  purchased  by  E.  L.  Putney,  its  present 
owner,  in  March,  1S66.  The  French  roof  and  observatory 
were  put  upon  it  by  him  in  1871,  and  the  large  new  addition 
at  the  north  in  1874,  nearly  doubling  its  capacity.  It  was  leased 
to  H.  A.  Averill  in  October,  1S73,  for  a  short  time.  It  has 
always  received  its  share  of  patronage  from  the  time  of  its 
erection  by  Mr.  Cheney.  It  is  three  stories  high,  with  a  Man- 
sard roof,  120  feet  long,  44  feet  deep,  and  has  100  rooms. 

The  Eagle  hotels  now  Eagle  block,  was  built  by  James  Breck 
and  Josiah  Forsaith,  Esqs.,  in  1826.  It  was  first  kept  by 
George  Sparhawk,  and  subsequently  by  James  Cameron,  John 
Doughty,  John  Preston,  John  Silver,  Samuel  Emmons,  Mat- 
thew Parker,  Asa  Richardson,  S.  Day,  Jr.,  Joseph  Nutting,  D. 
W.  Watkins,  Jonathan  Silsby,  and  C.  &  H.  A.  Averill.  It  was 
purchased  by  S.  H.  Edes,  and  converted  into  a  business  block, 
in  1856.  It  enjoyed  its  greatest  popularity  with  the  fashion- 
able public,  who  constantly-  thronged  it  with  rides  and  dances, 


NEWPORT     HOUSE. 


I 


HOTELS.  79 

while  under  the    mnnngemcnt  of  Mr.  Silver,  whose   laJy  had 
rare  gifts  for  lier  position. 

The  Phcnix  hotel  was  built  by  Orange  Whitney  in  iS/O,  be- 
ing assisted  in  the  enterprise  by  citizens  intei^ested  in  the  prog- 
ress of  the  village,  and  was  under  the  management  of  his  son, 
Calvin  H.  Whitney,  until  1873,  when  it  was  sold  to  James  H. 
Brown,  the  present  proprietor.  It  is  three  stories  high,  with  a 
French  roof,  has  a  long  ell  in  the  rear,  a  balcony  in  front,  and 
has  50  rooms.  It  is  built  upon  the  site  formerly  occupied  by 
the  Sugar  River  House^  which  was  built  by  Milan  Booth  in 
1S58,  and  was  kept  by  Mr.  Booth,  Charles  W.  Jenks,  E.  L. 
Putney,  N.  B.  Hull,  and  G.  L.  Cass,  and  which,  in  1867,  was 
destroyed  by  fire. 


CHAPTEE  XIY. 

TRADERS. 

TvTEWPORT,  by  its  favorable  location,  has  always  been  able 
-^  ^  to  command  a  very  considerable  trade.  The  merchants, 
as  a  class,  have  done  a  thriving  business.  Several  of  them 
have  accumulated  fortunes. 

Tradition  says  the  first  article  of  merchandise  brought  into 
town  was  a  barrel  of  rum,  individuals  contributing  what  they 
were  disposed  to  ;  but  when  it  arrived,  no  one  of  their  number 
had  sufficient  knowledge  of  figures  to  divide  it  equitably  among 
the  owners,  so  the  matter  was  deferred  until  the  arrival  of  Mrs. 
Christopher  Newton,  who  was  able  to  solve  the  problem. 

The  first  store  in  town  was  kept  by  a  Mr.  Hicks,  a  son-in-law 
of  Jedediah  Reynolds,  at  the  place  now  occupied  by  the  old 
Boardman  house.  Josiah  Stephens,  Esq.,  kept  a  stock  of  goods 
at  his  house  on  the  Unity  road,  at  the  William  Emerson  place. 
Isaac  Reddington  and  David  Lyon  had  a  store  at  the  Col.  Carr 
place  on  the  Unity  road.  William  Cheney  had  a  store  at  the 
E.  Noyes  house,  at  the  foot  of  Claremont  hill,  when  he  first 
commenced  trade  in  town. 

Isaac  Reddington,  Jesse  Wilcox,  Jr.,  Solomon  Clement,  Eras- 
tus  Baldwin,  in  i8i3,  Calvin,  Albert,  and  Jesse  Wilcox,  in  1S33, 
and  Amos  Little,  have  in  turn  traded  at  the  J.  H.  Hunton  cor- 
ner, in  what  was  known  as  the  old  red  store,  the  first  framed 
buildingf  in  the  villagfe. 

The  brick  building  at  the  corner  of  Main  and  Elm  streets 
was  built  by  James  Breck,  in  1S16,  and  was  occupied  by  him 
as  a  store,  a  portion  of  the  time  in  connection  with  Hugh 
McAllister,  and  a  part  with  his  son,  Martin  B.  Breck. 

William  Ward  had  a  store  at  the  Harvey  corner  and  at  the 
Tontine. 


TRADERS.  8 1 

Calvin  and  Albert  Wilcox,  Daniel  Wilcox,  William  and 
George  W.  Nourse,  George  II.  Fairbanks,  and  Philip  Royce 
have  traded  at  the  store  south  of  Burke's  block.  James  Gush- 
ing, James  Breck,  J.  W.  and  J.  H.  Parmalee,  Thomas  Wallace, 
Asa  Webster,  George  Herrick,  Aaron  Matson,  and  Ransom 
and  Ariel  Iluntoon  have  kept  in  Burke's  block. 

Little  &  Story,  Alfred  Story,  and  Miidget  &  Higbee  have 
traded  in  the  store  now  occupied  by  C.  H.  Whitney  &  Co.  Jo- 
seph Farnsworth,  J.  D.  Walcott,  and  Moses  P.  Durkee  traded 
in  a  building  standing  at  the  east  of  Wheeler's  block  in  1S24. 

Johnson  Si  Averill,  George  E.  Bartlett,  William  Dunton, 
Milton  S.Jackson,  F.  A.  Rawson,  William  O.  Hopkins,  N.J. 
Smith,  Whitney  &  Sibley,  and  Charles  Brockvvay  have  been  in 
trade  at  Wheeler's  block. 

The  Stowell  building  was  erected  by  Dea.  Joseph  Farns- 
worth and  Alvin  Hatch  in  1S26,  and  occupied  by  them  as  a 
store.  J.  S.  Farnsworth,  P.  N.  Newell,  Lovell  White,  Charles 
E.  Wheeler,  Sylvanus  Stowell,  Barnard  &  Carter,  and  C.  M. 
Emerson  have  in  turn  occupied  the  same  place  as  traders. 

The  old  Cheney  block,  built  in  1S16,  was  always  occupied 
for  purposes  of  trade.  Wm.  Cheney,  A.  Hatch,  S.  Partridge, 
Charles  Forbes,  W.  H.  Cheney,  Fisher  Dudley,  Seth,  Dexter, 
and  Abiathar  Richards,  E.  C.  Converse,  J.  S.  Parmalee,  Philo 
Fuller,  Nathan  Clark,  H.  P.  Coffin,  and  J.  W.  Person  have  at 
different  times  been  its  occupants. 

The  traders  at  the  Nettleton  block  have  been  Jeremiah  Kel- 
sey,  2d,  in  iSio,  Aaron  Nettleton,  Jr.,  T.  W.  Gilmore,  Joseph 
Farnsworth,  Bela  Nettleton,  F.  W.  Lewis,  Wm.  Young,  Benj. 
Wadleigh,  Qiiimby  &  Simmons,  Rawson  &  Livermore,  Bas- 
com  &  Livermore,  Stowell  cS:  Wiggin,  A.  D.  Howard,  and  A. 
P.  Welcome. 

Wm.  White  had  a  store  iust  south  of  the  villasre  bridsre,  and 
John  Cutting  one  at  the  Goldthwait  place,  in  the  north  part  of 
the  town. 

Samuel  Allen  had  a  store  at  the  Howe  place  on  Page  hill,  on 
the  Goshen  road. 

Harrison  Rice  traded  at  Northville  in  1S43,  Wm.  B.  Dug- 
gan  in  1S50,  and  E.  H.  Wakefield  in  1S7S. 

In  the  carlv  times  there  were  two  stores  north  of  Northville, 


82  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT, 

— one  on  the  old  Joel  McGregor  place,  and  the  other  on  the 
Eben  Rowell  form.  Dea.  Elias  Metcalf,  Dr.  James  Corbin, 
Moses  P.  Durkee,  and  Joel  McGregor  were  among  the  owners, 
and  Jonah  Griswold,  the  famous  old  school-teacher,  \vas  the 
most  noted  clerk. 

Samuel  H.  Edes  &  Son  have  been  in  trade  for  several  years 
at  the  Eagle  block.  Geo.  W.  Britton,  Edwin  A.  Kenion,  and 
Jonathan  Barnard  have  also  been  engaged  extensively  in  trade. 

Natlian  White  and  Nathan  White  &  Son  have  for  many 
years  been  commission  dealers  in  wool,  furs,  pork,  butter,  and 
poultry  for  the  Boston  market. 

E.  H.  Dunbar  commenced  the  poultry  business  for  the  Bos- 
ton markets  in  1S72,  and  Henry  A.  Wilcox  in  1S73. 

Drugs.  Drugs  and  medicines  were  kept  for  a  long  time  by 
the  merchants  at  their  stores,  mainly  by  Wilcox  and  Cheney, 
until  1848,  when  Nathaniel  Adams  opened  the  first  drug  store 
in  town  in  Little's  block.  His  successors  have  been  Samuel 
Day,  Jr.,  W.  W.  Leavitt,  E.  C.  Converse,  Sam  Nims,  Ira  P. 
George,  D.  W.  Howe,  Hurd  &  Ayer,  Carleton  Hurd,  and  John 
C.  Kelley. 

Books.  William  Cheney  in  1S15,  Cyrus  Barton  in  1S34, 
Simon  Brown  in  1833,  David  Harris,  Mudget  &  Higbee,  E.  C. 
Converse  in  1S59,  John  C.  Kelley,  and  Carleton  Hurd  have 
been  dealers  in  books.  Calvin  Messenger,  in  1825,  kept  a  de- 
pository for  tracts  and  Sabbath-school  books,  in  the  south  part 
of  the  village. 

Lovell  Wliite  &  Co.,  Abiathar  Richards,  M.  W.  Burke,  Lo- 
I'en  H.  Chase,  A.  V.  Hitchcock,  John  O.  Hobbs,  and  Young  & 
Hutchinson  have  dealt  largelv  in  readv-made  clothing  and 
gentlemen's  furnishing  goods. 

James  Wheeler,  William  P.  Wheeler,  David  Hale,  Edmund 
Wheeler,  G.  &  E.  A.  Pollard,  and  Charles  H.  Watts  have  kept 
large  stocks  of  saddles,  harnesses,  trunks,  and  horse-furnishing 
goods. 

John  Russ,  Joseph  T.  Chase,  Sawyer  Belknap,  John  B.  Stow- 
ell.  Dean  S.  Clement,  B.  C.  Logue,  Hunton  &  Dudley,  Board- 
man  &  Patch,  Patch  &  Dudley,  Daniel  F.  Patch,  Ethan  S. 
Chase,  and  E.  S.  Chase  &  Son  have  traded  extensively  in  boots 
and  shoes,  keeping  large  stocks. 


TRADERS.  83 

Stoves  and  Hardware  have  been  largely  dealt  in  by  Rob- 
inson &  Oivis,  Robinson  &  Wilcox,  Calvin  VV^ilcox  &  Son,  Sib- 
ley Si  Brown,  Hatch  &  Stowcll,  and  S.  G.  Stowell  &  vSon. 

Watches  AND  Jewelry.  Large  stocks  have  been  kept  by 
Amos  O.  Woodbury,  A.  O.  Woodbury  &  Son,  A.  O.  Kidder, 
and  E.  P.  Fisher. 

Milk.  Abner  P.  Welcome  first  commenced  the  milk  trade, 
since  which  time  Francis  H.  Goldthwait,  Putnam  George,  E. 
H.  Dunbar,  S.  A.  Tenney,  Henry  Stearns,  and  Arthur  H.  Wil- 
marth  have  supplied  the  market. 


CHAPTER    XY 


TRAVEL. 

T~^URING  the  first  fifty  years  after  the  settlement  of  the 
-*— ^  town,  travelling  was  done  almost  wholly  on  foot,  on 
horseback,  and  on  sleds  and  carts  drawn  by  ox-teams.  So  late 
as  iSio,  the  Rev.  Baron  Stow,  d,  d.,  of  Boston,  says, — "At  the 
large  church  at  Northville,  well  filled  with  hearers,  there  were 
no  carriages  present."  The  usual  way  was  on  horseback  :  the 
man  took  the  saddle,  the  wife  sat  upon  a  pillion  behind,  a 
child  in  the  lap  of  each,  while  the  other  m.embers  of  the  family 
followed  on  foot.  Ox-teams,  which  carried  the  whole  family 
and  the  less  fortunate  neighbors,  were  more  generally  used  at 
first. 

Roads.  The  first  road  oj^ened  in  town  was  a  cart-road  from 
Charlestown.  It  extended  from  North  Charlestown,  through 
Unity,  over  Pike  hill,  to  the  foot  of  Call  hill  on  the  Unity  road. 
It  was  laid  out  in  pursuance  of  a  vote  of  the  proprietors,  passed 
on  the  second  Tuesday  of  March,  1766.  The  road  at  the  west 
end  of  the  first  division  of  lots, — the  one  extending  north  from 
the  Griftln  place, — was  voted  to  be  built  at  the  same  meeting. 
It  was  surveyed  and  laid  out,  eight  rods  wide,  in  July,  i77^" 
The  road  extending  from  the  Fairbanks  place  to  the  Giles  (now 
Granite)  mills  was  built  in  1770.  The  Unity  road  was  laid 
out  in  1776.  The  village  road,  extending  from  Croydon  to  the 
Goshen  line,  was  built  in  1779.  The  old  road  to  Claremont, 
north  of  the  river,  was  built  in  i793'  The  new  road  following 
the  river  was  built  in  1S34.  The  road  from  the  D.  Wilmarth 
corner  to  Cornish  was  built  in  1S04.  The  road  from  North- 
ville, north,  was  probably  a  county  road,  and  built  about  1770, 
the  time  of  the  first  settlements  in  that  part  of  the  town. 

Turnpikes.      A  turnpike  fever  prevailed,  and  was  at  its 


TRAVEL.  85 

height  herefrom  1S04  to  1S14.  The  Croydon  turnpike,  extend- 
ing from  Lebanon  to  Washington,  passing  through  the  town  by 
way  of  Croydon  Flat,  and  the  viUage,  to  Goshen  Mill  village, 
was  chartered  June  25,  1S04,  and  built  in  1S06.  It  was  very 
useful  in  its  day,  and  over  it  passed  nearly  all  the  travel  and 
freight  along  the  line  to  and  from  Boston.  The  flattering  pros- 
pects of  large  dividends  to  the  stockholders,  which  induced 
them  to  commence  the  undertaking,  were  never  realized.  It  was 
given  up,  and  a  public  road  laid  out  over  it  by  the  town  in  1S3S. 
At  the  annual  meeting  in  iSo9,the  proposition  to  pay  money 
in  aid  of  the  Newport  Turnpike  Corporation,  extending  from 
the  Croydon  turnpike  in  Newport  to  Keene,  came  up  for  con- 
sideration, and  the  town  voted  not  to  extend  the  aid, 

March  13,  iSio,  the  town  voted  to  give  the  Cornish  Turnpike 
Corporation,  which  was  incorporated  Dec.  9,  iSoS,  $1,500, 
in  three  annual  instalments.  In  April,  following,  it  was  voted 
to  rescind  the  above  vote;  and  in  March,  1811,  the  town  voted 
to  pass  over  an  article  appropriating  money  in  aid  of  the  cor- 
poration. At  the  end  of  a  vexatious  lawsuit,  the  town  paid 
the  $1,500.  This  road  extended  from  the  Croydon  turnpike,  at 
A,  P.  Welcome's,  through  Northville,  to  Cornish  bridge,  by  way 
of  Governor's  pond  at  the  north-west  corner  of  the  town. 

March  13,  1S12,  the  town  voted  to  give  the  Sunapee  Turn- 
pike Corporation  $i,300,  in  three  annual  instalments.  On  this 
proposition  the  vote  stood, — yea,  104;  nay,  Si.  This  road  ex- 
tended from  the  village  to  Bradford  through  South  Sunapee, 

Bridges.  At  the  annual  meeting,  ISIarch  8,  1774-  the  town 
"voted  to  build  a  bridge  across  the  east  branch  of  Sugar 
river,  near  the  east  end  of  the  first  division  of  lots,"  which  was 
near  the  site  of  the  present  village  bridge  on  Main  street.  Fif- 
teen pounds  was  raised  to  defray  the  expense,  to  be  paid  in 
labor  or  grain  at  market  price.  Aaron  Buel,  Phineas  Wilcox, 
and  Ezra  Parmelee  were  chosen  building  committee, 

'•March  13,  1775,  voted  to  build  a  bridge  over  the  south 
branch,  between  lots  No.  16  and  No,  17,  in  the  first  division." 
Tliis  was  near  the  present  bridge  on  Elm  street.  Twenty- 
five  pounds  was  raised  for  the  purpose.  Amos  Ilall.  Eben- 
ezer  ISIerritt,  and  Aaron  Buel  were  chosen  building  committee. 
This  bridge  was  not  built  until  1776- 


86  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

The  first  covered  bridge  was  erected  at  Kelleyville  in  1S39. 
Previous  to  this,  bridges  across  the  river  were  made  with 
string  pieces,  supported  in  part  by  trestle  work  standing 
in  the  stream  ;  and  more  or  less  of  them  were  swept  away 
by  nearly  every  spring  freshet,  thus  subjecting  the  town  to 
inconvenience  and  expense. 

Canals.  The  "  Connecticut  and  Merrimack  River  Canal," 
which  was  to  extend  from  the  Connecticut  up  Sugar  river, 
through  this  tovv^n,  Sunapee,  New  London,  Wilmot,  and  An- 
dover,  was  surveyed  in  182S.  The  project  had  many  friends, 
and  was  w^armly  advocated  by  the  press,  and  in  speeches  at 
public  meetings,  but  was  finally  abandoned. 

Railroads.  The  N.  H.  Central  Railroad,  connecting  Man- 
chester and  Windsor,  Vt.,  and  the  Concord  &  Claremont  Rail- 
road, were  incorporated  at  the  June  session  of  1S48.  The  for- 
mer was  built  as  far  as  Henniker,  and  the  latter  as  far  as 
Bradford,  when  in  January,  1S53,  the  two  incorporations  were 
united  by  the  legislature,  and  took  the  name  of  the  Merrimack 
&  Connecticut  River  Railroad.  In  the  fall  of  that  year  a  large 
and  enthusiastic  meeting  was  held  in  town  to  promote  the  in- 
terests of  the  new  corporation.  A  committee,  consisting  of  N. 
Mudget,  D.  Richards,  and  M.  Glidden,  was  appointed  to  solicit 
the  taking  of  bonds.  Fifty  thousand  dollars  was  the  amount 
assigned  to  Newport ;  but  Claremont  refusing  to  take  its 
$100,000,  the  amount  thought  to  be  its  share,  the  matter  was 
abandoned.  The  Sugar  River  Railroad  was  incorporated  in 
1S66.  The  road  is  now  known  as  the  Concord  &  Claremont 
Railroad. 

At  a  meeting  held  May  9,  1S66,  the  town  voted,  192  to  70,  to 
give  any  responsible  party  that  would  construct  a  railroad  from 
Bradford  to  Newport,  $45,000,  which  was  five  per  cent,  on  the 
total  valuation  of  the  town.  Subsequently  $20,000  more  was 
raised  by  individuals  for  the  same  end,  making  in-all  $65,000. 
The  contracts  for  building  the  road  were  made  in  1870.  Mr. 
A.  M.  Shaw,  of  Lebanon,  was  appointed  construction  agent, 
and  Mr.  R.  S.  Howe,  of  the  same  town,  engineer.  Mr.  Howe 
has  since  removed  to  this  town.  The  first  ground  broken  in 
the  grading  of  the  road  in  town  was  near  the  passenger  depot, 
at  sunrise,  on  the   morning  of  May  31,  -1870.     A  large  crowd 


TRAVEL.  ^y 

was  present,  and  tlie  general  joy  of  our  citizens  was  manifested 
b}'  the  cheering  of  the  multitude,  the  ringing  of  the  bells,  and 
the  firing  of  cannon.  Seth  Richards,  Esq.,  struck  the  first  pick, 
and  Dr.  Mason  Hatch  wheeled  the  first  barrow  of  dirt, — two  of 
our  oldest  and  most  respected  citizens.  Tlie  track  was  laid  to 
the  depot,  and  the  first  train  of  cars  passed  Main  street  on 
the  evening  of  Nov.  21,  1871,  cheered  by  a  jubilant  throng  of 
spectators.  The  first  regular  train  from  Bradford  to  Claremont 
through  town  was  on  tlie  morning  of  Sept.  16,  1S72,  which 
event  was  duly  celebrated  at  Claremont. 

Road  Steamer.  The  "  Fairy  Qiieen,"  a  road  steamer  man- 
ufoctured  by  Mr.  E.  M.  Clough,  of  Sunapee,  made  its  first  ap- 
pearance in  our  village  Sept.  11,  1S71,  by  trips  around  the  pub- 
lic park  ami  up  and  down  Main  street. 

Stages.  Tlie  first  line  of  stages  in  Newport  ran  between 
Windsor,  Vt.,  and  Boston,  passing  through  this  town  by  way 
of  Washington,  making  a  trip  each  way  once  a  week.  It  was 
established  in  1S18.  Its  appearance  was  hailed  as  an  advance 
step  in  the  progress  of  the  town,  and  excited  almost  as  much 
interest  as  did  the  first  railroad  cars  at  a  later  period.  People 
came  from  distant  parts  of  the  town  to  witness  the  event.  Short- 
ly after,  another  line  was  added  by  Joseph  Dewey,  of  Hanover, 
which  ran  from  his  place  over  the  Croydon  turnpike,  and 
formed  a  junction  with  the  other  line  at  our  village.  Not  being 
sufficiently  patronized,  it  was  soon  given  up,  but  was  started 
again,  in  1S28,  by  Capt.  John  Russ.  This  renewal  the  Wind- 
sor line  chose  to  regard  as  an  infringement  upon  their  right  to 
carry  all  the  passengers  from  Hanover.  A  sharp  compe- 
tition at  once  arose,  and  went  to  such  lengths  that  Russ 
carried  his  passengers  for  a  wliile  for  nothing,  and  the  W^ind- 
sor  line  on  tlie  same  terms,  and,  in  addition,  paid  their  ^rog- 
bills  at  the  taverns.  About  the  same  time  with  the  other 
two,  another  line  was  started  to  Boston  by  way  of  Bradford  and 
Henniker,  and  in  1S29  still  another  from  Concord  to  Albany, 
N.  Y.  Some  year  or  two  later  the  Woodstock  and  Lowell  line 
commenced  its  trips,  running  at  a  ditlerent  hour  of  the  day  from 
either  of  the  others.  The  daily  lines  of  stages  to  Acworth, 
Sunapee,  and  Croydon  were  started  at  the  opening  of  the  rail- 
road in  1S71.     During  the  last  half  century,  by  far  the  largest 


88  HISTORY   OF   NEWPORT. 

amount  of  staging  has  been  done  over  the  route  now  occupied 
by  the  Concord  &  Chiremont  Raih'oad. 

Our  account  of  staging  would  be  incomplete  should  we  fail 
to  make  some  reference  to  that  jolly  set  of  fellows  known  as 
drivers^  who,  with  reins  in  hand,  bravely  endured  the  muds  of 
spring,  the  heats  of  summer,  and  the  chilling  blasts  of  winter, 
cracking  their  whips  and  their  jokes. 

Among  the  principal  drivers  on  the  Lebanon  route  were  War- 
ren Ryder,  Stephen  Williams,  and  A.  P.  Welcome  ;  on  the 
Washington  route,  Benjamin  Simpson,  Warren  Ryder,  andjei'- 
ry  Hubbard  ;  on  the  Claremont  route,  Samuel  Vose,  W^ard  B. 
Royce,  a  Mr.  Judevine,  Oscar  J.  Brown,  H.  A.  Perry,  and  Pren- 
tice Welcome  ;  and  on  the  Bradford  route,  Samuel  Vose,  Mr. 
Robbins,  T.  J.  Eastman,  Chester  Averill,  H.  A.  Averill,  and 
H.  A.  Perry.  The  stageman  who  will  be  the  longest  remem- 
bered is  probably  Mr.  Chester  Averill,  who  for  a  quarter  of  a 
century  was  noted  for  his  careful  driving  and  his  attention  to 
the  wants  of  his  patrons,  and  whose  gentlemanly  bearing  and 
keen  wit  never  failed  to  transform  his  bitterest  rivals  into  warm 
friends. 

The  palmiest  days  of  staging  were  after  the  completion  of 
the  Concord  Railroad,  and  before  the  inauguration  of  the  Sulli- 
van road,  when  we  had  six  stages,  loaded  to  their  utmost  ca- 
pacit}',  passing  through  town  every  day.  The  team  of  Mr. 
Oscar  J.  Brown,  driven  at  this  time,  composed  of  six  beautiful 
white  horses,  fat  and  sleek,  was  a  source  of  much  pride  and 
satisfaction,  especially  to  the  young  ladies  and  gentlemen,  to 
whom  he  granted  occasionally  a  sort  of  triumphal  excursion 
about  town. 

Livery  Stables.  John  Russ,  Seth  Richards,  William  Car- 
ter, Milton  Glidden,  Charles  W\  Jenks,  A.  P.  Welcome,  A.  S. 
Dill,  J.  Hosley,  M.  B.  Bartlett,  H.  A.  Averill,  J.  W.  Ladd, 
George  F.  Watts,  M.  S.  Jackson,  Putnam  George,  Frank  Nich- 
ols, S.  A.  French,  and  O.  P.  Brown  have  each  in  turn  been 
keepers  of  livery. 

Teams.  The  early  settlers,  during  the  first  years  in  their  hard 
struggles  with  the  wilderness,  lived  almost  wholly  within  them- 
selves, raising  their  own  provisions,  and  manufacturing  their 
garments  from  wool  and  flax  of  their  own  production  ;  but  when 


TRAVEL.  89 

more  of  the  land  had  come  under  cultivation,  the  skill  and  in- 
dustry of  the  people  produced  more  than  was  sufficient  to  sup- 
ply the  demands  for  home  consumption,  and  the  surplus  sought 
other  markets.     This  trade  was  carried  on  by  what  was  after- 
wards known  as  "pod  teams"; — that   is,  a  farmer,  upon  the 
fall  of  the  first  snows  of  winter,  would  take  a  span  of  horses,  or 
a  yoke  of  oxen  and  sled,  on  which  were  loaded  his  beef,  pork, 
butter,  and  cheese,  a  bag  of  oats  for  his  team,  and  a  bucket 
of  provisions  for  himself,  and  make  a  trip  to  Boston   or  Sa- 
lem, where  he  would  exchange  them  for  salt,  tea,  coftee,  or 
whatever  else  the  family  might  desire.     But  with  the  increase 
of  trade,  there  began  to  grow  up  a  division  of  labor,  and  larger 
teams  were  put  upon  the  road,  and  teaming  became  a  business. 
In  1833  there  were  six  large  teams  of  heavy  horses  making  reg- 
ular trips  between  this  place  and  Boston.     Leonard  Richards, 
David  Carr,  and  Aaron  Clark  had  each  a  six-horse  team,  and 
Norman  McGregor  three  eight-horse  teams.     During  this  pe- 
riod our  roads  and  hotels  were  constantly  thronged,  from  sun- 
rise to  sunset,  by  large  teams  jostling  each  other  on  their  way 
to  and  from  Vermont  to  Boston.     This  continued  until  the  com- 
pletion of  the  railroads  to  Claremont  and  Bradford,  when  travel 
and  freijrht  were  diverted  to  other  channels  ;   after  which,  two 
six-horse  teams,  the  one  driven  by  William   Bachelder,  and 
the  other  by  W.  J.  Sanderson,  were   able  to   meet  the  wants  of 
the  community  until  the  completion  of  the  railroad  through  the 
town.     The  first  team  in  town  was  owned  and  run  for  several 
years  by  Alvin  Hatch  (afterwards  a  merchant),  who  sold  out 
to  Leonard  Richards.     William  Carr,  T.  B.  Richards,  and  D. 
D.  ^luzzey  were  also  teamsters. 

Job  Teams.  Jesse  T.  Cobb  started  the  first  job  team  in  1870. 
Since  then,  George  F.  Whitney  and  David  J.  Remmington 
have  run  them. 


CHAPTER    XYI. 

MANUFACTORIES. 

'  I  ^HE  numerous  streams,  and  more  especially  the  main  river, 
-L  through  which  flow  the  waters  of  Sunapee  lake,  furnish 
the  town  with  an  abundance  of  water-power,  and  rare  oppor- 
tunities for  manufactures,  which  have  been  well  improved. 
Prior  to  1830  nearly  every  farm-house  was  a  manufactory, 
with  wheels,  looms,  and  other  appliances,  and  these  were 
aided  by  the  carding-machine  and  the  cloth-dressers.  Since 
then  it  has  assumed  its  present  form,  and  has  been  steadily  in- 
creasing until  it  has  become,  with  the  exception  of  agriculture, 
by  far  the  most  important  branch  of  business  in  town,  and  has 
contributed  most  materially  to  promote  the  growth  and  pros- 
perity of  the  village.  The  following  is  a  brief  sketch  of  each  of 
the  mills.  The  golden  harvest  of  manufacturers  was  during 
the  civil  war,  when  their  products  were  in  great  demand  for 
the  soldiers,  and  commanded  the  highest  prices. 

Newport  Mills.  Col.  James  D.  Walcott  erected  a  build- 
ing in  1813,  on  the  site  now  occupied  by  the  establishment  of 
W.  L.  Dow  &  Co.,  for  the  manufacture  of  cotton  yarn.  After 
running  it  for  several  years,  he  sold  out  to  Hon.  Franklin  Si- 
monds,  who  continued  the  business  until  183 1,  when  the  fac- 
tory was  burned.  It  was  rebuilt,  and  occupied  as  an  oil-mill 
until  1S44,  when  Ingram  &  Parks  put  in  machinery  for  making 
broadcloths  and  cassi meres.  It  was  afterwards  known  as  the 
Eagle  Mills,  and  was  occupied  by  Solomon  Dean  for  the 
manufacture  of  flannels.  He  sold  to  Abiathar  Richards,  on 
whose  hands,  in  Nov.,  1S72,  it  was  burned. 

The  whole  amount  of  cloth  produced  annually  at  this  and 
the  Eagle  Mills,  the  only  ones  in  operation  July  i,  1S46, 
was,  as  reported  by  a  committee  at  the  celebration  that  year, 


MANUFACTORIES.  9 1 

43,525    yards,    worth    $43,000,    thus    showing   the    extent    of 
manufacturing  business  in  town  at  that  time. 

In  1S70  Mr.  Dean  employed  in  tliis  mill,  according  to  the 
U.  S.  census,  fifteen  hands,  wages,  $6,000 ;  used  75,000  pounds 
of  wool  and  cotton  ;  and  made  140,000  yards  flannel.  lie  used 
300  cords  of  wood,  and  $1,500  worth  of  dyestuff. 

The  Eagle  Mills  were  built  by  Farnsworth,  Durkee  &  Co., 
in  1822,  for  an  oil-mill :  subsequently  Breck  &  Co.  fitted  it  up 
for  the  manufacture  of  cotton  yarn.  In  1S35  several  individuals 
formed  a  company,  and  by  act  of  incorporation  were  known  as 
the  Newport  Mechanics  Manufacturing  Company,  for  the  man- 
ufacture of  satinets,  which  company,  after  running  some  two 
years,  failed.  Parks  &  Twitchell  took  the  mill  in  1S38,  and 
commenced  making  cassimere.  Two  years  after,  Mr.  Twitch- 
ell bought  the  interest  of  Mr.  Parks,  and  continued  the  business 
until  1844,  when  he  enlarged  the  building,  and  put  in  machin- 
ery for  making  broadcloths,  satinets,  cassimeres,  tweeds,  flan- 
nels, and  fancy  cloths.  Mr.  Twitchell  did  a  very  successful 
business  for  more  than  a  dozen  years,  but  became  embarrassed, 
and  in  1S54  sold  out  to  the  Eagle  Mills  Company.  After  run- 
ning it  several  years,  they  sold  to  William  Nourse,  who  had  a 
successful  business  during  the  war.  He  sold  to  S.  H.  Edes 
and  Amos  O.  Woodbury.  After  one  year  Mr.  Edes  became 
the  sole  owner  of  the  mills,  and  has  since  continued  the  business. 
In  1870,  by  the  U.  S.  census,  Mr.  Edes  employed  seventeen 
hands,  wages,  $6,500  ;  used  76,000  pounds  of  wool  and  cotton  ; 
produced  i  50,000  yards  of  blue  mixed  flannels  ;  and  used  350 
cords  of  wood,  and  $3,000  worth  of  dyestuft'. 

SuNAPEE  Mills.  Smith  &  Rockwell  commenced  the  man- 
ufacture of  satinets  in  1S32,  at  a  factory  standing  at  the  falls  at 
the  bridge  near  the  residence  of  A.  C.  Fletcher,  above  the 
Sugar  River  Mills,  which  was  built  originally  for  a  clothiers' 
shop.  The  building  was  burned  in  1835,  ^'""^^  another  was  soon 
after  erected  in  its  place.  This  was  occupied  by  Philo  Ful- 
ler, for  the  manufacture  of  worsted  yarn,  until  1839.  It  was 
destroyed  by  fire  the  following  year. 

The  Diamond  Mill,  standing  at  the  corner  of  Main  and 
River  streets,  was  built  in  1836  for  a  machine-shop,  but  has 
been  occupied  for  several  years  as  a  flannel  mill.     The  machin- 


92  HISTORY   OF   NEWPORT. 

ery  was  first  put  in  by  Jordan  &  Marsh,  of  Boston,  and  was 
operated  by  D.J.  Goodrich.  It  has  since  been  run  by  Dexter 
Richards,  George  S.  Coffin,  and  George  C.  Richardson.  In 
1876,  the  machinery  was  removed  to  the  Granite  Mills.  In 
1S70,  Geo.  S.  Coffin  employed  nineteen  hands,  used  80,000 
pounds  of  wool  and  cotton,  and  made  190,000  yards  flannel. 
Amount  of  wages  paid,  $13,000. 

The  Sugar  River  Mills  were  built  in  1847  by  Perley  S. 
Coffin  and  John  Puffer.  Mr.  Puffer  sold  his  interest  to  David 
G.  Goodrich,  and  he  in  turn  soon  after  sold  to  Seth  and  Dexter 
Richards.  Mr.  Seth  Richards  having  retired  from  the  com- 
pany, his  son.  Dexter  Richards,  and  Mr.  Coffin,  continued  the 
business  until  1S67,  when  Mr.  Coffin  retired.  During  the  war 
their  goods  were  in  great  demand.  The  establishment  was 
greatly  enlarged  and  improved,  and  they  had  a  most  prosperous 
business.  In  1S70,  by  the  U.  S.  census,  Mr.  Richards  em- 
ployed sixty-two  hands,  wages,  $18,000;  used  250,000  pounds 
of  wool  and  cotton  ;  made  800,000  yards  flannel ;  used  500 
cords  of  wood,  and  $7,000  worth  of  dyestuff".  In  1872,  Seth 
M.  Richards  was  admitted  as  a  partner  with  his  father.  The 
following  is  a  brief  summary  of  this  mill  in  1878  : 

Dexter  Richards  &  Son,  proprietors.  Capital,  $150,000. 
Dexter  Richards,  president ;  S.  M.  Richards,  superintendent; 
A.  B.  Chase,  clerk.  Employs  eighty-five  operatives.  Run 
eight  sets  cards,  Francis  Foote,  overseer;  forty-four  narrow 
looms,  B.  F.  Peasley,  overseer ;  fifteen  spinning-machines,  H. 
M.  Ingram,  overseer;  coloring  and  finishing,  Patrick  Herrick, 
overseer.  Manufacture  900,000  yards  gray  twilled  flannels  an- 
nually ;  use  280,000  pounds  cotton  and  wool.  Selling  agents, 
Lewis  Brothers  &  Co.,  Boston,  New  York,  and  Philadelphia. 
Trade  mark,  D.  R.  P.  In  this  mill  eleven  hours  constitute  a 
day's  work. 

The  Granite  State  Mills  were  built  in  1867  by  Perley 
S.  Coffin  and  William  Nourse,  and  have  always  been  occupied 
as  a  woollen  manufactory.  They  employed,  in  1870,  as  by  U. 
S.  census,  forty  hands,  wages,  $18,000;  used  266,000  pounds 
of  wool  and  cotton  ;  and  produced  $600,000  yards  of  blue- 
mixed  twilled  flannels  annually.  They  used  700  cords  of  wood 
and  $20,000  worth  of  dyestuff".    In  1S76,  this  mill  was  enlarged 


SUGAR     RIVER     MILLS, 


MANUFACTORIES.  93 

to  more  than  twice  its  former  capacity.  It  now  (187S)  em- 
ploys 100  ojDcratives,  uses  45,000  pounds  raw  stuff' per  month, 
has  nine  sets  of  cards  and  forty-eight  looms,  and  manufactures 
30.000  yards  seventy-two  inch  skirting  and  15,000  yards  ilan- 
nels  per  month. 


CHAPTEE    XYII. 

OTHER   MANUFACTURES,  AND   ARTISANS. 

'  I  ^HE  following  is  a  list  of  the  other  principal  manufactures, 
-*-      and  the  artisans  who  have  lived  and  practised  their  vari- 
ous trades  in  town,  so  far  as  ascertained,  given  as  nearly  as  may 
be  in  the  order  of  time  in  which  they  operated. 

Bakers.  Mr.  C.  Boyle  had  a  bakery  for  a  short  time  at  the 
building  now  occupied  by  the  Fairbanks  &  Royce  store,  com- 
mencing in  1832.  Muzzey  &  Carr,  the  present  operators,  com- 
menced here  in  1877.  Previously  tiie  public  wants  in  this 
direction  had  been  supplied  by  the  bakers  at  Keene,  Clare- 
mont,  Hanover,  and  St.  Johnsbury,  Vt. 

Barbers.  Elkanah  C.  Sweet  established  the  first  barber- 
shop in  town,  in  the  autumn  of  185S.  D.  W.  Watkins,  a  Mr. 
Bundy,  and  William  Jones  have  since  had  shops  here  for  a  brief 
time.  Rufus  S.  and  G.  Freeman  Dudley,  the  present  opera- 
tors, commencing  in  i860,  have,  by  their  skill,  attention  to  busi- 
ness, and  financial  tact,  placed  it  among  the  prosperous  indus- 
tries of  the  town. 

Bedsteads.  Bedsteads  were  made  to  quite  an  extent  by 
Willard  Harris  and  William  Lowell,  in  their  cabinet  shops  ; 
but  the  more  extensive  manufacture,  for  foreign  markets,  was 
introduced  by  Nutting  &  Buxton,  who  had  ample  machinery 
fitted  up  for  this  special  business.  They  have  been  succeeded 
by  Leander  Long,  J.  H.  Hubbard,  W.  W.  Hubbell,  and  Rufus 
P.  Claggett. 

Blacksmiths.  Seth  Chase  had  the  first  shop  in  town,  at 
the  E.  Noyes  place  at  the  foot  of  Claremont  hill.  Another  shop, 
among  the  earliest,  stood  on  Pine  street,  half  way  to  the  cor- 
ner, north.  The  business  has  since  been  carried  on  in  various 
parts  of  the  town:  Samuel  Church,  Samuel  Church,  Jr.,  and 


MANUFACTURES    AND    ARTISANS.  95 

Jonathan  Church,  near  the  place  where  now  stands  Wheeler's 
block;  Enoch  Woods,  James  D.  Gordon,  David  B.  Chapin,  D. 
D.  Chapin,  at  the  M.  Harvey  corner;  Sargent  Heatli,  a  Mr. 
Bailey,  Andrew  Walker,  C.  M.  Brown,  and  C.  A.  Maxfield,  on 
River  street;  Riicl  Keith,  Rucl  II.  Keith,  Charles  Lathrop, 
Elias  Lathrop,  Lucius  Lathrop,  Isaac  Woodliury,  Jacob  Wood- 
bury, John  B.  Cooper,  Charles  Kelscy,  and  E.  Wilkins,  at  tlie 
Woodbury  shop  on  Sunapee  street ;  M.  Campbell,  a  Mr.  Bug- 
bee,  and  Joel  McGregor,  at  old  Baptist  hill,  near  the  present  res- 
idence of  Hillard  Rowcll  ;  David  Fletcher,  Alanson  Fletcher, 
William  Atwood,  and  Jonathan  Emerson,  Jr.,  at  Northville  ; 
Flanders  &  Dame  and  Benjamin  Noyes,  at  the  Granite  Mills; 
John  Parmelee,  at  Southville  ;  Jacob  Dwinell,  at  Kelleyville  ; 
Jonathan  Wakefield,  at  the  Dea.  Kibby  place;  David  B.  Cha- 
pin, Chapin  &  Cooper,  Chapin  &  Kelsey,  and  Lear  &  Maxfield, 
at  the  D.  B.  Chapin  shop  on  Elm  street.  Charles  and  Lucius 
Lathrop  have  a  shop  near  their  residence,  opposite  the  trotting- 
park,  on  the  road  to  Sunapee. 

Bobbins.  Anson  Warren  had  a  bobbin-shop  at  Northville 
for  a  number  of  years.  Wilcox  &  Keith  had  a  shop  at  Nortli- 
ville  and  at  Diamond  mill. 

Book-Binders.  Edmund  Wellington  was  engaged  in  book- 
binding and  paper-ruling  for  a  number  of  years. 

Bkick-Makers.  David  Brown  made  the  first  bricks  in 
town,  in  1776.  Jeremiah  Kelsey,  Roswell  Kelsey,  Henry  Feck, 
Benjamin  Emerson,  Clark  Emerson,  Oliver  Emerson,  and  Cy- 
rus Emerson  made  brick  at  the  N.  Mudget  yard  on  Sunapee 
street ;  C.  Peck,  O.  Emerson,  Caleb  Young,  and  Joseph  Wil- 
cox, at  the  Wilcox  yard  on  Spring  street ;  J.  M.  Wilmarth  and 
James  Stone  &  Son,  at  the  B.  W.  Jenks  place  at  the  corner  of 
Oak  and  Pine  streets  ;  Albert  Hurd,  at  his  home  on  the  Goshen 
road.  A  Mr.  Bachelder  made  brick  in  the  marsli  above  tlic 
school-house  in  District  No.  14,  in  iSii  and  181 2. 

Builders.  W.  L.  Dow  &  Co.,  since  the  erection  of  their 
large  factory  in  1873,  have  been  extensive  contractors  and 
builders.  They  employ  some  forty  hands,  and  fill  contracts 
amounting  on  an  average  to  some  $75,000  a  year.  They 
have  operated  in  various  states.  Cliurch-building,  of  which 
they  have  done  a  large  amount  of  tasteful  work,  has  been  their 


9^  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

specialty.  They  built  the  new  court-house  in  this  town,  and 
are  now  filling  a  contract  for  the  wood  work  of  the  new  New 
Hampshire  state  prison.  Their  operations  have  been  an  im- 
portant element  in  the  prosperity  of  the  village. 

Butchers.  Seth  Richards,  Allen  Towne,  Edward  Ingham, 
Samuel  F.  Chellis,  Hai-vey  Richards,  Freeman  Chellis,  A.  F. 
Nettleton,  Edward  P.  Woods,  Rufus  P.  Claggett,  Putnam 
George,  Benjamin  Coles,  B.  C.  Whipple,  L.  F.  Dodge,  D.  G. 
Chadwick,  F.  A.  Rawson,  George  F.  Livermore,  George  F. 
Watts,  Charles  H.  Silsby,  Henry  M.  Kimball,  Wiggin  &  Brit- 
ton,  and  John  B.  Haven  have  operated  here  as  butchers. 

Cabinet-Making.  Asa  Corbin,  a  brother  of  Dr.  James 
Corbin,  who  had  a  shop  near  the  brick-yard  on  the  B.  W.  Jenks 
place,  was  the  first  cabinet-maker  in  town.  jNIaj.  Willard  Har- 
ris was  one  of  the  earliest  workers,  commencing  in  iSoS  at  the 
Enoch  Noyes  place.  From  1S20  to  1837  cabinet-making  was 
one  of  the  most  extensive  and  successful  branches  of  business 
in  town.  Joined  with  this,  to  a  greater  or  less  extent  in  sum- 
mer, were  carriage-,  sign-,  and  house-painting.  There  were 
then  two  large  rival  shops, — the  one  occupied  by  William 
Lowell,  in  which  was  employed  a  large  number  of  hands, 
stood  upon  the  site  now  occupied  by  the  Rounsevel  tannery  ; 
the  other,  run  by  Maj.  Willard  Harris,  employed  some  fifteen 
hands,  and  operated  in  the  Samuel  E.  George  building.  His 
machinery  was  propelled  by  water,  by  means  of  a  long  belt 
which  extended  from  an  ell  down  to  the  pond.  An  undergi'ound 
sluice-way,  now  hid,  carried  away  the  waste  water,  and  afford- 
ed an  eight-foot  fall.  The  shops  were  both  run  by  finished 
mechanics,  and  turned  out  a  large  amount  of  nice  work.  Among 
the  workmen  were  Leander  Long,  Moses  Hall,  Sumner  Millen, 
Francis  Gay,  Simon  Dodge,  Samuel  Dame,  Harvey  Silver, 
Horace  Ellis,  William  Dunklee,  David  Batchelder,  Amos  Dwin- 
ell,  Samuel  E.  George,  Elias  J.  Severance,  and  Washington 
Cressy,  Dame  &  Howe  had  a  chair  factory  at  the  Diamond 
mill.  James  L.  Riley,  R.  P.  Claggett,  Putnam  George,  S.  N. 
Stevens,  William  W.  Hubbell,  James  H.  Hubbard,  and  C.  F. 
Osgood  &  Co.  have  been  dealers  in  cabinet  work. 

Card-Board.  Royal  Booth  had  a  card-board  shop  at  the  brook 
near  Randall's  mill.     It  was  shortly  burned,  and  never  rebuilt. 


MANUFACTURES    AND    ARTISANS.  97 

• 

Carpenters  and  Joiners.  Ebenezer  Meirit,  one  of  the 
first  eight  men  who  came  to  town  in  1766,  was  by  trade  a  car- 
penter. Daniel  Wihnarth,  Thomas  Tenney,  Jonathan  Haven, 
Loa  Walker,  John  Gilmore,  J.  M.  Wilmarth,  Benjamin  M. 
Gilmorc,  Win.  Darling,  Ilial  Dow,  Wallace  L.  Dow,  Wilber  F. 
Dow,  S.  S.  Ingalls,  S.  P.  Whitney,  D.  G.  Reed,  E.  D.  Baker, 
E.  D.Taylor,  John  Tnrner,  S.  T.  Trumbull,  William  II.  Badg- 
er, Harlan  P.  Hunter,  Daniel  W.  Dudley,  Elmer  Dodge,  Ar- 
thur W.  Clark,  Israel  Young,  Frank  Latimer,  Charles  Currier, 
Frank  H.  Davis,  Sanford  H.  Bascom,  Benj.  F.  Haven,  Charles 
Wilkins,  Charles  H.  Matthews,  Edwin  H.Wakefield,  Benj.  R. 
Allen,  S.  S.  Cram,  Christopher  George,  Edward  vStevens,  Ed- 
win Cutts,  Charles  Hutchinson,  Edwin  H.  Tenney,  Thomas 
Heald,  James  Perkins,  Henry  Tenney,  Luther  P.  Tenney,  Mar- 
tin L.  Whittier,  Oliver  Call,  Moody  E.  Blood,  have  been  en- 
gaged in  the  business. 

Carriage-Makers.  The  first  one-horse  wagon  was  brought 
to  town  in  iSii,by  Capt.  Matthew  Buel.  The  first  chaise 
made  in  town  was  for  Col.  W"m.  Cheney,  Mr.  Daniel  Wilmarth 
making  the  wheels  and  Willard  Harris  the  remainder  of  the 
wood-work.  j\Ir.  Wilmarth  made  the  wheels  for  the  carts  and 
w^agons  for  many  years.  Zacheus  Bachelder,  John  Bachclder, 
Orlando  Mack,  William  Thompson  &  Co.,  CD.  Dunbar,  J. 
W.  Clement,  Wm.  H.  Dunbar,  H.  H.  Silsby,  S.  T.  Silsby, 
James  S.  Heath,  Byron  C.  Heath,  Hunter  Brothers,  Bela  C. 
Pike,  Edward  Wilkins,  and  James  K.  Pierce  have  been  en- 
gaged in  the  business.  Heath,  Lathrop  &  Halpine  once  did 
an  extensive  business,  making  manv  verv  elesfant  carriages  for 
this  and  other  markets,  at  the  shop  below  the  village  saw-mill, 
on  River  street. 

Carriage  Painters.  Maj.  David  Harris,  Terrey  Halpine, 
T.  L.  Heath,  L.  D.  Baker,  Sidney  A.  Williams,  Stocker  Bros., 
and  Jolm  Sargent  are  among  the  principal  workmen. 

Cloth-Dressing.  During  the  first  half-century,  the  people 
were  all  almost  wholly  clad  in  homespun,  women  as  well  as 
men,  and  wool-carding  and  cloth-dressing  was  a  very  important 
branch  of  business.  The  first  cloth-dresser  in  town  was  Reuben 
Bascom,  who  commenced  business  in  177S.  He  lived  at  the 
Bascom  place  on  the  Unity  road,  and  had  his  shop  at  the  up- 


9^  HISTORY   OF   NEWPORT. 

per  falls  on  the  Goshen  Branch  at  Southville.  His  son,  Reuben, 
Jr.,  learned  the  trade  of  him,  and  succeeded  him  in  business  at 
the  same  place.  Nathan  Hurd  built  a  mill  about  1800,  at  the 
falls  near  the  residence  of  A.  T.  Fletcher,  on  the  Sunapee  road, 
where  he  carried  on  an  extensive  business  for  more  than  twen- 
ty years.  He  sold  to  Elisha  Kempton  in  1822.  It  was  pur- 
chased by  Philo  Fuller,  who  introduced  machinery  for  the  man- 
ufacture of  satinets.  It  was  afterwards  owned  by  Oliver  Corn- 
stock  and  Smith  &  Rockwell.  The  present  Scribner's  mill 
was  built  by  Osha  Ingram  and  Simon  C.  Fields,  in  1822,  for  a 
carding  and  cloth-dressing  mill,  where  they  carried  on  business 
for  many  years.  It  has  since  been  owned  by  John  Puffer,  Da- 
vid J.  Goodrich,  and  John  Scribner. 

Comb-Maker.  Hiram  Smith  had  a  shop  for  the  manufac- 
ture of  combs  at  the  Diamond  mill. 

Coopers.  Daniel  Chapin  was  the  first  cooper  in  town.  He 
commenced  in  17S1,  on  the  place  since  occupied  by  his  son 
Frederick,  in  the  north-west  part  of  the  town,  and  carried  it  on 
in  connection  with  his  farming.  Previous  to  1830,  work  of  this 
kind  was  done  by  hand,  and  Jonathan  Haven  and  Cyrus  B. 
McGregor  were  prominent  among  the  workers.  Moses  P.  Dur- 
kee  and  Cyrus  B.  McGregor  built  a  dam  and  shop  at  the  upper 
bridge  over  the  brook  at  Northville  in  1831,  where  they  made 
barrels  and  tubs  for  the  Boston  market.  In  1S32  they  sent 
away  some  2,000  barrels.  Since  Mr.  Durkee's  death,  the  work 
in  the  shop  has  been  carried  on  by  Mr.  McGregor,  who  invent- 
ed the  patent  for  shaving  and  jointing  staves.  King  &  Chellis 
had  a  shop  at  the  Diamond  mill,  at  the  village,  where  they 
made  mackerel  kits.  H.  &  W.  L.  Dow  had  a  pail  and  tub  fiic- 
tory  on  the  site  now  occupied  by  the  Allen  mill,  at  Northville, 
where  they  did  quite  an  extensive  business.  In  1870  they  made 
iS,ooo  tubs  and  pails.  They  have  since  operated  at  their  fac- 
tory in  the  village. 

Designers  and  Draughtsmen.  Henry  E.  Baldwin,  in  1850, 
and  George  S.  Barton,  in  1856,  were  engaged  in  business  as 
draughtsmen,  the  former  also  an  engraver  on  wood. 

Doors,  Sash,  and  Blinds.  Alpheus  Goodwin  built  the 
upper  dam  and  shop  above  the  B.  F.  Haven  mill,  on  Morse 
brook  at  Northville,  for  a  sash  and  blind  shop,  and  carried  on 


MANUFACTURES   AMD    ARTISANS.  99 

business  there  several  years.  Gilmore  &  Clark  and  Lorenzo 
Whittemore  had  shops  at  the  carriage  factory  on  River  street. 
The  establishment  of  W.  L.  Dow  &  Co.  was  built  in  the  autumn 
of  1873,  since  which  time  they  have  done  a  large  amount  of 
business  in  that  line. 

Dress-Making.  The  following  are  a  few  among  the  many 
ladies  who  have  had  a  reputation  for  extra  taste  and  skill  at 
dress-making :  Mrs.  P.  S.  Adams,  Mrs.  E.  C.  Clement,  Mrs. 
George  E.  Little,  the  Misses  Barrett,  and  Mrs.  George  H. 
Comstock. 

Gunsmith.  Vinal  W.  Goodwin  for  several  years  kept  a 
stock  of  arms  and  ammunition  for  sale,  and  was  engaged  in 
the  repair  of  arms.     He  was  succeeded  by  C.  T.  Palmer. 

IIame-Makers.  Rev.  Joseph  Baker,  a  Methodist  clergy- 
man at  Northville,  had  a  shop  at  the  J.  Jones  place,  and  was 
the  first  man  to  establish  the  business  in  town.  He  was  fol- 
lowed in  the  same  place  by  Schuyler  Smith.  Benj.  F.  ILiven 
carried  on  quite  an  extensive  business  for  a  number  of  years  at 
his  mill  at  Northville. 

Handles.  The  fork-  and  hoe-handle  business  has  been  car- 
ried on  by  Jonathan  M.  Wilmarth,  L,  F.  Dodge,  and  Leander 
Long,  at  the  J.  M.  Wilmarth  place  on  Oak  street,  and  by  Geo. 
E.  Wilmarth  and  E.  M.  Alexander  at  the  shop  near  the  village 
saw-mill  on  River  street.  Li  1S74,  Mr.  Dodge  made  100,000 
handles. 

Hatters.  James  Church,  one  of  the  earliest  settlers,  made 
hats  at  his  house,  which  stood  on  the  site  of  the  E.  A.  Jenks 
residence.  Nathaniel  Fisher  had  a  shop  at  the  E.  Noyes  house. 
Nathan  Moulton  also  made  hats.  James  White  made  hats  at 
the  house  of  Maj.  Wilcox,  on  the  Unity  road,  as  early  as  17S4. 
Benjamin  Mirick  was  the  first  man  to  operate  at  the  trade 
within  the  limits  of  the  present  village.  Amos  Little,  first, 
when  a  young  man,  in  connection  with  Thomas  Rundlett,  and 
afterwards  alone,  had  a  successful  business  through  life,  sup- 
plying a  large  region  of  country  around  him.  James  and 
Moody  Bricket,  brothers-in-law  of  Mr.  Little,  Bela  N.  Cham- 
berlin,  and  Charles  H.  and  George  E.  Little,  sons  of  Amos, 
have  also  been  engaged  in  the  business. 
Jewelers.    As  elegant  and  costly  jewelry  did  not  correspond 


100  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

with  the  homespun  attire  of  our  mothers,  and  was  not  needed 
to  add  to  the  charms  of  the  daughters,  it  was  little  used  by 
them.  Dr.  Arnold  Ellis,  who  was  a  sort  of  universal  genius, 
took  care  of  their  clocks  and  watches,  and  supplied  the  wants 
of  the  community  in  tliis  respect.  He  was  succeeded  by  John 
Dunklee,  who  had  a  shojo  at  the  Harvey  corner.  Jacob  Beck- 
with,  at  the  Nettleton  store,  was  the  first  man  in  town  who  made 
eight-day  clocks.  Benjamin  Tuell  and  Benjamin  B.  Gush- 
ing opened  shops  here  in  1S30.  The  former  soon  left  town, 
while  the  latter  remained  here  some  eight  years.  In  1841 
Amos  Woodbury  came  to  town,  and  opened  a  shop.  When 
he  left,  Hiram  Smith,  S.  G.  Sweatt,  and  Amos  O.  Woodbury, 
son  of  Amos,  came  to  take  his  place.  Since  then,  Lyman  Carr, 
Orison  N.  Hull,  A.  O.  Kidder,  a  Mr.  Hallett,  C.  W.  Graham, 
George  H.  Woodbury,  and  E.  P.  Fisher  have  been  engaged  in 
the  business.  Mr.  A.  O.  Woodbury  has  been  the  most  prom- 
inent worker,  and  has  carried  on  the  business  for  more  than 
thirty  years.  The  present  attractive  establishments  are  those 
of  A.  O.  Woodbury  &  Son  and  E.  P.  Fisher. 

Knitting.  James  M.  Kenerson,  in  1S73,  operated  twenty- 
five  knitting-machines,  and  knit  So,ooo  pairs  of  stockings. 
Charles  H.  Kelsey  put  out  66,000  pairs  of  stockings  for  heel- 
ing and  toeing  in  1873,  and  J.  Barnard  50.000.  John  Scribner 
has  been  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  stockings  for  a  number 
of  years  at  his  mill  on  Canal  street,  producing  at  the  rate  of 
75,000  pairs  annually. 

Marble-Workers.  W.  E.  Moore,  a  fine  mechanic,  opened 
the  first  marble  shop  in  town  in  1S54.  -^^  ^^^^  been  succeeded 
in  business  by  Charles  H.  Puffer  and  Mitchell  W.  Howe.  Mr. 
Puffer  still  continues  in  the  business. 

Granite-Workers.  Stephen  H.  Hurd,  Walling  &  Son, 
Jonathan  Blake,  Daniel  Severance,  Puffer  &  McQiiestion,  and 
David  Leach  have  been  the  prominent  workers. 

Masons.  Jonathan  Wakefield  was  the  chief  operator  for 
many  years.  John  Silver  did  most  of  the  mason  work  on  the 
early  brick  buildings.  The  South  church,  court-house,  and  old 
Newport  House  were  erected  bv  him.  Among  the  other  work- 
men are  John  Silver,  Jr.,  Samuel  Noyes,  James  and  Joseph 
Karr,  Geo.   H.  Tasker,   and  J.  W.   Sargent.     Tradition  says 


MANUFACTURES   AND   ARTISANS.  lOI 

Mr.  Wakefield  was  a  moderate  worker,  and  tluit  the  massive 
chimneys  of  his  day  contained  many  thousand  bricks.  Once, 
when  rebuked  for  his  slow  progress,  he  replied  that  he  always 
made  it  a  rule,  when  the  job  was  half  done,  to  take  a  note  with 
interest,  and  he  had  found  it  a  great  help. 

Machine  Shop.  The  building  now  known  as  the  Diamond 
Mills  was  erected  by  Stephen  W.  Little,  in  1S36,  for  a  machine 
shop,  he  being  aided  in  his  enterprise  by  Alvin  Ilatcli  ;  but  the 
revulsions  in  the  business  which  occurred  at  that  time  brought 
things  to  a  stand-still,  and  labor  in  the  shop  was  suspended  be-  ' 
fore  the  machinery  was  all  fairly  in.  Subsequently  the  busi- 
ness was  carried  on  for  a  while  by  Moses  Hoyt,  in  the  same 
building.  Stephen  S.  Kimball,  the  present  operator,  com- 
menced here  in  1S75. 

Millinery.  The  first  milliner  in  town  was  Mary  Nevers, 
wife  of  Matthew  Buell,  3d,  who  is  recorded  as  having  especial 
skill  in  the  arrangement  of  the  head-gear  of  the  belles  of  her 
time.  For  many  years  milliners  kept  no  goods,  but  simply 
made  into  bonnets  and  hats  such  materials  as  their  customers 
brought  them,  which  were  usually  obtained  at  the  stores.  A 
Miss  Pierce  advertises,  in  1825, — "Bonnets,  caps,  turbans, 
gowns,  spencers,  pelisses,  walking  and  riding  dresses,  London 
and  Boston  fashions."  The  following  is  a  list  of  the  principal 
milliners :  Hannah  Hale,  Sophia  J.  Person,  "Lydia  Forsaith, 
Susan  Wilcox,  C.  Wood,  E.  L.  Webster,  R.  T.  Angell,  Parme- 
lia  Kurd,  Elizabeth  Jenks,  Thankful  M.  Newell,  Caroline  L. 
Nutting,  Nancy  M.  Thissell,  Fanny  Woodard,  Dean  S.  Clem- 
ent, Jennie  Hurd,  INIrs.  L  W.  Parker,  A.J.  Prescott,  Mrs.  A. 
D.  Howard,  Bell  A.  Dunlap  &  Co.,  S.  H.  Edes,  and  Abby 
Foote.  The  frequent  changes  of  fashion,  and  the  demand  for 
high-cost  goods,  which  originated  during  the  inflations  of  the 
civil  war,  have  tended  greatly  to  enhance  the  importance  of  this 
branch  of  trade. 

Musical  Instruments.  David  Lyons,  the  "inn-keeper," 
made  an  organ  which  was  kept  at  his  house  at  the  Claggett 
place  for  many  years,  which  was  used  to  entertain  his  patrons. 
Dr.  John  B.  McGregor  made  a  double-bass  viol,  in  1S33,  to  be 
used  at  the  South  church.  Luther  King  carried  on  quite  a 
business  in  the  manufacture  of  bass-viols. 


102  HISTORY   OF   NEWPORT. 

Painters.  William  Lowell,  Samuel  E.  George,  William 
A.  Humphrey,  W.  S.  George,  Clifton  C.  George,  Daniel  Blais- 
dell,  and  E.  J.  Graves  are  among  those  who  have  been  en- 
gaged in  house-painting. 

Pegs,  S.  G.  Bret  had  a  factory  at  Northville  quite  a  num- 
ber of  years,  where  he  manufactured  some  15,000  bushels  of 
shoe-pegs  annually,  which  he  sold  at  $1.50  per  bushel,  amount- 
ing to  $32,500, 

Photographers.  Before  the  invention  of  the  Daguerrean 
art,  most  likenesses  were  preserved  by  portrait-painters,  who 
operated  on  canvas  with  oil-colors,  B,  F,  Mason,  E,  Wool- 
son,  and  a  Mrs.  Shute  executed  most  of  this  kind  of  work  here, 
— that  of  the  latter  having  the  most  admirers,  Christopher 
Rowell,  V.  W.  Goodwin,  O,  P.  Baston,  G.  W,  Goodrich,  J. 
Parker,  and  H.J.  Brown  have  each  been  engaged  here  in  the 
photograph  business. 

Plows.  William  Haven  made  the  wood-work  for  most  of 
the  plows  previous  to  the  introduction  of  the  cast-iron  mould- 
board  and  point.  The  wooden  mould-board  was  covered  with 
pieces  of  old  iron.  The  plows  of  the  early  days  were  clumsy 
affairs,  when  compared  with  those  of  modern  times. 

Potash.  The  pot-  and  pearl-ash  manufacture  was  at  one 
time  quite  a  business  in  town.  Potash  was  made  at  the  foot  of 
Claremont  hill,  at  the  Claggett  place  on  the  Unity  road,  on  the 
hill  beyond  the  Griffin  place,  known  once  as  Potash  hill,  at  the 
foot  of  the  hill  near  the  Sunapee  line,  on  the  hill  road,  and  at 
the  A.  S.  Kibby  place.  Col.  William  Cheney  made  pot-  and 
pearl-ash  at  a  building  in  rear  of  his  store. 

Rakes.  The  manufacture  of  hand-rakes  by  water-power  has 
long  been  an  important  branch  of  business  in  town.  It  was 
first  introduced  here  by  Norman  McGregor  in  1833,  who  had 
a  shop  on  Kimball  brook,  just  west  of  the  residence  of  ISIr.  A. 
Wylie.  The  lathe  for  turning  the  handles  was  invented  by 
James  Haven,  of  this  town.  The  business  has  been  carried  on 
at  Northville  since,  by  James  and  B.  F.  Haven,  Daniel  C. 
Story,  John  Johnson,  N.  O.  Page,  David  Fletcher,  Jr.,  and  H. 
P.  &  J.  M.  Wakefield.  Henry  Chapin  had  a  shop  on  Perry 
brook,  in  the  west  part  of  the  town,  and  afterwards,  in  connec- 
tion with  A.  W.  Tenney,   had  a  shop   at  Southville,  on  the 


MANUFACTURES    AND    ARTISANS.  IO3 

Goshen  Branch,  where  they  made  some  2,500  rakes  annually. 
The  shop  of  J.  M.  Wilmarth,  below  the  village,  built  in  1S39, 
has  always  done  a  thriving  business.  Since  his  day  it  has 
been  owned  by  Peyton  R.  Gardner  and  L.  F.  Dodge.  Pre- 
vious to  the  use  of  water-power,  rakes  were  made  by  hand. 
Tames  Whipple,  at  Southville,  was  the  principal  manufacturer 
for  several  years.  N.  O.  Page  &  Son,  in  1870,  made  at  North- 
ville  6,000  rakes.  E.  M.  Alexander  has  a  shop  near  the  vil- 
lage saw-mill. 

Saddlers.  Saddle-,  harness-,  and  trunk-making,  and  horse- 
findings,  has,  during  nearly  the  whole  history  of  the  town,  been 
one  of  the  important  and  successful  industries.  In  the  earlier 
days,  saddle-making  was  the  more  prominent  branch,  but  in 
later  times  there  is  less  of  that,  and  more  of  harness-work. 
Capt.  Oliver  Lund,  the  pioneer  in  tlie  business,  came  to  this 
town,  on  horseback,  from  Nashua,  in  1797,  bringing  his  kit 
of  tools  with  him,  guided  on  his  way  by  marked  trees,  and 
here  spent  nearly  the  whole  of  his  long  life  at  his  trade.  Asa 
Wilcox  learned  his  trade  with  Mr.  Lund,  and  went  West. 
Thomas  Wait,  a  good  mechanic,  had  a  shop  here  for  a  number 
of  years,  but  he  had  sad  domestic  afflictions,  which  resulted  in 
serious  pecuniary  embarrassments.  James  Wheeler,  a  son  of 
Dea.  Nathaniel  Wheeler,  of  Croydon,  was  here  from  1S16  until 
his  death,  in  1S33,  and  did  a  thriving  business.  William  P. 
Wheeler  spent  much  of  his  minority  with  his  uncle  James,  and 
at  his  death  assumed  the  responsibility  of  the  business,  though 
only  twenty  years  of  age  ;  but  at  the  end  of  five  years  he  turned 
his  attention  to  law,  graduated  at  the  Harvard  Law  School, 
and  went  into  the  practice  of  his  profession  at  Keene,  N.  H. 
He  was  succeeded  by  David  H.  Hale,  a  son  of  Dr.  William 
ILile,  of  Hollis,  who,  at  the  end  of  two  years,  sold  out,  and 
went  to  California.  Edmund  Wheeler,  who  had  commenced 
his  trade  with  his  brother,  William  P.,  in  1833,  purchased  the 
establishment  of  Mr.  Hale  in  1839,  and  had  a  successful  busi- 
ness, which  he  continued  until  1866,  a  portion  of  tiie  time  in 
partnership  with  Granville  Pollard,  when  he  sold  out  to  G.  & 
E.  A.  Pollard,  the  present  owners.  Nathaniel  F.  Lund  was  in 
business  with  his  father  for  a  short  time.  William  F.  Young 
was  with  Mr.  Hale  and   Mr.  Wheeler  a   number  of  years,  but 


104  HISTORY   OF   NEWPORT. 

went  to  Lowell,  Mass.,  where  he  became  an  editor.  He  subse- 
quently became  a  merchant  in  Boston,  where  he  now  resides. 
Edwin  R.  George  was  here  some  five  years,  when  he  sold  out 
and  went  to  Bristol.  Giles  O.  Thompson,  now  in  business  at 
Franklin,  was  with  Wheeler  &  Pollard  four  years.  Bela  G.  & 
Charles  R.  Jones  had  a  shop  in  town  for  a  while.  Charles  H. 
Watts  commenced  here  in  1S64.  Hamlet  W.  Belknap  was  with 
Mr.  Watts  as  a  workman.  Silas  B.  Call,  a  son  of  Stephen, 
learned  his  trade,  and  was  with  E.  Wheeler  four  years,  when 
he  .went  to  San  Luis,  Obispo,  Cal.,  where  he  has  had  a  success- 
ful career,  and  amassed  a  fortune. 

Shingles.  The  first  shingle-machine  introduced  into  this 
town  was  by  Abijah  W.  Tenney,  in  1830.  It  was  Earl's  pat- 
ent, and  was  put  into  the  Parmelee  mills,  at  Southville,  where 
it  was  run  for  several  years.  Stephen  Parker  had  a  machine  at 
the  Diamond  mill  for  a  short  time,  where  shingles  were  cut,  in- 
stead of  being  sawed  ;  ash  timber,  steamed,  was  used.  Ma- 
chines for  sawing  shingles  have  been  introduced  into  neaidy  all 
the  saw-mills  in  town,  and  it  has  become  an  extensive  and 
profitable  business. 

Shirt-Bosoms.  Story  &  Clement  manufactured  shirt-bosoms 
at  Wheeler's  block  in  1S59. 

Shoemakers.  Daniel  Dudley  was  the  first  shoemaker  and 
tanner  in  town.  During  the  earlier  years  Nathaniel  Sheldon 
and  others  went  about  from  house  to  house  doing  the  shoemak- 
ing,  the  people  where  they  went  furnishing  the  stock.  Rev. 
Bial  Ladoyt  and  Robert  Durkee  made  shoes  at  the  old  Baptist 
Hill  village,  above  the  H.  Brown  place.  David  Wheeler,  Syl- 
vanus  Knapp,  and  Isaac  Hanson  worked  at  Northville  ;  Levi 
Sholes  and  Hutchison  Sholes  on  Thatcher  hill ;  John  Hunton, 
Daniel  Dudley,  John  Russ,  Calvin  Messenger,  Chase  Noyes, 
Amos  Noyes,  Luke  Atwood,  Sawyer  Belknap,  William  H. 
Belknap,  Abijah  Dudley,  F.  P.  Dudley,  C.  E.  Dudley,  Joseph 
T.  Chase,  Ethan  S.  Chase,  Alvah  S.  Chase,  Dean  S.  Clement, 
B.  C.  Logue,  Silas  Kempton,  E.  M.  Kempton,  Charles  Rich- 
ards, Francis  Boardman,  and  Daniel  F.  Patch  at  the  village. 

Silk.  The  mania  for  the  raising  and  manufacture  of  silk 
prevailed  here  between  1S38  and  1850.  It  was  introduced  by 
Calvin  Messinger.     The  first  mulberry  used  for  the  raising  of 


MANUFACTURES    AND   ARTISANS.  IO5 

silk  not  proving  satisfactory,  it  was  soon  supplanted  by  the 
Morus  7njilticaiilis^  in  which  for  a  time  there  was  a  wild  spec- 
ulation. Mr.  Messinger  and  the  Rev.  John  Woods  built  a  large 
cocoonery,  in  which  they  fed  the  worms.  vSilk  was  manufac- 
tured into  thread,  twist,  handkerchiefs,  vests,  aprons,  and  dress 
patterns.  Dea.  Henry  Chapin,  in  the  north-west  part  of  the 
town,  raised  silk,  and  was  engaged  in  its  manufacture  by  water- 
power.  During  the  year  1S40  he  manufactured  a  large  quan- 
tity from  silk  from  the  worm.  John  Pufler  &  Co.  had  a  ftictory 
at  the  Scribner  mill,  where  they  made  a  large  quantity  of  thread 
from  raw  silk,  domestic  and  foreign.  Rev.  John  Woods  and 
Amos  Gleason  had  a  factory  at  the  Diamond  mills  for  a  num- 
ber of  years.  Col.  Jacob  Rcddington  and  Amos  Little,  Esq., 
w^ere  also  engaged  in  the  business  and  speculations  ; — l)ut  the 
climate  proving  too  rigorous  for  the  successful  production  of  the 
article,  the  business  was  abandoned.  In  1S43,  Amos  Little, 
Esq.,  wore  to  the  legislature  garments  made  of  silk  of  home 
production,  in  which  he  presented  a  petition  praying  for  bounty 
and  protection  to  silk  producers. 

Stoves  and  Tin.  L.  Baldwin  &  Co.  had  a  stove  and  tin 
shop,  standing  at  the  east  of  Wheeler's  block,  in  1S29.  Seth 
Richards  furnished  the  stoves  for  this  communit}'  for  a  number 
of  years.  Wood  «&  Orvis  opened  the  first  important  manufac- 
ture of  tin  and  stoves  in  town  in  1S43.  It  has  since  been  car- 
ried on  by  Mr.  Orvis,  Robinson  &  Orvis,  Jacob  Robinson,  Rob- 
inson &  Wilcox,  Sibley  &  Hatch,  C.  Wilcox  &  Son,  Hatch  & 
Stowell,  and  S.  G.  Stowell  &  Son,  and  has  become  an  impor- 
tant business. 

Scythes.  The  manufacture  of  scythes  by  water-power  was 
first  introduced  into  this  town  by  Stephen  Dexter,  previous  to 
17S7.  His  shop  was  just  below  the  village  grist-mill.  David 
Dexter  was  connected  with  him  for  a  while  in  the  business. 
When  ;Mr.  Dexter  removed  his  business  to  Claremont,  he  sold 
out  here  to  Ruel  Keith,  who  in  turn  sold  to  Samuel  Church,  Jr. 
John  Parmelec,  who  learned  his  trade  with  Mr.  Dexter,  had  a 
shop  at  the  falls  in  the  south  part  of  the  town,  where  he  con- 
tinued in  business  until  his  death.  Sylvanus  Earned  built  the 
factory  at  Northville,  in  1S42,  where   he  carried  on  business,  a 

part  of  the  time  in  connection  with  Mr.  Sibley,  until  his  death. 
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I06  HISTORY   OF   NEWPORT. 

They  were  succeeded  in  business  by  Sibley  &  Dunton.  Since 
the  termination  of  their  partnership,  Mr.  Sibley  has  carried  on 
the  business.  In  1873  he  rebuilt  and  greatly  enlarged  his  man- 
ufactory, and  admitted  his  son,  Frank  A.,  as  a  partner.  In  1870 
Mr.  Sibley  employed  14  hands,  used  nearly  44,000  pounds  of 
steel  and  iron,  and  made  30,000  scythes  ; — wages  paid,  $7,500. 

Tailors.  William  Brittain,  the  first  tailor  in  town,  began 
his  labors  as  early  as  1774,  by  making  leather  breeches,  going 
from  house  to  house  to  do  his  work.  Samuel  Church  soon 
after  opened  the  first  shop  for  the  business  near  the  Call  place. 
For  many  years  the  work  was  done  mainly  by  females,  Eunice 
Comstock  being  prominent  among  the  workers.  Dr.  Arnold 
Ellis  was  among  the  early  operators.  Naylor  Starbird  com- 
menced as  early  as  1S28,  and  spent  most  of  his  life  here.  J.  H. 
Fuller,  H.  P.  Gront,  C.  C.  Chadborne,  F.  Kelley,  L.  H.  Chase, 
Ira  Mitchell,  B.  F.  Tibbetts,  L.  White  &  Co.,  William  Alex- 
ander, J.  W.  Clement,  A.  V.  Hitchcock,  John  O.  Hobbs,  M. 
W.  Burke,  and  John  Lyons  have  since  been  engaged  in  the 
business.  It  is  now  a  very  important  branch  of  trade.  In  1870 
Mr.  Hobbs  employed  ten  hands,  and  Mr.  Hitchcock  eight.  On 
the  death  of  Mr.  Hobbs,  in  1S75,  Messrs.  Moony  &  Meserve 
purchased  his  large  stock,  and  continued  the  business  at  Rich- 
ards block.  Young  &  Hutchinson  opened  an  establishment 
in  Wheeler's  block  in  1S76,  where  they  have  had  a  liberal 
patronage. 

Tanners.  Tanning,  during  the  earlier  days,  was  not  so 
much  of  a  business  as  at  the  end  of  the  century.  They  had  no 
large  establishments,  little  machinery,  few  conveniences,  and 
far  less  skill  than  at  present.  It  was  a  slow,  laborious  process. 
They  had  each  only  a  few  vats.  Their  bark  was  crushed  by 
hand  in  a  samp  mortar,  which  consisted  of  a  hole  made  in  a 
rock,  in  the  form  of  an  old-style  iron  kettle,  into  which  was 
thrown  the  bark,  which  was  beaten  up  by  a  long,  flat  stone,  with 
a  smooth  round  end,  called  a  pestle.  Upper-leather  was  tanned 
during  the  summer,  and  curried  in  the  winter,  while  sole- 
leather,  after  being  handled  during  the  summer  months,  was 
barked  down  for  the  winter,  and  was  a  whole  year  in  tanning. 
Hides  were  most  frequently  tanned  for  the  farmers  upon  shares. 
Of  the  men  who  operated  during  this  period,  we  might  name 


MANUFACTURES    AND    ARTISANS.  IO7 

Jonathan  Comstock,  who  tanned  at  Kelleyville ;  Nathaniel 
Fisher,  at  the  foot  of  Claremont  hill ;  Moses  P.  Durkce,  at  his 
house,  at  the  H.  Brown  place,  in  the  north  part  of  the  town  ; 
Levi  Sholes,  on  Thatcher  hill,  at  the  A.  G.  Savory  place  ;  and 
John  Ilunton,  where  the  Phcnix  hotel  now  stands. 

At  a  later  period  the  business  was  confined  to  the  limits  of 
the  present  village.  Improved  machinery  and  new  processes 
had  been  invented.  The  bark  was  now  crushed  by  means  of 
a  large  stone  in  the  form  of  a  mill-stone,  but  much  larger. 
Through  tlic  centre  of  this  stone  was  passed  a  horizontal  shaft, 
or  axle-tree,  one  end  of  which  was  attached  to  a  central  post, 
around  which  it  revolved.  To  the  other  end  was  attached  the 
horse.  Upon  a  platform,  underneath  the  circle  marked  by  the 
stone,  was  placed  the  bark  ;  and  while  a  boy  drove  the  horse, 
the  man  was  engaged  in  shoving  the  finer  particles  to  the  cen- 
tre, while  he  raked  the  coarser  pieces  under  the  track.  The 
operators  at  this  time  were  Luther  Henderson,  at  the  E. 
Wheeler  house,  and  the  upper  tannery  ;  A.  M.  Woodard  at  the 
Phenix  hotel  ;  and  John  Ilunton,  Moses  P.  Durkee,  Ira  Dwin- 
ell,  and  John  B.  Stowell,  at  the  lower  tannery. 

During  the  subsequent  time,  dating  back  a  full  third  of  a  cen- 
tury, since  the  introduction  of  chemicals,  the  steam  boiler,  by 
Asa  Richardson,  in  iS35,the  fulling  mill,  splitting-machine,  and 
other  radical  improvements,  and  increased  capital  and  facilities 
for  transport,  large  quantities  of  foreign  hides  have  been  brought 
to  town,  the  products  of  which  have  been  sent  to  Boston  and 
other  markets.  It  has  been  one  of  the  most  important  and  suc- 
cessful brandies  of  business  in  town.  Since  then  the  business 
has  been  confined  to  the  present  localities.  The  lower  tannery 
was  originally  built  by  John  Hunton.  It  has  been  carried  on 
successively  by  John  Hunton,  ISIoses  P.  Durkee,  1S26  ;  Ira 
Dwinell,John  B.  Stowell,  1S2S;  Asa  Richardson,  Charles  R. 
Beard,  Hunton  &  Jones,  Hunton  &  Dill,  John  W.  Hunton,  Roun- 
sevel  &  Jackson,  and  at  present  by  Lyman  Rounsevel.  The 
original  building  having  been  burned  in  1S6S,  it  was  rebuilt 
the  same  year  by  John  II.  Ilunton,  on  a  much  more  extensive 
and  substantial  plan. 

The  upper  tannery,  built  by  Luther  Henderson,  has  been 
owned  since  by  William  Mitchell  and  F.  W.  Henderson,  John 


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HISTORY   OF   NEWPORT. 


McCullough,  Alpheus  Pierce,  Jabez  Thompson,  Cheney  Chase, 
Benjamin  F.  Sawyer,  Hunton  &  Ladd,  and  John  H.  Hunton. 

The  capital  employed  in  the  two  tanneries  in  1870  was 
$30,000;  number  of  hands,  24;  pay-roll,  $11,000;  value  of 
products,  $76,000. 

Turning.  Col.  Jacob  Reddington  had  a  shop  at  the  Dia- 
mond mill,  where  he  turned  all  sorts  of  wooden  vv^are.  Adams 
Dickey  once  had  a  last  factory  at  the  same  place. 

Wallet-Makers.  Oliver  Lund  and  James  Wheeler  for 
many  years  supplied  this  community  with  wallets  and  pocket- 
books.  Nathaniel  Cooper,  and  afterwards  John  Boyd,  had  a 
shop  devoted  to  the  manufacture  of  wallets.  William  O.  Hop- 
kins had  a  manufactory  of  wallets  and  pocket-books  in  Wheel- 
er's block,  commencing  in  1S63,  employing  some  twelve  hands 
in  the  shop  and  thirty  outside  stitchers,  doing  a  business  of 
$20,000  a  year. 

Whips.  Norman  McGregor  for  several  yeai-s  carried  on  an 
extensive  manufacture  of  high-cost  whips  at  his  shop  near  the 
A.  Wylie  residence  at  Northville. 


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CHAPTEE   XYIII. 

RELIGION. 

BAPTIST   CHURCH. 
BY   REV.    HALSEY   C.    LEAVITT. 

TN  the  year  1770,  a  colony  came,  mainly  from  Worcester 
-^  county,  Mass.,  and  settled  in  the  north-western  portion  of 
Newport  and  the  south-western  portion  of  Croydon.  These 
were  many  of  them  members  of  Baptist  churches,  or  Baptists 
in  sentiment.  Hence  the  name  of  Baptist  hill,  as  the  long  rise 
of  sfround  was  then  called  which  lies  north  of  Northville  on  the 
old  road  leading  to  Croydon,  on  which  was  a  school-house 
where  they  met  to  worship. 

In  1779,  Rev.  Caleb  Blood,  of  Marlow,  addressed  a  letter  to 
the  Warren  Association,  by  which  they  were  induced  to  send 
two  missionaries  into  New  Hampshire,  to  labor  a  few  months 
in  the  western  section  of  the  state.  Rev.  Job  Seamans,  of 
Attleborough,  Mass.,  and  Rev.  Bial  Ledoyt,  of  Woodstock, 
Conn.,  were  selected  to  perform  this  service. 

In  May  of  the  same  year  a  small  number  of  the  followers  of 
Christ  were  organized  into  a  church,  and  recognized  as  the 
Baptist  church  of  Newport  and  Croydon.  It  was,  however, 
soon  after  known  only  by  its  present  name, — Newport  church. 
The  constituent  members  were  as  follows  :  Seth  Wheeler,  Elias 
Metcalf,  William  Haven,  Ezekiel  Powers,  Mrs.  Seth  Wheeler, 
Mrs.  Elias  Metcalf,  Mrs.  William  Haven,  and  Mrs.  Nathaniel 
Wheeler.  Seth  Wheeler,  a  man  of  marked  ability,  was  chosen 
deacon.  Elder  Ledoyt  was  installed  as  first  pastor  of  this 
church,  Oct.  3,  1791.  Elder  Job  Seamans,  afterwards  of  New 
London,  preached  on  the  occasion  from  Acts  20 :  20. 

In  i79S,the  church  erected  a  house  of  worship  forty-four  feet 


no  HISTORY   OF   NEWPORT. 

square,  adjoining  the  cemetery  at  Northville.  The  following 
description  of  this  church  edifice,  and  the  worship  and  habits 
of  the  people,  as  they  appeared  in  iSio,  is  from  the  pen  of  the 
late  Baron  Stowe,  d.  d.,  of  Boston  : 

I  am  in  that  plain  edifice,  with  a  superabundance  of  windows  and  a 
porch  at  each  end,  with  its  elevated  pulpit,  sky  blue  in  color,  overhung 
by  the  sounding-board ;  with  the  deacon's  seat,  half-way  up  the  pulpit, 
with  the  square  pews  occupied  by  families,  with  a  gallery  containing 
one  row  of  pews  fronted  by  the  singers'  seats.  There  is  the  horse- 
shed  ;  there  is  the  horse-block ;  there  are  the  horses,  with  men's  sad- 
dles and  pillions,  and  a  few  women's  saddles,  but  not  a  carriage  of  any 
description. 

On  occasions  of  baptism,  the  whole  congregation  would  go  down  the 
hill,  and,  standing  in  a  deep  glen  on  the  banks  of  Sugar  river,  would 
witness  the  ceremonies. 

Elias  McGregor  played  the  bass-viol,  Asa,  a  brother,  led  the  choir, 
and  his  sisters  Lucy  and  Lois  sang  soprano  and  alto.  In  that  choir 
were  Asaph  Stowe,  Moses  Paine  Durkee,  Philip  W.  Kibbey,  and  more 
than  one  of  the  Wakefields. 

In  the  year  iSoo,  Elder  Ledoyt  requested  and  received  his 
dismission.  Soon  after,  Rev.  Thomas  Brown,  formerly  of  Mor- 
ristown,  N.  J.,  became  pastor.  During  his  ministry  there  was 
an  extensive  revival,  in  which  the  whole  town  shared.  He 
was  dismissed  in  1813. 

In  1815  Rev.  Elisha  Hutchinson,  a.m.,  formerly  of  Pomfret, 
Vt.,  accepted  a  call  to  this  church,  and  was  ordained  in  Decem- 
ber of  the  same  year.  He  was  pastor  of  this  church  about  three 
years. 

In  1S16  there  settled  in  town  a  young  man  by  the  name  of 
Solomon  Howe,  who  was  an  Arminian  in  sentiment,  and  who 
opposed  Mr.  Hutchinson  in  his  views  of  divine  purposes.  By 
his  discussions  he  created  sorrowful  dissensions.  The  breach 
continued  to  widen,  until  the  disaffected  and  larger  party  with- 
drew, and  formed  an  independent  Baptist  church,  with  Mr. 
Howe  as  their  pastor. 

In  181 8  a  few  resolved  to  make  one  more  vigorous  effort  to 
maintain  the  visibility  of  the  church.  These  sent  delegates, 
with  a  letter,  to  the  association  then  sitting  at  Mount  Holly, 
Vt.,  and  were  recognized  instead  of  the  opposing  part}'. 


RELIGION.  Ill 

Mr.  James  Parsons,  of  Boston,  who  was  ordained  by  this 
church,  October  7,  1S19,  as  an  evangelist,  preached  for  some 
months  with  great  success.  He  was  followed  by  Bradbury 
Clay,  of  Nottingham  West,  N.  H.  The  converts  "universally 
ascribed  both  their  conviction  and  conversion  to  the  sovereign 
mercy  of  God,  through  tlie  mediation  and  intercession  of  his 
Son.  All  consented  to  the  law,  that  it  was  good,  and  to  grace, 
that  it  was  free."  This  revival  proved  the  death-blow  to  those 
opposing  the  divine  purposes  of  God  ;  and  but  a  few  years  in- 
tervened before  most  of  them  came  humbly  back  to  the  fold, 
where  they  were  gladly  received.  From  Nov.  8,  1S18,  to  Sept. 
30,  1819,  no  united  with  the  church. 

A  revival  began  in  June,  1820,  in  the  academy,  which  was 
under  the  care  of  W.  Shcdd,  of  Boston.  From  the  academy  it 
spread  to  the  village,  where  "old  and  young,  rich  and  poor, 
the  rigid  moralist  and  the  abandoned  profligate,  indiscriminate- 
ly shared  in  the  forgiving  mercy  of  God."  As  a  result  of  this 
awakening,  twenty  were  added  to  the  church.  The  church 
and  society  were  incorporated  in  June  of  this  year  (1820). 

During  the  summer  of  182 1,  through  the  active  labor  of  Col. 
Cheney,  who  had  been  recently  converted,  they  erected  a  house 
of  worship  at  the  village,  its  dimensions  being  64  by  44  feet.  In 
March  the  materials  were  in  the  forest,  and  in  June  the  building 
was  raised  without  accident.  It  was  dedicated  Oct.  11.  Rev. 
J.  Elliot  preached  the  dedicatory  sermon  from  Haggai  2  :  9. 

In  July  of  this  year  (1821)  the  Rev.  Ira  Person,  of  Hartland, 
Vt.,  began  his  labors  with  this  people.  He  proved  to  be  the 
most  successful  pastor  they  have  ever  had.  Dm-ing  this  his 
first  pastorate,  which  ended  in  the  year  1S34,  iie''^i'ly  two  hun- 
dred were  baptized. 

For  about  nine  months  from  this  time  the  pulpit  was  sup- 
plied by  Edward  Peterson.  Some  time  in  the  spring  of  1836, 
Rev.  Orin  Tracy  came  here  from  New  London.  He  preached 
for  about  two  years. 

In  the  spring  of  1S38,  the  question  of  slavery   became    a 
fruitful  source  of  contention.     Bro.  Person,   seeing  their  need 
of  a  pastor,  left  his  field  of  labor  in  Chester,  Vt.,  to  restore,  by 
the  blessing  of  God,  harmony  to  this  people.     In  the  month  of 
September,  Rev.  Mr.  Grant  came  here  as  an  evangelist.     He 


112  HISTORY   OF    NEWPORT. 

preached  for  six  weeks,  and  after  a  little  the  revival  began  with 
power.  Bro.  Grant  was  followed  by  Rev.  Mr.  Walden,  who 
preached  with  great  success.  Brethren  then  felt  it  a  privilege 
to  come  day  and  night,  from  distant  portions  of  the  town,  that 
they  might  render  to  God  a  tribute  of  praise  and  worship. 
This  revival  resulted  in  the  addition  to  the  church  of  129. 

Air.  Person  served  the  church,  in  this  his  second  pastorate, 
four  years  and  eiglit  months.  In  all,  his  labors  extended  over 
a  period  of  eighteen  years  and  eight  months.  During  this  time 
some  400  united  with  the  church, — about  350  by  baptism. 
Father  Person,  having  retired  from  active  labor  of  nearly  sixty 
years,  lives  in  this  town,  where  lie  councils  the  church,  and 
still  continues  to  pray  for  the  prosperity  of  Zion.  [See  Gene- 
alogy.] 

Mr.  Person  was  followed  by  Joseph  Freeman,  d.  d.,  of  Cav- 
endish, Vt.,  who  remained  here  about  four  years.  The  Rev. 
Wm.  M. ^Guilford  became  pastor  in  1S47,  and  resigned  in  1S51. 

Rev.  P.  S.  Adams,  of  Georgetown,  Mass.,  was  installed  over 
this  church  Nov.  15,  1S51.  Several  were  baptized  the  following 
month  ;  eleven  in  1S52.  The  following  year  became  a  season 
of  marked  interest,  during  which  ninety  were  added  to  the 
church.  Mr.  Adams  remained  here  until  Sept.  21,  1S56,  when 
he  was,  at  his  own  request,  dismissed  to  the  church  in  Brattle- 
borough,  Vt. 

The  Rev.  James  Andrews  was  installed  June  iS,  1S57,  ^^'^'-^ 
resigned  in  August,  1S5S.  Rev.  Mylon  Merriam  became  pas- 
tor Oct.  17,  1858,  and  resigned  Sept.  4,  of  the  next  year.  Rev. 
W.  H.  Watson  began  his  labors  here  in  May,  1861.  His  res- 
ignation was  presented  and  accepted  the  following  month. 

In  April,  1S63,  the  church  extended  a  call  to  David  James. 
He  accepted  their  invitation,  and  was  ordained  June  3.  Dur- 
ing the  3'ears  1864  and  1865  there  were  seventeen  additions. 
He  closed  his  labors  here  in  1866. 

Mr.  James's  successor  was  Rev.  Foster  Henry,  who  entered 
upon  his  charge  July  8,  1S66.  In  1867  and  1S6S  a  good,  com- 
modious parsonage  was  built.  In  1870,  the  church  edifice  was 
rebuilt,  at  an  expense  of  $8,Soo.  Tiie  corner-stone  was  laid 
July  8,  1870,  by  the  now  venerable  Mr.  Person.  The  house 
was  dedicated  Dec.  7,  of  the  same  year,  there  being  present 


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I 


RELIGION. 


113 


thirty-four  persons  who  witnessed  the  dedication  of  tlie  former 
house  fifty  years  before.  The  pastor,  Mr.  Henry,  preached 
the  dedicatory  sermon,  from  Haggai  2  :  9.  Bro.  Henry  con- 
cluded his  labors  after  a  pastorate  of  six  years,  in  which  twenty- 
one  by  baptism  and  ten  by  letter  were  added  to  the  church.  He 
removed  to  North  Bennington,  Vt.     [See  Genealogy.] 

The  Rev.  Halsey  C.  Leavitt,  a  native  of  Gouverneur,  N.  Y., 
commenced  his  labors  here  Oct.  i,  1S73,  and  closed  his  pastor- 
ate Sept.  39,  187S.      [.Sec  Genealogy.] 

The  new  vestry  was  erected  in  1S74,  at  a  cost  of  about 
$1,400. 

The  following  is  a  list  of  the  deacons  : 


Seth  Wheeler, 
Ellas  Metcalf, 
Asaph  Stowe, 
William  Cheney, 
Josejih  Farnsworth, 


Israel  Kelley, 
Timothy  Fletcher, 
Jeremiah  Nettleton, 
Abel  iMetcalf, 
Parmonas  Whitcomb, 


James  Tandy, 
Jonathan  Cutting, 
Austin  L.  Kibbey, 
Henry  A.  Jenckes. 


CONGREGATIONAL    CHURCH. 
BV   REV.    G.    R.    W.    SCOTT. 

In  June,  1766,  eight  young  men,  from  Killingworth,  Conn., 
came  into  the  town  of  Newport  (chartered  five  years  be- 
fore), to  form  a  permanent  settlement.  On  the  first  Sabbath 
after  their  arrival  they  met  under  a  tree,  and  there  united  in 
praising  God,  by  prayer  and  song  and  reading  his  word.  It  is 
a  remarkable  fact,  tliat  since  these  young  men  met  under  that 
tree,  to  the  present  time,  the  Congregationalists  have  never  per- 
mitted a  Sunday  to  pass  without  meeting  for  religious  worship. 
The  early  settlers,  after  that  first  meeting,  met  for  six  or  seven 
years  in  a  private  house,  where  they  listened  to  one  of  their 
number,  who  conducted  the  religious  exercises,  and  read  ser- 
mons from  printed  volumes. 

In  1773  a  house  was  built,  to  be  used  for  religious  worship 
on  the  Lord's  day,  and  as  a  school-house  during  the  week. 
Thus  we  see  that  the  fiathers  of  the  town  were  desirous  of 
building  upon  Christ  and  a  sound  education.  The  character 
of  these  early  settlers  was  such  as  to  attract  attention,  and  they 
soon  received  considerable  accessions  to  their  number. 


114  HISTORY   OF   NEWPORT. 

Few  details  of  these  early  times  have  been  preserved.  It  is 
certain,  however,  that  prior  to  the  26th  of  June,  1775,  the  peo- 
ple had  obtained  the  services  of  a  regular  preacher ;  for  it  is 
found  recorded  that  upon  that  day  a  committee  was  appointed 
to  confer  with  Mr.  Eliezer  Sweetland,  to  see  if  he  was  willing 
to  preach  the  gospel  in  Newport  "  for  some  time  longer." 

On  May  4,  177S,  a  vote  was  taken  to  instruct  a  committee  to 
confer  with  Rev.  Thomas  Kendal,  "  to  see  if  he  will  return  to 
this  town  as  soon  as  he  can  with  convenience,  after  he  hath  ac- 
complished his  purposed  journey." 

On  March  15,  1779,  a  committee  was  appointed  to  make  ap- 
plication to  Rev.  Mr.  Hall,  of  Keene,  to  look  out  for  a  man  to 
settle  over  the  proposed  church. 

On  Oct.  28,  1779,  a  meeting  was  held  by  the  Congregation- 
alists  to  organize  a  church.  The  Rev.  Aaron  Hall,  being  the 
only  minister  from  abroad,  acted  as  moderator.  Aaron  Buell 
was  chosen  scribe.  Articles  of  faith,  form  of  covenant,  and 
rules  of  discipline  were  adopted  and  signed  on  that  day,  by 

Robert  Lane,  Josiah  Stevens,  Mary  Stevens, 

Daniel  Dudley,  Benjamin  Giles,  Esther  Lane, 

Daniel  Buell,  Esther  Buell,  Chloe  Wilcox, 

Aaron  Buell,  Susanna  Dudley,  Mary  Buell, 

Elias  Bascom,  Lydia  Hurd,  Jane  Buell. 

Matthew  Buell,  Eunice  Bascom, 

On  Dec.  6,  i779'  ^  committee  was  appointed  to  confer  with 
Mr.  Tracy,  and  "  desire  him  to  tarry  and   preach  the  gospel  A^ 

four  Sabbaths  longer,  if  they  could  discern  a  probability  of  his  B 

settling,  or  a  disposition  in  him  to  settle  with  the  people  of  this  " 

town  as  a  preacher  at  some  future  time,  if  circumstances  admit- 
ted of  it ;  if  not,  to  proceed."  The  people,  though  they  were  ex- 
tremely desirous  of  having  a  settled  minister,  would  not  insist 
too  much  upon  Mr.  Tracy's  coming.  It  seems  that  Mr.  Tracy 
"  proceeded  "  on  his  way,  for  we  find,  shortly  after  this,  that  a  J 

young  man,  Mr.  Samuel  Wood,  was  invited  to  preach  ;  and  at 
a  meeting  held  Aug.  7,  1780,  it  was  voted  to  ask  the  above- 
named  gentleman  to  preach  "  two  Sabbaths  longer  on  proba-  | 
tion."     On  the  24th  of  the  same   month,  a  call  was  given  to 


RELIGION.  1 1  5 

Mr.  Wood.  He  was  ofiered  £ioo  as  settlement,  and  £45  per 
year  as  salary,  which  was  to  be  increased  £5  per  year  until  it 
reached  £70.     This  call  was  not  accepted. 

It  would  seem,  judging  from  the  hints  given  in  the  records, 
that  the  revival,  which  took  place  shortly  after  the  formation  of 
the  church,  was  during  the  stay  of  Mr.  Wood.  As  the  fruit  of 
this  refreshing,  about  thirty  were  added  to  the  church. 

After  this,  Jan.  22,  17S3,  the  church  and  town  having  a  short 
time  before  given  him  a  call,  the  Rev.  John  Remele  was  in- 
stalled as  the  first  pastor  of  tlie  Congregational  church.  He 
was  dismissed  Oct.  10,  1791.  During  this  year  an  effort  was 
made  "  to  procure  Mr.  Bliss,  or  any  other  gospel  minister,  to 
preach  the  gospel  in  this  town  during  the  ensuing  summer,  or 
any  longer  or  shorter  term,  as  he  may  think  proper." 

On  Nov.  7,  1 79 1,  it  was  voted  that  some  land  be  procured 
from  Mr.  Absalom  Kelsey,  for  the  purpose  of  erecting  a  meet- 
ing-house upon  it.  Christopher  Newton,  Jeremiah  Jenks,  Phin- 
eas  Chapin,  Samuel  Kurd,  and  Aaron  Buell  were  appointed 
a  committee  to  superintend  the  work.  On  Nov.  23,  of  the 
same  year,  the  town  voted  to  accept  the  doings  of  the  meeting- 
house committee,  and  also  voted  to  raise  £200  for  the  purpose 
of  defraying  the  cost  of  the  above-mentioned  house.  This  was 
in  due  time  erected,  and  stood  for  many  years  upon  the  cone- 
like hill  west  of  the  present  village. 

Four  years  passed  away  without  a  pastor.  It  seemed  as  if 
the  Lord  had  forgotten  his  people  ;  but  he  had  not.  Mr.  Abijah 
Wines  was  raised  up  from  the  ranks  to  lead  the  host.  He  left 
his  farm,  and  entered  the  ministry  Jan.  5,  1796.  Many  still  re- 
member that  tall,  large  form.  He  was  a  good  student  and  a 
successful  pastor,  for  during  his  twenty-one  years  of  work  in 
this  place  the  church  enjoyed  three  revivals,  and  212  were  add- 
ed to  it.  On.  Nov.  26,  1S16,  Mr.  Wines  was  dismissed.  [See 
Genealogy.] 

Two  years  after,  Dec.  2,  iSiS,  a  young  man  from  Dartmouth 
college,  Mr,  James  R.  Wheelock,  a  son  of  the  late  distinguished 
President  Wheelock,  of  that  institution,  was  ordained  over  the 
church.  He  was  a  man  of  talents,  sensitive  and  enthusiastic, 
it  may  be  impulsive.  That  he  was  a  hard  worker  may  be  seen 
from  the  fact  that  during  his  little  more  than  four  years'  stay — 


Il6  HISTORY   OF   NEWPORT, 

for  he  was  dismissed  Feb.   13,  1S23 — 148  were  added  to  the 
church. 

It  was  during  Mr.  Wheelock's  ministr}',  in  1822,  that  the 
present  large  and  beautiful  edifice  was  erected,  which  shows 
that  the  people  then  were  far  in  advance  of  their  time  in  liber- 
alit}',  sentiment,  and  taste.  James  Breck,  Hubbard  Newton, 
Capt.  Elkanah  Carpenter,  and  Caleb  Heath  were  appointed  the 
building  committee,  they  building  the  church,  paying  the  bills, 
and  depending  upon  the  sale  of  pews  for  reimbursement. 

On  Jan.  28,  1824,  the  Rev.  John  Woods,  who  had  been  pas- 
tor of  the  church  in  Warner,  was  installed  over  this  church. 
For  more  than  a  quarter  of  a  century  this  man  of  scholarly 
ability  preached  to  this  people.  During  his  ministry  329  were 
added  to  the  church.  Near  the  close  of  his  pastorate  there  re- 
sulted an  unfortunate  division,  which  for  a  time  made  the  dear 
old  church  a  target  for  the  enemies  of  the  cross,  who,  with  sar- 
casm in  the  words,  said,  "  See  how  these  Christians  love  one 
another  !  "  A  large  number,  including  several  leading  members 
of  the  church,  withdrew  from  its  communion,  and  uniting  with 
others,  who  were  Methodists  in  sentiment,  formed  the  present 
INIethodist  church. 

Time  and  grace  have  smoothed,  it  is  hoped,  the  asperity  of 
feeling.  The  daughter,  though  she  walks  not  according  to  the 
polity  of  the  mother,  still  retains  some  of  the  old  Puritan  leav- 
en, and,  with  this  and  the  "  Roger  Williams  element"  which 
she  had  drawn  in,  she  has  been  the  means  of  reaching  many 
who  otherwise  would  not  have  come  under  the  sound  of  the 
gospel.  The  good  Lord  since  then  has  brought  order  out  of 
confusion. 

On  tlie  same  day,  July  16,  1851,  that  the  old  pastor,  Rev. 
John  Woods,  was  dismissed,  a  young  man,  Henry  Cummings, 
who  had  graduated  not  long  before  from  Andover,  was  ordained. 
He  came  during  a  time  of  discouragement,  when  the  church 
seemed  weak.  Although  young  and  comparatively  inexperi- 
enced, he  had,  to  counterbalance  these,  a  hearty  love  for  Christ, 
a  sound  mind,  and  an  earnest  desire  to  do  good.  Near  the  be- 
ginning of  his  ministiy,  the  interior  of  the  church  was  repaired. 
The  old  pews  were  cut  down,  the  floor  raised,  the  pulpit  low- 
ered, and  other  changes  made.     Some  time   after  Mr.  Cum- 


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RELIGION,  117 

mings's  ordination,  God's  spirit  was  poured  out  upon  this 
church,  and  also  upon  the  other  churches  of  the  place.  There 
are  many  who  can  testify  to  the  purity  of  life,  the  devotion  and 
love,  of  Mr.  Cummings  :  170  were  added  to  the  church  during 
his  ministry.  He  was  dismissed  July  35,  1S66,  and  immediately 
after  was  settled  over  the  Congregational  church  in  Rutland, 
Mass.,  where  he  still  remains. 

In  the  summer  of  1S67,  a  young  man,  G.  R.  W.  Scott,  then  at 
Andover,  ^vas  invited  to  preach  a  year  to  this  people.  He  ac- 
cej^ted.  During  this  year  he  was  invited  to  settle  as  pastor. 
This  invitation  also  he  accepted,  and  was  ordained  Sept.  17, 
1S6S.  He  was  dismissed  Dec.  7,  1S73. — [He  was  an  enthusi- 
astic worker,  and  drew  a  full  audience.  Is  pastor  of  a  Con- 
gregational church  at  Fitchburg,  Mass. — Ed.] 

During  the  summer  of  1S69  the  interior  of  the  church  edifice 
underwent  a  complete  change,  at  an  expense  of  nearly  $S,ooo. 
The  old  pews  on  the  floor  and  in  the  gallery  were  taken  out ; 
new  circular  pews,  made  of  chestnut  and  trimmed  with  walnut, 
were  placed  on  the  lower  floor,  while  some  of  the  old  pews, 
handsomely  refitted,  were  made  to  do  service  again  up  stairs. 
The  ceiling  and  walls  were  beautifully  frescoed.  A  circular 
platform,  made  of  chestnut  and  walnut,  was  built,  upon  which 
was  placed  an  elegant  walnut  desk,  the  gift  of  the  pastor. 
These,  together  with  the  chairs,  carpet,  etc.,  are  the  furnish- 
ment  of  the  east  end  ;  while  the  large  and  handsome  organ,  the 
gift  of  Dexter  Richards,  Esq.,  is  the  attraction  in  the  west  end. 
Many  other  important  improvements  were  made. 

The  present  chapel  was  erected  in  1S71,  at  a  cost  of  $6,000. 

During  the  last  years  of  Mr.  Scott's  pastorate,  many  were 
added  to  the  church,  thus  showing  that  God  has  not  forgotten 
to  be  gracious. 

Immediately  on  the  dismissal  of  Mr.  Scott,  the  church  and 
society  obtained  the  sei"vices  of  the  Rev.  E.  E.  P.  Abbott,  a  na- 
tive of  Concord,  who  supplied  the  desk  until  March,  1S75, 
when  he  accepted  a  call  to  settle  as  their  pastor.  He  was 
installed  March  34,  1S75. 

The  present  parsonage  was  built  by  individual  subscription, 
in  1S77,  at  an  expense  of  $3,500. 


Il8  HISTORY   OF   NEWPORT. 

DEACONS. 

Josiah  Stevens,  Josiah  Stevens,  Jr.,         Dexter  Richards, 

Jesse  Wilcox,  Sylvanus  Hurd,  Rufus  P.  Claggett, 

Uriah  Wilcox,  Joseph  Wilcox,  Francis  Foote. 

Moses  Noyes,  David  B.  Chapin, 

EInathan  Hurd,  Henry  Chapin, 

The  fiftieth  anniversary  of  the  establishment  of  the  Sabbath- 
school,  in  connection  with  this  church,  was  observed  January 
9,  1S69. 

Elkanah  Carpenter,  at  his  death,  left  a  fund  for  the  promo- 
tion of  Christianity,  which  was  to  be  used  at  the  discretion  of 
the  pastor  of  the  Congregational  church.  This  fund  was  dis- 
posed of  under  the  direction  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Woods. 

METHODIST    EPISCOPAL    CHURCH. 

BY   REV.    C.    W.   MELLEN. 

The  history  of  Methodism  in  Newport  is  replete  with  inter- 
est. The  space  allotted  us,  however,  will  permit  us  to  give 
only  a  brief  synopsis  of  it. 

Some  sixty  or  seventy  years  since,  Peter  Wakefield,  then  a 
member  of  the  Baptist  church,  rejected  the  doctrine  of  the  per- 
severance of  the  saints.  All  eflbrts  to  reclaim  him  failing,  he 
was  expelled  from  their  communion.  At  the  time  he  had  never 
heard  a  Methodist  sermon  nor  read  a  Methodist  book,  yet 
he  was  really  the  founder  of  Methodism  in  Newport.  The 
first  Methodist  preacher  he  heard  was  Elijah  Hedding,  since 
bishop,  who  at  that  time  preached  occasionally  at  Sunapee. 
Father  Wakefield  invited  him  here,  and  probably  he  preached 
the  first  Methodist  sermon  in  Newport.  In  1S30  a  class  was 
formed,  consisting  of  six  persons.  They  wei"e  supplied  by 
preachers  of  the  Goshen  circuit.  Eleazer  Jordan,  Guy  Beck- 
ley,  John  Cummings,  Daniel  Lee,  Amos  Kidder,  Joseph  Baker, 
John  L.  Smith,  Nathaniel  Ladd,  and  Chester  W.  Lewis  occu- 
pied, in  turn,  the  pulpit  most  of  the  Sabbaths  from  1S29  to 
1836. 

In  1S40,  or  about  that  time,  objections  were  made  to  the  use 
of  the  school-house  by  the  Methodists  for  religious  services,  in 


RELIGION.  1 19 

consequence  of  which  Father  Wakefield  built  a  chapel  at  Xorth- 
ville,  which  is  now  standing,  as  good  as  new,  and  open  for  the 
use  of  all  evangelical  Christians.  In  1843  the  Miller  excite- 
ment, which  swept  over  the  country,  robbed  this  infant  society, 
then  in  a  flourishing  condition,  of  all  its  male  members  except 
Father  Wakefield  and  Brother  N.  O.  Page.  It  seemed  to  them 
the  setting  of  the  sun  ere  'twas  noon.  It  was,  however,  only 
the  interception  of  a  dark  cloud.  Methodism  had  not  accom- 
plished its  mission  here  :  it  was  not  to  be  confined  to  the  north 
portion  of  the  town,  but  was  to  occupy  a  more  central  position, 
from  whicli,its  light  might  radiate.  Circumstances  arose  in  the 
Congregational  church  which  caused  a  secession  of  those  ^leth- 
odists  who  had  joined  it  for  the  want  of  a  church  of  their  choice 
in  the  place,  and  also  of  many  other  highly  respectable  mem- 
bers. These  proposed  a  permanent  union  with  the  Methodists 
at  Northville,  which  being  consented  to,  they  asked  the  New 
Hampshire  conference  for  a  preacher.  Accordingly,  in  May, 
1S50,  Warren  F.  Evans  was  stationed  among  them.  The  Uni- 
versalist  chapel  was  secured  as  a  place  of  worship.  A  good 
congregation  was  gathered.  On  the  30th  of  October,  1S53,  a 
society  was  organized  under  the  discipline  of  the  M.  E.  Church, 
consisting  of  N.  O.  Page,  J.  B.  Hurd,  N.  Batchelder,  F.  Kelley, 
James  Baker,  Abner  Whipple,  Jacob  Robinson,  Joseph  Sawyer, 
Jr.,  T.  A.  Twitchell,  Elnathan  Hurd,  Henry  Chapin,  and  their 
associates.  Steps  were  taken  to  erect  a  church  edifice.  A  cen- 
tral site  was  selected  ;  and  such  was  the  progress  of  the  work, 
that,  Dec.  25,  1S51,  they  were  able  to  dedicate  their  house  to 
the  w^orship  of  Almighty  God.  Bro.  Evans  remained  two  years. 
They  have  since  enjoyed  the  pastoral  care  of  Sullivan  Holman, 
A.  C.  Manson,  J.  W.  Guernsey,  D.  P.  Leavitt,  John  Currier, 
James  Thurston,  S.  G.  Kellogg,  C.  M.  Dinsmore,  Chas.  Young, 
C.  W.  Mellen,  Charles  E.  Hall,  Elijah  R.  Wilkins,  O.  H.Jas- 
per, and  A.  W.  Bunker. 

A  good  religious  interest,  with  occasional  conversions,  has 
characterized  the  society  from  the  beginning.  Gracious  revival 
influences  visited  it  in  the  years  1S53,  1S53,  and  1S69.  In 
1S54  grounds  were  purchased  and  a  parsonage  built,  at  an  ex- 
pense of  about  $z,ooo.  Since  then  the  church  and  grounds 
have  been  enlarged,  an  organ  purchased,  and  improvements 


120  HISTORY   OF   NEWPORT. 

made  to  the  amount  of  nearly  $5,000.  With  such  a  record  ot 
prosperity  ;  with  a  congregation  Large,  intelHgent,  appreciative  ; 
with  a  Sabbath-school  in  a  flourishing  condition  ;  and  witli  a 
church  membership  of  over  two  hundred,  many  of  w^hom  are 
eminent  for  their  spirituality, — we  are  led  to  ask,  not  only 
"What  hath  God  wrought.^"  but,  What  will  he  not  accom- 
plish with  this  powerful  agency  for  good.'' 

The  New  Hampshire  conference  of  the  M.  E.  Church  was 
held  here  in  May,  1853,  and  again,  in  April,  1S73. 

Freewill  Baptists.  The  Freewill  Baptist  chui'ch,  which 
held  a  very  conspicuous  place  in  town  for  many  years,  had  its 
origin,  in  1S16,  in  a  division  of  the  Baptist  church,  then  at  North- 
ville.  This  division  resulted  mainly  in  diverse  opinions  in  re- 
gard to  what  were  deemed  essential  articles  of  faith.  Becom- 
ing dissatisfied  with  their  pastor,  the  Rev.  Elijah  Hutchinson, 
who  preached  the  doctrine  of  fatality  too  strongly  to  suit  them, 
the  large  body  of  the  church  and  congregation  withheld  their 
support  from  him,  and  procured  the  services  of  the  Rev.  Sol- 
omon Howe,  who  was  a  disciple  of  Arminius.  A  council  was 
called,  and,  after  a  patient  hearing,  decided  that  the  Rev.  Mr. 
Hutchinson  and  his  adherents,  holding  more  nearly  to  the  true 
church  doctrines,  were  entitled  to  be  considered  as  the  church. 
Whereupon  the  admirers  of  Mr.  Howe  and  his  doctrines,  cut  off 
from  the  church  by  their  belief  and  by  the  action  of  the  council, 
organized  as  a  Freewill  Baptist  church.  Under  the  ministra- 
tion of  Mr.  Howe,  and  subsequently  that  of  Rev.  Elijah  Watson, 
the  church  had  full  congregations,  and  enjo3-ed  a  large  measure 
of  success.  The  Rev.  Mr.  Goodale  succeeded  Mr.  Watson,  and 
continued  to  preach  until  after  the  introduction  of  Methodism, 
when  a  portion  of  the  church  united  with  that  order,  and  the 
organization,  in  1S34,  w^as  given  up.  The  following  year, 
mainly  through  the  labors  of  the  Rev.  L.  H.  Stevens,  formerly 
of  Weare,  it  was  renewed,  and  continued  for  several  years. 

Among  the  difficult  problems  to  be  solved  in  the  separation 
of  the  church  was  the  question  as  to  which  side  was  entitled  to 
occupy  the  house.  The  contest  was  for  a  wdiile  quite  animated  ; 
and  from  Sabbath  to  Sabbath  the  question  was  solved  for  the 
day  by  allowing  the  first  on  the  ground  to  occupy  the  pulpit  for 


RELIGION.  121 

the  day,  wliile  the  others  would  retire  to  the  school-house  for 
worship.  The  question  was  finally  settled,  when  Mr.  Hutchin- 
son and  his  friends  removed  their  place  of  worship  to  the  new 
church  at  the  village,  and  left  Mr.  Howe  the  undisputed  occu- 
pancy of  the  house. 

For  many  years  Nathaniel  Wheeler  and  Abel  Wheeler  were 
deacons  of  this  church.  They  were  succeeded  in  their  offices 
by  Abel  Wheeler,  Jr.,  and  Ira  Wakefield. 

The  quarterly  meetings  of  this  church,  at  which  were  usually 
present  several  men  of  commanding  talents,  were  always  sea- 
sons of  great  interest,  and  drew  crowded  houses. 

Mr.  Howe,  the  first  preacher,  was  a  native  of  Hillsborough, 
and  was  licensed  to  preach  at  Washington  in  iSi3;  came  to 
this  town  in  1S15,  and  was  here  ordained,  July  5,  1S19.  He  re- 
moved to  New  York  in  1827,  and  died  at  Smyrna,  in  that  state, 
in  1S5S,  at  the  age  of  72  years.  His  preaching  was  plain,  easily 
understood,  and  often  startling  and  pathetic.  Mr.  Watson  was 
a  fluent  and  forcible  talker,  and  quite  a  revivalist.  The  Rev. 
David  Marks,  who  died  at  Oberlin,  Ohio,  in  1S45,  a  most  elo- 
quent divine,  often  preached  to  this  church,  and  was  a  great 
favorite,  though  never  an  ordained  pastor  here,  as  we  can  learn. 

Universalists.  The  Universalist  Society  of  Newport  was 
organized  on  the  nth  of  February,  1S30.  Meetings  were  held 
at  the  town  hall  and  court-room  until  1S37,  ^"^ben  their  chapel 
was  built.  Among  those  who  have  ministered  to  this  society 
are  Revs.  John  Moore,  William  S.  and  Aaron  L.  Balch,  W.  S. 
and  Levi  Ballon,  Walter  Harriman,  Ezekiel  Dow,  Lemuel 
Willis,  Luther  Walcott,  Thompson  Barron,  J.  T.  Powers,  and 
Joseph  Barbor.  They  were  mostly  men  of  fine  talents.  Moore 
was  afterwards  a  candidate  for  governor,  and  died  suddenly  at 
Concord.  The  former  Balch  became  eminent  as  a  traveller  and 
lecturer  ;  Harriman  turned  his  attention  to  politics,  and  became 
governor  of  New  Hampshire  ;  while  Powers,  whose  sermons 
were  always  adorned  with  sparkling  imagery,  became  a  con- 
tributor to  the  leading  magazines. 

The  Unitarian  Society  was  formed  Sept.  30,  1S73.    Rev. 
G.  F.  Piper  was  installed  pastor  Dec.  10,  1S73.     A  large  share 

9 


122  HISTORY    OF   NEWPORT. 

of  its  members  had  previously  belonged  to  the  Universalist  so- 
ciety, or  had  been  its  patrons,  and  the  meetings  of  the  new  soci- 
ety were  held  in  their  chapel.  Soon  after  its  organization,  the 
Hon.  Edmund  Burke  presented  the  society  with  a  new  organ. 
At  the  close  of  the  year  Mr.  Piper  left,  and  his  place  was  sup- 
plied by  Rev.  A.  S.  Nickerson.  During  1S76  and  1877,  the 
church  was  remodelled  and  modernized.  In  1878  the  Rev. 
Geo.  W.  Patten  was  engaged  as  pastor. 

Roman  Catholic.  The  first  Roman  Catholic  service  in  town 
was  held  in  1S54.  Reg^l'^i"  services  of  the  church  have  been  con- 
tinued since  1S70.  They  have  a  membership  of  150.  Since 
Dec,  1S73,  they  have  occupied  the  old  Masonic  hall,  in 
Burke's  block,  for  church  purposes.  Rev.  Father  O'Sullivan, 
of  Claremont,  the  pastor,  visits  them  and  holds  public  services 
once  a  month. 

MiLLERiSM.  The  old  church  at  Northville  was  the  head- 
quarters for  the  disciples  of  the  pseudo  prophet  Miller,  for  a 
large  section  of  the  surrounding  country,  during  the  excitement 
which  prevailed  in  the  fall  and  winter  of  1S42  and  the  spring 
of  1843.  Here  documents  were  distributed,  and  here  meetings, 
enthusiastic,  large,  and  long-continued,  were  held.  The  Rev. 
Mr.  Hines  and  other  eminent  apostles  of  the  faith,  from  Boston, 
were  present.  It  is  difficult  for  one,  not  an  eye-witness,  ade- 
quately to  conceive  of  the  wild  frenzy  which  prevailed,  as  ap- 
proached the  fourth  of  April,  that  portentous  day  when  they 
were  to  see  the  world  enveloped  in  flames  which  should  burn 
it  up  and  all  the  wicked,  while  they  were  themselves  to  be 
caught  up  in  the  clouds.  The  impassioned  eloquence  of  their 
speeches,  and  the  thrilling  strains  of  music,  in  which  the  whole 
congregation  joined,  contributed  to  intensify  the  feelings  of  the 
hour.  When  the  day  was  passed,  and  the  delusion  was  over, 
most  of  them  returned  to  their  farms  and  the  business  which 
they  had  been  neglecting. 

Spiritualists  have  held  circles  in  town,  and  for  several 
years  have  had  frequent  public  meetings,  which  have  been  ad- 
dressed by  mediums  and  eminent  apostles  of  the  faith.  Several 
families  are  adherents  to  its  doctrines. 

Second  Advent.    The  doctrine  of  a  Second  Advent  has  had 


RELIGION. 


123 


apostles  and  believers  in  this  town,  most  of  them  residing  in  the 
Northville  district.  Rev.  Calvin  N.  Fletcher,  Rev.  William 
W.  Soiitherland,  and  Rev.  John  B.  Libbey  are  among  its  more 
prominent  teachers. 

Newrport  has  furnished  the  following  clergymen,  natives  and 
former  residents.  A  fuller  account  of  them  will  be  found  in  the 
Genealogy  : 


Name. 


Worthen  H.  Ames 

John  — .  Hatchelder 

Bradford  Hoardinan 

Simeon  Chamberlain 

George  F.  Chapin 

lason  Chapin 

William  A.  Chapin 

Erastus  li.  Claggctt 

William  Claggett 

George  Dustin 

Nathaniel  W.  Fisher 

Calvin  N.  Fletcher 

Luther  J.  Fletcher 

Carlos  Gould 

David  F.  Huntoon 

Enoch  Hutchinson 

Elijah  Hutchinson 

George  Johnson 

Peter  Kimball 

Charles  Cotton   Kimball,  D,  D 

Milton  Kimball 

Lycurgus  Kimball 

Alonzo  King 

Elias  McGregor 

Kendrick  Metcalf 

Charles  H.  E.  Newton 

James  Hill  Parmelee 

Charles  Peabody 

Josiah  Peabody 

Carey  Russell 

Nathaniel  Smith 

Josiah  Stevens 

Baron  Stow 

Jeremiah  I  J.  Walcott 

Lovell  Wheeler 

Abijah  Winc-i 

John  Wilcox 

Carlos  Wilcox 


Denomination. 


Methodist 

Congregationalist. 


Baptist 

Congregationalist 


.Advent 

Universalist. 
Methodist... 
Universalist. 
Baptist 


Methodist 

Congregationalist. 

Presbyterian 

Congregationalist 


Baptist . 


Episcopal 

Methodist 

Congregationalist 


College. 


Middletown. 
Dartmouth.. 
Amherst... . 


Amherst... 
Dartmouth. 


Amherst.. 


Norwich.. . 
Geneva. 


Dartmouth. 


Utica 

Beloit,  Wis 
Amherst 


Waterville. 


Dartmouth. 
Dartmouth. 


Methodist 

Congregationalist. 

Baptist 

Congregationalist. 

Baptist 

Congregationalist. 


Residence. 


Columbian . 
Dartmouth. 


Dartmouth. 
It 

Middlebur>'. 


Chelsea,  Mass. 

Brookfield,  Mass. 

Alstead. 
Geneseo,  111. 
Crafts  bury,  Vt. 
Lyndeborough. 
Washington. 
Peterborough. 
Sandusky,  O. 
Goshen. 
Buffalo,  N.  Y. 
Geneva,  N.  Y. 
Lowell,  Mass. 
New  York  city. 
Windsor,  Vt. 
Vermo't  Conference. 
Rochester,  N.  Y. 
Erie,  Penn. 
Augusta,  111. 
Jacksonville,  111. 
VVestborough,  Mass. 
Colchester,  Vt. 
Geneva,  N.  Y. 
Pacific  Conference. 
ZanesviUe,  O. 
Chicago,  111. 
Sullivan. 
Goshen. 
Weare. 
Isle  of  Shoals. 
Boston,  Mass. 
Auburn,  N.  Y. 
Vermont. 
Newport. 
Newport. 
Hartford,  Conn. 


Missionaries.  The  churches  have  always  taken  a  lively  in- 
terest in  the  cause  of  missions,  both  home  and  foreign,  and  have 
contributed  generously  to  their  support.  The  first  church,  the 
Baptist,  at  the  north  part  of  the  town,  was  gathered  by  the 
Rev.  Bial  Ledoyt,  a  missionary  sent  here  by  a  society  in  Rhode 
Island.  The  first  missionary  from  town  was  Dea.  Josiah 
Stevens,  the  father  of  the  Stevens  family  in  town.  Melvina  J. 
Chapin,  a  sister  of  Dea.  D.  B.  Chapin,  married  the  Rev.  Geo. 


124  HISTORY   OF    NEWPORT. 

B.  Rowell,  a  graduate  of  Dartmouth  college,  and  a  son  of  the 
Rev.  Mr.  Rowell,  of  Cornish,  and  went  to  the  Sandwich 
Islands,  where  they  have  exerted  a  beneficent  influence  upon  the 
habits  and  religion  of  the  natives. 

Elizabeth  Forbes,  daughter  of  Charles  Forbes,  and  grand- 
daughter of  Col.  Wm.  Cheney,  afterwards  wife  of  Wm.  Moore, 
upon  her  marriage  went  with  her  husband  as  missionary  to 
Burmah,  where  they  resided  six  years.  The  loss  of  voice,  from 
which  he  never  recovered,  disqualified  him  for  the  duties  of  his 
mission,  and  they  returned  home. 

Jennie  E.  Chapin,  daughter  of  Wm.  A.  Chapin,  was  sent  out 
in  1S71,  by  the  A.  B.  C.  F.  Missions,  as  a  missionary  to  Fekin, 
China. 

Charles  Preston,  son  of  Margaret,  and  grandson  of  William 
McAllister,  has  been  a  devoted  and  efficient  missionary  in 
China  for  seventeen  years. 

Mrs.  Sarah  J.  Hale  has  for  many  years  been  president  of  the 
"Woman's  Union  Missionary  Society"  at  Philadelphia.  She 
has  written  much  for  the  cause,  and  has  made  several  very  valu- 
able reports,  which  have  been  printed  and  w^idely  circulated. 
Under  her  superintendence  the  society  has  been  most  prosper- 
ous, and  has  been  the  means  of  doing  much  good. 

As  illustrating  the  spirit  of  our  people,  it  is  related  that  the 
widow  of  Mr.  Simeon  Chamberlin,  in  her  very  old  age,  while 
on  the  verge  of  the  grave,  as  the  last  act  of  her  Christian  life, 
when  her  worldly  fortune,  once  abundant,  had  all  been  swept 
away  by  sad  reverses,  and  she  reduced  to  the  scantiest  penury, 
as  the  only  offering  she  could  make,  unravelled  a  scarf  once 
worn  by  her  husband,  and,  knitting  it  into  stockings,  came,  with 
a  trembling  step  and  a  countenance  as  if  radiant  with  divine 
blessings,  and  laid  them  upon  the  altar  of  missions. 

Christmas.  A  public  observance  of  the  Christmas  festival 
was  first  introduced  into  this  town  by  the  Universalist  society, 
and  was  kept  up  by  them  for  several  years.  It  was  shortly  af- 
ter adopted,  and  most  successfully  carried  forward,  by  the 
Methodists.  The  first  recognition  of  the  day  by  the  Congrega- 
tional church  was  in  1S71,  on  which  occasion  the  house,  then 
newly  refitted,  was  brilliantly  illuminated,  and  a  large  number 
of  valuable  presents  distributed. 


IV 


126  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT, 

productions;  and  her  poem,  entitled  "Mississippi,"  written  dur- 
ing the  Rebellion,  is  among  her  finest  poetical  inspirations. 
The  following  account  of  herself  and  her  works  is  from  her  own 
25en,  and  from  "Allibone's  Dictionary  of  Authors:" 

Having  been  requested  by  the  editor  of  a  work  illustrating 
the  history  of  Newport,  N.  H.,  to  communicate  some  particu- 
lars respecting  myself  and  family,  and  feeling  a  deep  interest  in 
all  that  concerns  my  native  town,  I  submit  a  few  papers  on  the 
subject,  which  may  interest  my  early  friends  and  be  acceptable 
to  the  readers  of  the  book.  What  I  have  been  able  to  effect, 
having  an  interest  for  the  public,  is  chiefly  through  my  writ- 
ings ;— ^-to  these,  then,  my  remarks  will  be  principally  confined. 

My  parents,  Gordon  Buell,  of  Killingsworth,  and  Martha 
Whittlesey,  of  Saybrook,  both  towns  of  some  importance  in 
Connecticut,  removed  to  Newport,  soon  after  the  close  of 
the  War  of  Independence.  My  great-grandfather,  Dea.  Dan- 
iel Buell,  of  Killingsworth,  was  one  of  the  proprietors  of  New- 
port, and  my  father  settled  upon  lands  belonging  to  him.  This 
land  possessed  a  valuable  tract  of  pine  forest.  Before  the  Rev- 
olution, the  charter  of  the  town  exacted  that  "  all  pine  trees 
should  be  preserved  for  the  use  of  the  Royal  Navy."  I  men- 
tion these  trees,  as  they  were  objects  of  great  interest  to  me  in 
my  childhood.  This  farm  of  400  acres  was  my  birthplace  and 
home.  I  had  two  brothers,  older  than  myself, — Charles  Whit- 
tlesey Buell  and  Horatio  Buell, — and  a  younger  sister.  My 
parents  brought  with  them  into  the  wilderness  of  the  North 
that  love  of  learning  and  those  strict  religious  obsei^vances 
which  distinguish  the  inhabitants  of  the  Charter  state.  But 
good  schools  could  not  at  once  be  established  in  the  new  settle- 
ments, and  I  owe  my  early  predilection  for  literary  pursuits  to 
the  teachings  and  example  of  my  mother.  A  few  words  re- 
specting the  influences  which  have  probably  caused  me  to  be- 
come the  chronicler  of  my  own  sex  may  not  be  considered  ego- 
tistical. 

The  books  to  which  I  had  access  were  few,  very  few,  in  com- 
parison with  the  number  given  children  nowadays ;  but  they 
were  such  as  required  to  be  studied — and  I  did  study  them. 
Next  to  the  Bible  and  "  The  Pilgrim's  Progress,"  my  earliest 


LITERATURE.  12/ 

reading  was  Milton,  Addison,  Pope,  Johnson,  Cowper,  Burns, 
and  a  portion  of  Shakespeare.  I  did  not  obtain  all  his  works  till 
I  was  nearly  fifteen.  The  first  regular  novel  I  read  was  '•  The 
Mysteries  of  Udolpho,"  when  I  was  quite  a  child.  I  name  it 
on  account  of  the  influence  it  exercised  over  my  mind.  I  had 
remarked,  that  of  all  the  books  I  saw,  few  were  written  by 
Americans,  and  none  by  -wovien.  Here  was  a  work,  the  most 
fascinating  I  had  ever  read,  always  excepting  ''The  Pilgrim's 
Progress,"  written  by  a  woman!  How  happy  it  made  me! 
The  wish  to  promote  the  reputation  of  my  own  sex,  and  to  do 
something  for  my  own  country,  was  among  the  earliest  mental 
emotions  I  can  recollect.  This  love  of  country  was  deeply  en- 
graved on  my  heart,  by  reading,  when  I  was  not  more  than  ten 
years  old,  Ramsey's  "  History  of  the  American  Revolution."  It 
made  me  a  patriot  for  life.  These  feelings  have  had  a  salutary 
influence  by  directing  my  thoughts  to  a  definite  object : — my  lit- 
erary pursuits  have  had  an  aim  beyond  self-seeking  of  any  kind. 

The  moral  power  of  woman,  which  I  had  learned  to  appre- 
ciate from  my  mother,  was  strongly  influential  in  my  litcraiy 
pursuits,  as  is  apparent  in  my  largest  work,  ''Woman's  Record." 
I  sought  to  make  this  work  an  assistant  in  home  education, 
hoping  the  examples  shown  and  characters  portrayed  might 
have  an  inspiration  and  a  power  in  assisting  the  moral  prog- 
ress of  society.  Yet  I  cannot  close  without  adverting  to  the 
ready  and  kind  aid  I  have  always  met  with  from  those  men 
with  whom  I  have  been  most  nearly  connected.  To  my  brother 
Horatio  I  owe  what  knowledge  I  have  of  Latin,  of  the  higher 
branches  of  mathematics,  and  of  mental  philosophy.  He  often 
regretted  that  I  could  not,  like  himself,  have  the  privilege  of  a 
college  education. 

To  my  husband  I  was  more  deeply  indel)ted.  He  was  some 
years  my  senior,  and  'greatly  my  superior  in  knowledge.  We 
commenced,  soon  after  our  marriaare,  a  svstcm  of  stuilv  and 
reading,  which  we  pursued  while  he  lived.  The  hours  allotted 
were  from  eight  o'clock  in  the  evening  until  ten — two  hours  in 
twenty-four.  How  I  enjoyed  those  hours !  In  all  our  mental 
pursuits,  it  seemed  the  aim  of  my  husband  to  enlighten  my  rea- 
son, strengthen  my  judgment,  and  give  me  confidence  in  my 
own  powers  of  mind,  which  he  estimated  more  highly  than  I 


128  HISTORY   OF    NEWPORT, 

did.  But  this  approbation  which  he  bestowed  on  my  talents 
has  been  a  great  encouragement  to  me  in  attempting  the  duties 
that  have  since  become  my  portion  ;  and  if  there  is  any  just 
praise  due  to  the  works  I  have  prepared,  the  sweetest  thought 
is,  that  his  name  bears  the  celebrity. 

The  results  of  my  literary  labors  are  treated  of  in  the  follow- 
ing article  : 

\_Fro7n  Allibone's  Dictionary  of  Author s.'\ 

MRS.    male's   literary   PRODUCTIONS. 

Hale,  Mrs.  Sarah  Josepha,  formerly  Miss  Buell,  of  Newport,  New 
Hampshire,  is  the  widow  of  David  Hale,  a  distinguished  lawyer,  who 
died  at  an  early  age  in  1822.  In  1828  Mrs.  Hale  became  the  editress 
of  the  Ladies'  Maga2i?ie,  published  at  Boston,  and  discharged  the  du- 
ties of  this  responsible  position  until  1837,  when  this  periodical  was 
united  with  the  Lady'^s  Book,  of  Philadelphia.  With  this  well-known 
and  truly  popular  magazine  Mrs.  Hale  has  ever  since  been  connected, 
and  since  1841  she  has  been  a  resident  of  Philadelphia.  The  following 
list  of  this  lady's  productions  evinces  an  extraordinary  amount  of  literary 
industry:  i.  "The  Genius  of  Oblivion,  and  other  Original  Poems." 
Concord:  1823.  2.  "Northwood:  A  Novel.'"  Boston:  1827 — two  vols. 
Republished  in  London,  also  in  New  York,  in  1852.  i2mo.  3.  "Sketches 
of  American  Character."  Philadelphia.  i8mo.  4.  "Traits  of  Amer- 
ican Life" — 1835.  2  vols.,  i2mo.  5.  "Flora's  Interpreter."  Boston. 
Reprinted  in  London.  6.  "  The  Ladies  Wreath."  Boston.  i2mo.  7. 
"  The  Way  to  Live  Well,  and  to  Be  Well  while  we  Live."  8.  "  Gros- 
venor:  A  Tragedy" — 1838.  9.  "Alice  Ray  :  a  Romance  in  Rhyme" — 
1846.  ID.  "  Harry  Guy,  the  Widow's  Son,"  in  verse.  Boston:  184S. 
II.  "Three  Hours;  or,  The  Vigil  of  Love,  and  other  Poems."  Phila- 
delphia: 1848.  12.  "The  Poet's  Offering:  edited  by  Mrs.  Hale." 
Philadelphia.  13.  "  Good's  Book  of  Nature  (abridged)  :  edited  by  Mrs. 
Hale"  14.  "Ladies'  New  Book  of  Cookery,  and  Complete  Housewife 
(new  edition)."  New  York  :  1852.  i2mo.  15.  "A  Complete  Diction- 
ary of  Poetical  Quotations."  Philadelphia:  1852.  8vo.  16.  "The 
Judge:  a  Drama  of  American  Life."  17.  "New  Household  Receipt 
Book — 1853.  i2mo.  18.  "Woman's  Record  ;  or,  Sketches  of  Distin- 
guished Women  from  the  beginning  till  A.  D.  1850."  New  York  :  1853. 
8vo.  New  edition.  1856.  This  work,  by  far  the  most  important  of 
Mrs.  Hale's  productions,  though  in  some  points  open  to  criticism,  may 
yet  be  justly  commended  as  an  invaluable  manual  for  the  library  shelf 
and  parlor  table.  19.  "Liberia;  or,  Mr.  Peyton's  Experiments  :  edited 
by  Mrs.  Hale"— -1853.  i2mo.  20.  "  The  Bible  Reading-Book."  Phil- 
adelphia: 1854.     i2mo.     21.  "  The  Letters  of  Mme.  de  Sdvign^  to  her 


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Daughter  and  Friends."  New  York  :  1856.  i2mo.  22.  "  The  Letters 
of  Lady  Mary  W.  Montague — 1856.  i2mo.  In  addition  to  the  labors 
here  enumerated,  Mrs.  Hale  has  edited  several  annuals, — "The  Opal," 
"  The  Crocus,"  etc., — prepared  a  number  of  books  for  the  young,  and 
contributed  enough  matter,  in  the  way  of  tales,  essays,  and  poems,  to 
fill  several  large  volumes. 

Since  the  publication  of  Allibofie's  Dictionary^  Mrs.  Hale, 
besides  continuing  her  editorship  of  the  Lady's  Book^  has  pub- 
lished (23)  "Happy  Homes  and  Good  Society  all  the  Year 
Round;"  (24)  "Love;  or,  Woman's  Destiny;"  (25)  "The 
Mother's  Legacie;"  and  has  revised  her  selections  from  Mad- 
ame de  Si'vignii  and  Lady  Montague.  She  has  also  revised 
and  enlarged  "Woman's  Record,"  which  has  lately  appeared 
from  the  press  of  the  Harpers.  This  edition  has  received  spe- 
cial notices  from  the  press,  of  which  we  give  the  following,* 
written  by  Prof.  John  S.  Hart : 

Woman's  Record.  By  Mrs.  Sarah  Josepha  Hale.  918  pp.,  royal 
8vo.  New  York :  Harper  &  Brothers.  A  third  edition  of  a  work  of 
such  magnitude  as  this,  after  so  short  a  time  from  its  first  appearance, 
is  no  sliglit  attestation  to  its  solid  value.  Mrs.  Hale  has  done  for  her 
sex  what  Dr.  Allibonc  has  done  for  British  and  American  authors.  By 
long  years  of  patient  and  persistent  labor  and  research,  she  has  gath- 
ered the  authentic  evidences  of  what  the  eminent  ones  of  her  own  sex, 
in  all  ages  of  the  world,  have  been  and  have  done,  and  has  placed  the 
fruits  of  her  labors  in  this  noble  and  enduring  Record. 

We  quote  the  following,  not  as  illustrating  the  greatest  in- 
spiration of  her  womanhood, — but  the  one,  as  showing  the  early 
footprints  of  her  young  muse,  and  for  the  local  interest  it  may 
have  for  all  the  dwellers  upon  the  borders  of  the  sweet  stream 
it  commemorates  ;  and  the  other,  as  showing  how  one,  after  hav- 
ing passed  ninety  summers — most  of  them  in  active  literary 
toil — can  yet  weave  a  beautiful  garland. 

ADDRESS  TO  SUGAR  RIVER. 

Let  Avon  roll  with  Shakspeare's  deathless  glory. 
And  Thames  as  smooth  as  Pope  or  Thomson  glide, 

The  Tiber,  Hellespont,  in  ancient  story 

Reflect  Mars'  triumphs,  or  fair  \'enus'  pride  ; 

While  Scotia's  every  stream  can  boast  its  poet, 

Whose  Patriotic  muse  would  make  us  know  it : 


130  HISTORY   OF   NEWPORT. 

Yet  what  to  me  are  all  these  puffs  and  praises, 
Or  streams  of  fame  in  foreign  lands  that  lie  ? 

But  my  soft-gliding,  native  river  raises 
A  thousand  images  of  home-felt  joy  ; 

And  though  their  names  in  lofty  lays  may  shine, 

In  sweetness  they  can  never  equal  thine. 

Oh  !  may  my  verse,  thy  strength  and  beauty  stealing, 
Flow  like  thy  waters,  and  thy  fame  extend  ! 

Thou  minglest  with  the  tide  of  life's  young  feeling — 
With  thee  my  earliest  recollections  blend  ; — 

Thy  bank  my  bower,  nor  Eden's  loss  was  pondered. 

Whilst  there  in  infant  innocence  I  wandered. 

When  strengthened  reason  woke  imagination, 
My  book,  my  Croesus  wealth,  oft  borne  to  thee. 

In  some  loved  nook  was  sought  a  fav'rite  station, 
The  spreading  hazel  formed  a  canopy  ; — 

The  red-breast,  sweetest  bird  that  charms  our  spring, 

Joined  his  wild  warble  to  thy  murmuring. 

Oft  from  the  page  mine  eye,  with  rapture  glancing. 
Watched  the  light-springing  trout  at  sportive  play, 

Or  the  bright  sunbeams  o'er  thy  dimples  dancing, 
Or  the  blue  sky  that  in  thy  bosom  lay — 

Here,  the  broad  boughs  athwart  the  dark  stream  waving. 

And  there,  the  wild  duck's  brood  their  plumage  laving. 

Nor  must  be  past,  while  thousand  thoughts  endear  'em, 
Thy  Falls,  my  school-day  path  so  often  cross'd ; 

The  wonder-hunting  traveller  would  sneer  'em  ; 
Beside  Niag'ra's,  these,  be  sure,  were  lost. 

Oh  !  might  I  see  that  Anakim  of  wonders. 

And  watch  its  rain-bow'd  spray,  and  hear  its  thunders  ! 

But  then  I  deemed  not  there  could  be  a  vaster. 
When  anchor-ice  (we  called  it  so)  had  made 

Thy  pent-up  waters  rage  and  roar,  while  faster 

Wliirl'd  the  white-sheeted  foam  ;  though  half  afraid. 

Yet  many  a  time  I've  paus'd  to  gaze  and  listen, 

Till  on  my  breath  congealed  the  frost  would  glisten. 

Those  days  are  gone,  and  with  them  gone  forever 
Are  many  a  lov'd  companion,  friend  most  dear; 

As  float  the  autumn  leaves  along  yon  river. 
One  moment  seen,  then  eddying  disappear, — 


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So  sink  the  race  of  men  :  thou,  in  thy  prime, 
Still  roU'st  unmark'd,  unmanacled  by  Time. 

But  farewell,  now,  sweet  stream  !    In  after  ages. 
When  o'er  the  world  Columbia  sits  a  queen, — 
Sung  by  her  poets,  honored  by  her  sages 

(An  Athens  without  anarchy), — then  seen, 
And  heard,  too,  shall  some  bard,  though  nurs'd  on  mountains, 
Strike  the  loud  harp  that  wakes  thy  triple  fountains. 
July,  1822. 

GROWING  OLD. 

Growing  old  !  growing  old  !  Do  they  say  it  of  me  ? 

Do  they  hint  my  fine  fancies  are  faded  and  fled? 
That  my  garden  of  life,  like  the  winter-swept  tree, 

Is  frozen  and  dying,  or  fallen  and  dead  ? 

Is  the  Heart  growing  old,  when  each  beautiful  thing 
Like  a  landscape  at  eve,  looks  more  tenderly  bright, 

And  love  sweeter  seems,  as  the  bird's  wand'ring  wing 
Draws  nearer  her  nest  at  the  coming  of  night? 

Is  the  Mind  growing  old,  when  with  ardor  of  youth 

Through  the  flower-walks  of  Wisdom  new  paths  it  would  try, 

And  seek,  not  for  shells  from  the  ocean  of  Truth, 

But  the  Pearl  of  great  price,  which  the  World  cannot  buy? 

Is  the  Soul  growing  old?     See,  the  planet  of  even, 

When  rising  at  morn,  melts  in  glory  above  : 
Thus,  turning  from  earth,  we  creep  closer  to  Heaven, 

Like  a  child  to  her  father's  warm,  welcoming  love. 

Does  the  mortal  grow  older  as  years  roll  away  ? 

'Tis  change,  not  destruction  ; — kind  winter  will  bring 
Fresh  life  to  the  germ,  and  perfect  it.     Decay 

Holds  the  youth  bud  Immortal,  and  heralds  its  spring. 

Growing  old,  growing  old !     Can  it  ever  be  true. 
While  joy  for  life's  blessings  is  thankful  and  warm. 

And  hopes  sown  for  others  are  blooming  anew, 

And  the  rainbow  of  Promise  bends  over  the  storm? 

Growing  old,  growing  old  !     No,  we  never  grow  old. 

If,  like  little  children,  we  trust  in  the  Word, 
And,  reckoning  earth's  treasures  by  Heaven's  pure  gold, 

We  lay  our  weak  hands  on  the  strength  of  the  Lord. 


132  HISTORY   OF   NEWPORT. 

Horatio  Hale,  son  of  Sarah  J.  Hale,  was  author  of 
"Wilkes's  Expedition  Around  the  World,"  published  in  sev- 
eral large  volumes  by  authority  and  at  the  expense  of  the  U.  S. 
government.  His  peculiar  talents  as  a  linguist  caused  him, 
while  yet  an  undergraduate  at  Harvard  college,  to  be  selected 
to  accompany  the  expedition.  Since  his  return  his  attention 
has  been  divided  between  literature  and  the  law. 

\_Froiit  Allibone's  Dictionary  of  Authors.'] 

Hale,  Horatio,  b.  May  3,  1817,  graduated  at  Harvard  college,  in 
1837,  where  he  was  so  highly  distinguished  for  his  aptitude  in  the  ac- 
quisition of  languages,  that  whilst  still  an  undergraduate  he  was  select- 
ed to  fill  the  post  of  philologist  to  the  United  States  Exploring  Expedi- 
tion, commanded  by  Capt.  Wilkes.  The  result  of  his  learned  investi- 
gations will  be  found  in  vol.  vii, — "  Ethnography  and  Philology," — of 
the  series  of  works  which  compose  the  history  of  that  noble  enterprise. 
Mr.  Hale's  intelligent  labors  have  elicited  warm  commendation  from 
highly  respectable  authorities,  both  at  home  and  abroad.  The  distin- 
guished English  philologist,  Dr.  Latham,  in  his  recent  work  on  the 
"Natural  History  and  Varieties  of  Man,"  remarks  that  Mr.  Hale's  work 
contains  "  the  greatest  mass  of  philological  data  ever  accumulated  by  a 
single  inquirer."  The  following  lines  give  perhaps  as  good  an  account 
of  this  great  work  as  could  be  conveyed  in  a  brief  description  : 

"  The  first  225  pages  are  devoted  to  Ethnography,  or  an  account  of  the 
customs,  religion,  civil  polity,  and  origin  of  the  natives  of  the  various 
countries  and  islands  visited  by  the  expedition.  The  remaining  440 
pages  comprise  the  Philology  of  the  same  regions.  The  various  dia- 
lects of  Polynesia  are  treated  of  under  the  general  head  of  a  comparative 
grammer  of  Polynesia,  followed  by  a  Polynesian  lexicon.  The  languages 
of  the  Fejee  Islands,  the  Kingsmills,  Rotuma,  Australia,  the  north-west 
coast  of  America,  and  some  dialects  of  Patagonia  and  South  Africa, 
come  next  under  consideration.  We  feel  assured  that  a  glance  at  the 
work  will  excite  surprise  in  all  at  the  amount  of  information  collected, 
and  pleasure  at  the  system  and  perspicuity  with  which  the  whole  is  pre- 
sented."— American  Journal  of  Science. 

An  interesting  account  of  Mr.  Hale  and  his  work  will  be  found  in  the 
North  American  Review  for  July,  1846,  to  which  we  must  refer  our 
readers.  It  is  no  slight  praise  to  award  to  an  author  that  he  has 
"  succeeded  in  giving  a  certain  classical  completeness  to  his  work, 
which  makes  it  a  model  for  future  laborers  in  the  same  or  similar 
fields  of  research.  The  style  of  this  volume  is  marked  by  rare  ex- 
cellences, and  those  of  the  highest  order.     It  is  terse,  compact,  and 


LITERATURE,  133 

business-like  to  a  remarkable  degree.  *  *  It  is  a  transparent  medium 
of  expression  for  a  riclily-informed,  clear-thinking,  straightforward 
mind  ;  it  presents  the  meaning  of  the  writer  strongly  and  directly  to  the 
mind  of  the  reader,  instructing  while  it  gratifies." — North  American 
Review, — iibi  supra. 

After  the  completion  of  this  work,  Mr.  Hale  visited  Europe  and  other 
portions  of  the  Eastern  continent,  and  on  his  return  was  admitted  to  the 
bar.  He  is  now  engaged  in  the  duties  of  his  profession,  but  occasion- 
ally steals  an  hour  from  his  briefs  to  contribute  an  essay  on  his  favorite 
theme  to  some  periodical  in  this  country  or  in  Great  Britain. 

Rev.  Thomas  Baldwin,  d.  d.,  who  occupied  so  prominent 
a  place  among  the  eminent  divines  of  Boston,  was  once  a 
preacher  at  Canaan,  N.  H.,  and  while  stationed  there  often 
supplied  the  pulpit  at  Baptist  hill,  in  this  town.  Among  his 
many  able  and  charming  productions  was  the  hymn,  commenc- 


ingr 


"  From  whence  doth  this  union  arise, 
That  hatred  is  conquered  by  love  ?  " 

In  after-life  the  Doctor  was  often  heard  to  remark  that  this 
hymn  had  its  origin  and  inspiration  at  a  conference  meeting  at 
Newport,  and  was  elaborated  on  his  way  home,  by  moonlight, 
beneath  the  shadows  of  Croydon  mountain,  amid  the  howling 
of  wolves  and  other  wild  animals. 

HuBBAKD  Newton,  Esq.,  besides  his  editorial  labors  in  con- 
nection with  the  Farmers^  Advocate  and  Political  Adventurer 
and  the  Northern  Far7ner^  has  written  lectures  upon  various 
subjects,  and  has  left  on  record  several  beautiful  poems,  which 
evince  both  culture  and  poetical  inspiration. 

Nathan  Taylor,  an  uneducated  man,  but  endowed  with 
waggish  propensities,  once  wrote  some  doggerel  lines  entitled 
"Lost  Benny  Wines,"  on  a  simple  boy  who  had  wandered 
away  ami  was  lost,  and  was  thought  by  some  to  have  been 
killed.  They  were  published  at  the  time,  and  were  the  source 
of  much  amusement. 

Benjamin  B.  French,  the  first  clerk  of  our  court,  and  for 
some  years  editor  of  the  Spectator^  had  a  poetical  genius,  and 
from  his  earliest  boyhood,  before  his  runaway  marriage  with 
the  daughter  of  Chief-Justice  Richardson,  until  the  close  of  his 


134  HISTORY   OF   NEWPORT. 

life,  indulged  his  pen  in  that  direction.  Two  pieces  published 
in  the  Spectator  in  182S,  the  one  entitled  "  Love  and  Poetry," 
and  the  other  "  Music  and  Poetry,"  had  the  jingle  of  the  true 
poet.  "  Fitz  Clarence,"  an  extended  and  beautiful  poem,  was 
published  in  1844,  while  chief  clerk  at  the  city  of  Washington. 
His  most  elaborate  production,  "•  Earth's  Changes,"  was  deliv- 
ered before  the  Chapel  Hill  Institute,  at  Washington,  D.  C,  in 
March,  1S45.  He  wrote  a  hymn  for  the  Historical  Celebration 
of  this  town,  in  1S46,  and  several  others  adapted  to  special  oc- 
casions in  this  town. 

Baron  Stow,  d.  d.,  besides  his  ministerial  labors,  was  edi- 
tor of  the  Columbiati  Star,  a  religious  journal  published  at 
Washington,  D.  C,  for  a  year  and  a  half;  was  the  author  of 
several  books  and  pamphlets,  and  wrote  much  for  the  periodi- 
cal press. 

Rev.  Alonzo  King  wrote  a  memoir  of  George  Dana  Board- 
man,  and  several  Sabbath-school  books,  which  were  full  of  in- 
terest, and  widely  circulated,  besides  a  number  of  charming 
poems. 

Rev.  Luther  J.  Fletcher,  a  native  of  Croydon,  son  of 
David  Fletcher,  who  spent  his  minority  at  Northville,  in  this 
town,  has  published  a  work  entitled  "  Gloria  Patria,"  a  service- 
book,  and  a  series  of  text-books,  which  have  been  quite  popu- 
lar, and  has  contributed  much  to  the  journals  of  his  denomina- 
tion. 

William  F.  Young,  after  spending  most  of  his  minority  in 
town,  went  to  Lowell,  Mass.,  where  he  became  editor  of  the 
Workifig-matz's  Advocate,  and  has  for  several  years  indulged 
his  pen  freely  in  literature  and  criticisms. 

Gov.  Ralph  Metcalf  made  frequent  contributions  to  the 
press,  both  in  prose  and  poetry.  On  one  occasion  he  wrote  a 
"  Prize  Poem."  A  vein  of  good  humor  ran  through  most  of 
his  productions. 

George  E.  Belknap  wrote  several  letters  for  the  press  from 
Hong  Kong,  China,  while  on  duty  in  the  East  Indies,  relating 
to  events  which  led  to  the  capture  of  the  Barrier  forts  by  the 
U.  S.  squadron,  and  also  pertaining  to  a  cruise  to  Siam,  giving 
a  description  of  its  capital,  the  king's  palace,  a  visit  to  the 
king, — with  whom  he  dined  and  breakfasted, — the  meek  appear- 


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LITERATURE.  '  I35 

ance  of  the  king's  favorite  wife,  the  religion  of  the  country,  and 
other  matters.     He  also  wrote  poetry. 

Edmund  Burke.  In  addition  to  the  large  amount  of  edi- 
torial matter  which  he  contributed  to  the  columns  of  the  Ar- 
gus^  Old  Guards  and  Washington  Union^  while  they  were  un- 
der his  management,  he  was  the  author  of  several  reports  while 
Commissioner  of  Patents,  and  of  others  while  a  member  of 
congress.  lie  is  the  author  of"  Bundlecund,"  and  several  other 
pamphlets  which  have  had  a  national  circulation.  He  wields 
a  vigorous  pen,  and  is  surrounded  by  one  of  the  most  extensive 
private  libraries  in  the  state.  That  he  has  poetical  talent  is 
indicated  by  the  following  : 

IN  IMITATION   OF   BURNS. 

Oh  I  if  my  love  were  yon  bright  flower, 

With  perfumes  rising  on  the  air, 
And  I  myself  a  tiny  bee, 

To  nestle  in  its  petals  fair, — 
Ah  !  there,  in  raptVous  joys  Fd  live, 

And  revel  in  her  nectar'd  charms, 
And  there  a  sweeter  bliss  I'd  take 

Than  Cupid's  self  in  Psyche's  arms. 

Oh  !  were  my  love  yon  fleecy  cloud. 

That,  graceful,  floats  in  yonder  sky, 
And  I  myself  a  sunbeam  bright, 

To  warm  and  glow  as  she  flits  by, — 
Ah  !  there,  from  dewy  morn  till  e'en, 

I'd  wanton  in  each  mazy  fold. 
And  take  my  fill  of  sweet  delight. 

And  bathe  her  form  in  liquid  gold. 

Oh  !  were  my  love  yon  crystal  stream 

That  ripples  o'er  its  pebbly  bed. 
And  I  a  flower  upon  its  brink, 

To  bow  and  lave  my  weary  head, — 
Ah  !  there,  the  livelong  day  and  night, 

I'd  kiss  and  quaff  her  sparkling  wave. 
And  on  her  bosom  soft  I'd  sigh 

To  drown  me  in  so  sweet  a  grave. 


136  HISTORY   OF   NEWPORT, 

Frances  A.  Burke,  daughter  of  Hon.  Edmund  Burke,  now 
wife  of  Col.  George  H.  Dana,  early  in  life  wrote  several  songs 
and  poems,  which  were  published. 

Alice  Augusta  Dodge,  daughter  of  Rev.  O.  A.  and  Alice 
Cheney  Dodge,  and  grand-daughter  of  Col.  Wm.  Cheney,  born 
Dec.  13,  1S35,  was  a  graduate  at  Bradford  Female  Seminary, 
and  wielded  a  ready  pen.  Among  her  more  important  produc- 
tions were  six  volumes  of  Sabbath-school  books,  her  taste  and 
early  training  admirably  fitting  her  for  the  work.  She  also 
made  contributions  to  the  press.  Her  books  were  published 
by  the  American  Tract  Society,  and  were  highly  commended 
by  the  press  and  public  teachers. 

Henry  E.  Baldwin,  who  was  for  a  time  editor  of  the  Arg-us 
and  Spectator,  and  subsequently  of  the  Lowell  Courier,  wield- 
ed a  ready  pen,  and  was  an  agreeable  writer.  He  sometimes 
indulged  in  poetry.  His  "■  Pencillings  by  the  Way,"  written 
during  a  trip  to  the  West,  were  in  the  best  of  humor,  and  were 
republished  in  several  journals. 

Samuel  C.  Baldwin,  besides  being  a  man  of  sound  judg- 
ment and  an  able  editor,  wrote  several  fine  poems,  which  were 
published,  and  copied  into  the  leading  magazines  of  the  country. 

Elizabeth  Farnsworth,  the  youngest  daughter  of  Dea. 
Joseph  Farnsworth,  and  first  wife  of  Jesse  Wilcox,  Jr.,  had  a 
taste  for  literature,  and  enjoyed  the  advantages  of  early  culture. 
She  had  a  flashing,  ready  wit,  and  conversational  powers 
equalled  by  few,  which  enabled  her  to  be  the  star  of  the  circles 
in  which  she  moved.  She  wielded  a  ready  pen,  and  wrote 
poetry  with  the  greatest  ease.  From  an  aversion  to  appearing 
as  an  author,  few  of  her  poems  were  ever  published. 

Alonzo  James  Fogg,  son  of  Jeremiah  Fogg,  Esq.,  is  the 
author  of  a  work  of  about  seven  hundred  pages,  entitled  "  Sta- 
tistical Gazeteer  of  New  Hampshire,"  published  in  1S74,  which 
is  a  work  of  acknowledged  merit.  During  nearly  all  the  active 
portion  of  his  life  he  has  been  a  contributor  to  various  news- 
papers in  different  parts  of  the  country,  and  has  lectured  be- 
fore the  New  Hampshire  Antiquarian  Society,  the  New  Hamp- 
shire Historical  Society,  and  the  Concord  City  Board  of  Trade. 
He  was  also  a  contributor  to  "Johnson's  Universal  Encyclope- 
dia." 


LITERATURE.  137 

Jacob  Perkins,  after  serving  out  liis  apprenticeship  in  the 
Argus  office,  went  to  Concord,  where  he  edited  and  published 
the  Olive  Branch. 

Rev.  G.  R.  W.  Scott,  while  in  tow^n,  wrote  and  compiled 
the  Newport  Advertiser.,  composed  several  hymns  for  special 
occasions,  and  made  contributions  to  the  press. 

Austin  Corbin,  Jr.,  published  in  May,  1S47,  ^  ^'^^  entitled 
"  The  Eagle  ;  or,  The  Rover  of  the  Mediterranean."  vSubse- 
quently,  while  residing  at  the  West,  he  had  an  interest  in  the 
Davenport  Detnocrat.,  and  contributed  to  its  columns. 

Dr.  Willard  P.  Gibson,  a  native  of  Croydon,  who  practised 
medicine  in  this  town  for  several  years,  and  who  died  at  Wood- 
stock, Vt.,  in  1837,  ^^''^^  ^  family,  most  of  whom  were  born 
here,  and  nearly  all  of  whom  were  inclined  to  literature.  Han- 
nah, the  eldest,  was  an  excellent  scholar,  and  a  genius.  She 
wrote  both  prose  and  poetry  with  ease  and  elegance.  Sarah, 
now  Mrs.  Thompson,  wrote  very  sweet  and  charming  poems, 
both  before  and  after  her  marriage.  Elizabeth,  now  Mrs. 
Dubois  Evans,  also  wrote  fine  verses.  Mary,  now  Mrs. 
Francis,  the  youngest  daughter,  has  travelled  much,  both  in 
this  country  and  in  Europe,  during  which  time  her  thoughts 
and  observations  have  been  constantly  given  to  the  press,  under 
the  names  of  "Winnie  Woodfern,"  "Mary  Stanley  Gibson,"  and 
"  Margaret  Blount."  She  has  always,  from  a  child,  been  a  lib- 
eral contributor  to  the  magazines  and  newspapers.  The  vigor 
and  sprightliness  of  her  pen  early  brought  to  her  aid  influential 
friends,  and  a  competence.  She  writes  both  poetry  and  prose 
with  the  greatest  ease  and  rapidity.  The  following  poem  is 
from  her  pen  : 

TOO   LATE. 

If  this  love,  that  is  gilcHng  life's  summer. 

Had  been  mine  in  life's  spring. 
How  my  soul  would  have  met  the  new  comer 

With  garment  and  ring, — 
With  sacrifice  offered  in  gladness. 

With  hope  for  the  beautiful  years .' 
Alas  !  from  the  depths  of  my  sadness, 

1  greet  it  with  tears. 

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138  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

Too  late  do  we  stand  at  the  altar ! 

Too  late  you  rejoice  ! 
Too  late  do  you  tremble  and  falter 

At  the  sound  of  my  voice ! 
The  hand  that  you  hold  has  grown  thinner; 

The  heart  has  known  anguish  and  fears : 
I  am  yours,  O  victorious  winner ! 

I  salute  you  with  tears  ! 

You  say  that  love's  golden  September 

Is  faithful  and  strong : 
You  marvel  that  I  should  remember 
v  Love's  May-time  of  wrong. 

The  sorrow,  for  you,  is  all  over ; 

My  heart  is  prophetic  in  fears, — 
And  so,  for  your  kiss  as  my  lover, 

I  offer  my  tears. 

What !  give  to  the  cheek,  in  its  whiteness. 

Praise  lost  to  its  bloom  ? 
What !  turn  from  the  eyes  in  their  brightness. 

And  worship  their  gloom  ? 
The  rose,  in  its  freshness  and  beauty, 

You  crushed,  in  your  earlier  years, — 
Will  you  cherish  it,  faded,  from  duty? 

I  answer  with  tears. 


Edwin  M.  Hale,  m.  d.,  a  son  of  Dr.  Syene  Hale,  was  born 
Feb.  2,  1839,  and  at  the  age  of  seven  years  removed,  with  his 
father,  to  Fredonia,  Ohio.  At  the  age  of  eighteen  he  engaged  in 
the  printing  business,  and  during  the  time  was  a  frequent  con- 
tributor to  the  literary  press.  Being  so  much  pleased  with  the 
prompt  action  of  homoeopathic  remedies,  administered  to  him 
in  a  severe  illness,  he  was  induced  to  turn  his  attention  to  med- 
icine. He  graduated  at  the  Homoeopathic  Medical  College,  at 
Cleveland,  Ohio,  and  after  a  successful  practice  became  a  pro- 
fessor in  the  Hahnemann  Medical  College  of  Chicago.  He 
became  an  associate  editor  of  the  North  A?nerica7i  your7ial  of 
Homceopathy  and  of  the  Ajnericait  IIo?ficeopat/iic  Observer. 
He  first  became  known  to  the  world  as  an  author  in  i860, — 
since  which   time   he   has  published   some  fourteen  volumes, 


LITERATURE,  1 39 

mostly  rclatini^  to  his  school  of  practice.  Ilis  most  elaborate 
production,  a  work  of  some  one  thousand  pages,  entitled  ''New 
Remedies,"  has  enjoyed  a  wide  popularity,  has  run  through 
three  editions,  and  has  been  translated  into  the  German, 
F'rench,  and  Spanish  languages. 

James  Hale,  a  brother  of  David  and  Syene  Hale,  whose 
residence  was  on  the  Unity  road,  publislicd,  in  1S29,  a  volume 
entitled  "  Elements  of  Geometry  and  Trigonometry,  with  an 
easy  and  concise  System  of  Land-Surveying." 

Rev.  Charles  Peabody,  of  Chicago,  Ills.,  son  of  Ammi, 
wrote  a  series  of  rac}'  and  readable  articles  for  the  Argus,  in 
1844,  signed  *'  Rusticandus,"  and  in  1S5S  contributed  a  number 
of  interesting  communications  to  the  St.  Louis  De?nocrai,  from 
Europe,  Egypt,  and  Palestine,  where  he  spent  most  of  the  year 
in  travel,  giving  an  account  of  his  adventures.  He  is  author  of 
a  volume,  published  by  the  American  Tract  Society,  New  York, 
entitled  "  Twenty  Years  among  the  Colporteurs" 

JosEPii  \V.  Paraielee  has  a  fondness  for  literature,  and  en- 
joys a  constant  intercourse  with  the  best  autliors.  He  writes 
prose,  as  will  be  seen  in  other  parts  of  this  volume.  He  also 
indulges  in  poetry. 

Thomas  A.  Gilmore,  a  son  of  T.  W.  Gilmore,  Esq.,  as 
"  Tallimed,"  wrote  many  fine  articles  for  the  press.  He  was 
for  several  years  a  regular  correspondent  of  the  Boston  Adver- 
tiser. "A  Memorial  of  Mrs.  Frederick  W.  Leonard,"  a  sister, 
published  by  him  in  1S75,  was  a  beautiful  tribute. 

Amos  B.  Little,  while  in  the  patent  ofiice  at  Washington, 
was  a  frequent  correspondent  of  the  A^ew  Hampshire  Patriot 
and  the  Argus^  and  wielded  a  vigorous  pen. 

S.  H.  N.  B.  Everett,  son  of  Richard  Everett,  wrote  several 
tales  and  brief  romances,  which  were  first  published  in  Glea- 
sofi's  Maoazi?ie^  and  were  copied  extensively  into  the  news- 
papers of  the  day.  He  was  editor  of  T/iC  Iris  and  Literary 
Repository,  at  Concord,  in  1S43,  and  afterwards  of  the  Litera- 
ry Souvenir"  at  Manchester. 

Mrs.  R.  H.  E.  Kexerson,  daughter  of  Richard  Everett,  had 
a  literary  taste,  and  made  frequent  contributions  to  the  press. 
A  numlier  of  her  poems,  written  and  published  dining  her 
nine  years'  residence  at  the  West,  commencing  in  1S56,  were 


140  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

filled  with  sweet  memories  of  her  far-off  New  England  home. 
She  is  the  author  of  the  following: 

MOONBEAMS. 

Part  the  curtains  from  the  lattice, 

Open  wide  the  cabin  door; 
Let  the  silvery  moonbeams  enter, 

Let  them  flood  the  cabin  floor. 

For  I  know  that  they  are  shining, 

As  of  old  they  used  to  shine. 
On  that  mountain-buried  hamlet, 

On  that  dear  old  home  of  mine. 

Let  them  fall  upon  my  tresses. 

Let  them  fall  upon  my  brow ; 
I  am  thinking,  I  am  thinking 

Of  another  time  than  now. 

Nay,  now,  do  not  light  the  taper ; 

Do  not  break  the  spell  too  soon ; 
For,  believe  me,  there  would  never. 

In  the  glaring  light  of  noon, 

Such  a  host  of  tender  mem  ries 
Throng  around  my  heart  and  brain. 

Of  the  happy  days  departed. 
That  will  never  come  again. 

Half  a  score  of  years  are  falling 

From  this  world-worn  heart  of  mine. 

As  I  sit  and  weave  these  visions 

Where  the  pearly  moonbeams  shine  : 

And  my  footsteps  seem  to  wander 

Mid  the  haunts  of  other  days, 
Where  a  phantom  throng  is  gathered ; 

And  before  my  eager  gaze 

Rise  the  "  old  familiar"  faces 

Of  the  cherished  ones  and  dear; 
And  I  meet  the  olden  glances, 

And  the  olden  voices  hear. 


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142  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

Edward  A.  Jenks,  also  son  of  Oliver  Jenks,  is  the  author  of  a 
number  of  beautiful  poems,  contributed  to  some  of  the  leading 
magazines  of  the  country.  Among  them  are  "  Helene,"  "The 
Return,"  "The  Life  Stream,"  "The  Old  Man's  Yesterday," 
"  The  Old  Farm-House,"  "  The  Discovery,"  "  Going  and  Com- 
ing," "  The  Reaper,"  "  Blue  Eyes,"  "  The  Biggest  Boy,"  "June 
Fancies,"  '■  Under  the  Trees,"  and  "  My  Favorite  Stream."  The 
following  poems,  selected  alinost  at  random,  fairly  illustrate  his 
poetic  ability  : 

THE   RETURN. 

"Three  years  !  I  wonder  if  she'll  know  me  ; — 

I  limp  a  little,  and  I  left  one  arm 
At  Petersburg ;    and  I  am  grown  as  brown 

As  the  plump  chestnuts  on  my  little  farm : 
And  I  am  shaggy  as  the  chestnut-burrs, 
But  ripe  and  sweet  within,  and  wholly  hers. 

"The  darling,  how  I  long  to  see  her  ! 

My  heart  outruns  this  feeble  soldier-pace, — 
For  I  remember,  after  I  had  left, 

A  little  Ciiarlie  came  to  take  my  place : 
Ah  !  how  the  laughing  three-year-old  brown  eyes — 
His  mother's  eyes — will  stare  with  pleased  surprise ! 

"Sure  they'll  be  at  the  corner  watching; 

I  sent  them  word  that  I  should  come  to-night: 
The  birds  all  know  it,  for  they  crowd  around. 

Twittering  their  welcome  with  a  wild  delight : 
And  that  old  robin  with  a  halting  wing, — 
I  saved  her  life  three  years  ago  last  spring. 

"Three  years  !     Perhaps  I  am  but  dreaming, — 

For,  like  the  Pilgrim  of  the  long  ago, 
Pve  tugged  a  weary  burden  at  my  back 

Through  summer's  heat  and  winter's  blinding  snow, 
Till  now  I  reach  my  home,  my  darling's  breast. 
Where  I  can  roll  my  burden  off,  and  rest." 
******* 
When  morning  came,  the  early  rising  sun 

Laid  his  light  fingers  on  a  soldier  sleeping 
Where  a  soft  covering  of  bright  green  grass 

Over  two  lowly  mounds  was  lightly  creeping, 
But  waked  him  not :  his  was  the  rest  eternal, 
Where  the  brown  eyes  reflected  love  supernal. 


LITERATURE.  143 

THE   LIFE-STREAM. 

One  April  morning,  when  the  Spring 

Released  the  mountain  rill, 
I  heard  the  bafllcd  Winter  wind 

Retreat  along  the  hill. 

The  father-sun  came  bending  o'er. 

And  tenderly  caressed 
The  laughing  prattler,  as  he  drew 

His  mountain-mother's  breast. 
The  rill,  when  tired  of  revelling 

Among  the  fountains  full, 
Ran  sparkling  down  the  velvet  slope. 

To  sleep — a  shady  pool. 

But  when,  as  morning  dawned  again. 

He  peeped  the  margin  o'er. 
And  "saw  the  beckoning  buttercups 

Fast  marching  on  before, — 
He  could  not  stay  ;  he  turned  and  kissed 

His  sleeping  mother — then 
Stole  softly  'neath  the  lintel  green. 

And  rippled  down  the  glen. 

As  childhood,  in  uneasy  dreams, 

Flics  through  the  green  aisles  dim 
Of  some  old  crooning  forest  where 

Lurk  monsters  fierce  and  grim, — 
So  fled  he,  as  the  stealthy  roots 

Of  gnarled  and  wrinkled  trees 
Came  twisting  out  the  loamy  bank 

His  truant  foot  to  seize. 

In  most  fantastic  windings  lost, 

In  meadows  dewy  sweet, 
To  catch  the  jocund  birds  that  flung 

Their  music  at  his  feet, — 
He  wandered  dreamily  along 

Till  day  began  to  wane, 
And  sighed,  "Ah,  me!  I  ne'er  shall  see 

My  mountain  home  ajrain." 

He  hurried  down  a  rocky  steep, 

A  wild  and  reckless  stream. 
And  lay  all  quivering  at  its  foot. 

At  rest — perchance  to  dream 


144  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

Of  that  long  way  he  needs  must  wend, 

The  victories  to  be  won, 
The  blessings  waiting  at  the  end 

When  all  his  work  was  done. 

Day  after  day  he  travelled  on, — 

Grew  broad,  and  deep,  and  strong, — 
And  turned  the  ponderous  wheels  of  life 

To  rhythmic  flow  of  song : 
And  while  in  all  the  strife  of  years 

He  aimed  to  bear  a  part, 
A  white  swan  lay  upon  his  breast. 

Her  image  in  his  heart. 

One  golden  autumn  afternoon. 

The  traveller  neared  the  goal 
With  hurried  step  and  labVing  breath  ; — 

He  heard  the  thunder  roll. 
But  pressed  right  onward  to  the  brink, 

Nor  shunned  the  dread  abyss, — 
His  hopes  all  fixed  on  realms  above. 

One  last  fond  look  on  this. 

Oh  !  transformation  wonderful ! 

Above  that  gulf,  at  even. 
Hovered  a  misty  form  of  grace. 

Robed  in  the  hues  of  heaven  ! 

Allan  M.  Jenks,  son  of  Edward  A.  Jeiiks,  born  April  17, 
1858,  is  local  editor  of  the  Concord  Daily  Mo7iitor. 

Baron  S.  Crowell,  son  of  Samuel,  though  most  of  his  life 
an  invalid,  was  nevertheless  an  apt  scholar,  and  had  a  vigorous 
intellect.  He  made  frequent  contributions  to  the  public  jour- 
nals, both  of  prose  and  poetry,  which  were  favorabI_v  received. 
At  his  request,  the  article  calling  for  the  writing  of  the  history 
of  the  town  was,  in  1870,  inserted  in  the  warrant  calling  the 
annual  meeting. 

George  S.  Barton,  while  here  in  the  practice  of  law.  in- 
dulged his  pen  freely,  both  in  prose  and  poetry  ;  the  latter, 
however,  was  his  favorite  diversion. 

Amasa  Edes  has  published  several  addresses  upon  agricul- 
ture, temperance,  and  other  subjects,  and  has  been  a  constant 
contributor  to  the  press. 


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146  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT, 

"American  Antiquities,"  on  "vSpectrum  Analysis,"  on  "  Greek 
Character,"  the  latter  delivered  before  the  New  Hampshire 
Antiquarian  Society,  and  his  Masonic  "  Reports  on  Foreign 
Correspondence,"  published  in  1S7S,  are  among  his  most  fin- 
ished productions.  To  him  the  author  of  this  history  is  indebt- 
ed for  valuable  aid  in  the  review  of  several  chapters,  and  espe- 
cially for  the  one  on  Free  Masonry,  the  composition  of  which 
is  wholly  his. 

Nathan  E.  Reed  wields  a  ready  pen,  and  has  been  a 
popular  correspondent  of  the  National  Eagle  and  other  pa- 
pers, and  has  written  lectures. 

LovELL  White,  son  of  Nathan,  wrote  "  El  Rio  Colorado 
del  Sur,"  a  graphic  description  of  the  Colorado  river  of  the 
South  and  its  surroimdings,  as  well  as  the  Gulf  of  California,  into 
which  it  discharges  ;  "  Margaret  Hemming,"  a  story  which  had 
the  honor  of  a  republication  in  English  magazines;  and  "  The 
Judge's  Story,"  which  was  published  in  the  Overland  maga- 
zine. 

Isabel  Wilcox,  daughter  of  Calvin  Wilcox,  and  wife  of 
Judson  M.  Ewing,  of  Kansas,  has  a  poetic  turn  of  mind,  and 
was  mucli  given  to  rhyming  during  her  school-days.  .She  wrote 
the  "Class  Ode"  at  the  time  of  her  graduation  at  Kimball 
Union  Academy,  in  the  summer  of  1S66,  which  was  published 
at  the  time. 

Anne  Farmelee,  a  daughter  of  Joseph  W.  Parmelee,  inher- 
its much  of  her  father's  fondness  for  books,  and  though  still  in 
her  girlhood,  has  contributed  several  valuable  poems  to  the 
press. 

Elizabeth  Brett,  while  living  with  her  father,  S.  G.Brett, 
at  Northville,  contributed  liberally  to  the  press,  and  was  the 
author  of  several  beautiful  poems  wliich  were  published  at  the 
time.  The  railroad  depot  now  occupies  the  once  charming  lit- 
tle nook  which  surrounded  that  "  Riverside  Cottage "  made 
classic  by  her  pen. 

Frank  H.  Carleton,  son  of  Henry  G.  Carleton.  born  Oct. 
8,  1849,  early  in  life  indicated  a  taste  for  literature.  In  1S72, 
the  year  in  which  he  graduated  at  Dartmouth  college,  he  won 
the  "Grimes  prize"  for  the  best  English  composition,  and 
wrote   the   "  Parting  Ode "  for  class  day.      He  has  been   the 


LITERATURE.  147 

author  of  several  poems,  and  as  "  Decipliis"  has  been  a  liberal 
contributor  to  various  public  journals  since  his  early  boyhood. 
He  wrote  several  interesting  communications  for  the  press, 
while  teaching  at  the  South  in  the  winter  of  1S71.  At  the  close 
of  his  college  course  he  became  one  of  the  editors  of  the  Union 
Democrat^  at  Manchester.  lie  went  to  St.  Paul,  Minnesota, 
where  he  was  for  a  season  connected  with  journalism,  and  was 
clerk  of  a  court  of  record.  He  ultimately  studied  law  in  the 
office  of  Gov.  Pillsbury,  and  is  now  in  the  practice  of  his  pro- 
fession in  his  adopted  city. 

ViRGii.  C.  Stkvens,  a  native  of  Goshen,  but  who  was  for 
some  time  a  resident  here,  went  from  this  town  to  California, 
where  he  became  editor  of  the  California  Whig'. 

Bela  \V.  Jenks,  son  of  Bela  W.,  published  a  paper  in  Cali- 
fornia. 

Miss  B.  Aii.een  Young,  a  native  of  Lisbon,  N.  H.,  came  to 
this  town  with  her  mother's  family,  and  remained  here  until 
the  time  of  her  death,  which  occurred  in  1S71,  at  the  age  of 
twenty-two  years.  The  year  previous  to  her  death  she  pub- 
lished a  volume  of  240  pages,  entitled  "  Twice  an  Orphan,  and 
other  Sketches,"  written  and  compiled  by  herself. 


CHAPTEE    XX. 

LIBRARIES. 

''  I  'HE  charter  for  the  Newport  Social  Library  was  granted 
-^  to  Jesse  Lane,  Jesse  Willard,  and  Samuel  Church,  and 
their  associates,  June  9,  1S03.  The  by-laws,  proposed  by  Rev. 
Abijah  Wines,  Hubbard  Newton,  and  Arnold  Ellis,  were  adopt- 
ed in  18 1 3.  For  many  years  it  furnished  the  main  I'eading  for 
the  town.  Its  volumes,  especially  its  more  recent  publications, 
were  eagerly  sought  for,  and  read  with  the  greatest  interest,  and 
exerted  a  beneficent  effect  upon  the  intellects  and  morals  of  the 
town.  In  1S53,  the  old,  and  what  were  deemed  the  less  valuable 
books,  were  sold  to  the  antiquarian  bookstores,  and  the  pro- 
ceeds reinvested  in  new  works.  It  now  has  some  four  hundred 
volumes.  As  no  appropriate  room  has  ever  been  furnished  for 
its  keeping,  it  lias  had  various  homes.  It  has  been  kept  at  the 
residence  of  Samuel  Church,  at  the  James  Breck  store,  at  the 
Wheeler  saddlery,  and  at  the  offices  of  S.  L.  Bowers,  L.  W. 
Barton,  and  S.  H.  Edes,  the  present  librarian. 

The  Social  Library,  at  Northville,  was  established  about 
the  same  time.  It  had,  for  the  times,  a  large  collection  of 
valuable  books,  which  were  much  read  by  the  people  in  that 
portion  of  the  town.  It  was  kept  at  first,  and  for  many  years, 
by  Dea.  Elias  Metcalf,  afterwards  by  Maj.  Josiah  Wakefield 
and  by  James  Haven.  It  was  finally  divided  among  the  share- 
holders. 

There  are  libraries,  containing  many  valuable  works,  con- 
nected with  the  Sabbath-schools  of  our  churches.  Tlie  cata- 
logue at  the  Congregationalist  has  a  list  of  nearly  1,000  vol- 
umes ;  the  Baptist,  600;  Universalist,  a  choice  selection;  and 
Methodist,  1,000  volumes.  The  Methodists  have,  also,  a  libra- 
ry   at  the  parsonage,  for   the  use   of  their  clergyman.       The 


LIBRARIES.  149 

Ladies'  Charitable  Society,  connected  with  the  Congregational 
church,  has  a  library. 

The  Hon.  Edmund  Burke  has  a  private  library  of  over  6,000 
volumes  ;  besides  which  there  are  several  other  private  libra- 
ries of  some  1,000  volumes  eacli. 

Jolin  C.  Kclley,  in  1S71,  transformed  his  bookstore,  containing 
all  the  latest  and  most  valuable  works,  into  a  circulating  library, 
thus  afibrding  our  citizens  an  opportunity  to  read  all  the  more 
recent  works  without  the  necessity  of  purchasing.  This  library 
is  still  continued  by  Eleazer  C.  Converse. 

Newport  Lyceum.  Newport  has  been  blest  with  a  good 
share  of  forensic  talent,  and  hence  lyceums,  when  undertaken, 
have  usually  been  well  sustained.  The  legal  fraternity,  among 
whom  have  always  been  able  debaters,  has  always  given  it 
a  hearty  support.  During  three  periods  in  the  history  of  the 
town,  the  proccetlings  have  been  invested  with  more  than  ordi- 
nary interest.  One,  commencing  about  1S30  and  continuing 
for  several  years,  was  supported  by  the  old  lawyers, — Amasa 
Edes,  Hubbard  Newton,  Josiah  Forsaith,  and  B.  B.  French, — 
and  by  Josiah  Stevens,  Simon  Brown,  and  the  then  youthful 
Charles  Peabody  and  William  P.  Wheeler.  Another,  about 
twenty  years  later,  was  sustained  by  Q.  A.  Gilmore,  S.  M. 
Wheeler,  L.  W.  Barton,  George  Dustin,  George  T.  Angel,  J. 
W.  Parmelee,  W.  M.  Guilford,  Benjamin  F.  Sawyer,  and  E. 
Wheeler.  A  desire  among  its  members  to  be  the  star  speaker 
led  to  thorough  preparation,  and  invested  it  with  interest.  The 
most  successful  term  was  held  some  three  years  prior  to  1S70, 
in  which  the  finest  music,  and  a  paper  ably  conducted  by  the 
ladies,  were  made  to  lend  an  extra  attraction  to  the  exercises. 
W.  H.  H.  Allen,  P.  S.  Adams,  S.  L.  Bowers,  L.  W.  Barton,  I. 
A.  Reed,  A.  S.  Wait,  IL  H.  Metcalf,  and  Marquis  Collister 
were  among  the  mure  active  debaters.  At  the  last  annual 
meeting,  held  March  2S,  1S73,  S.  L.  Bowers  was  elected  pres- • 
ident ;  E.  Wheeler,  vice-president ;  O.  P.  Baston,  clerk  ;  and 
Granville  Pollard,  treasurer. 

Newport  Reading  Circle.  This  circle  was  formed  in 
1S33,  and  was  composed  of  the  young  ladies  and  gentlemen  of 
the  village,  who  associated  together  for  the  two-fold  purpose  of 


150  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

social  enjoyment,  and  mutual  improvement  in  literature.     They 
met  once  a  week,  and  listened  to  original  and  select  readings. 

Periodical  Club.  This  club  was  organized  Jan.  6.  1844, 
and  took  nearly  all  the  leading  magazines  in  this  country  and 
Great  Britain.  By  the  by-laws,  the  members  were  required  to 
meet  once  a  week  and  exchange  books.  At  the  end  of  the  year 
the  files  of  the  different  works  were  collected  together  and  sold 
to  the  highest  bidder,  and  the  proceeds  invested  in  new  books. 
This  club,  for  a  time,  enjoyed  quite  a  popularity.  Another 
similar  club  was  formed  some  twenty  years  later,  and  was  well 
patronized. 

A  Lecture  Association  was  formed  in  1859,  and  employed 
several  very  interesting  speakers. 


CHAPTER    XXI. 

FREE  MASONRY. 

BY  A.  S-  WAIT,  ESQ. 

A  HISTORY  of  Newport  would  be  incomplete  without 
■^^^  some  reference  to  an  institution  so  much  connected  with 
the  social  interests  of  the  town  as  has  been  tliat  of  Free  Masonry. 
On  the  1 2th  of  June,  iSi6,  a  Dispensation  was  granted  by 
William  II.  Woodward,  then  Grand  Master  of  Masons  of  New 
Hampshire,  to  Arnold  Ellis,  Hubbard  Newton,  Samuel  Rogers, 
Luther  Delano,  John  Quimby,  Prince  Crosby,  James  D.  Wal- 
cott,  Samuel  Marsh,  Jr.,  Sylvanus  Richards,  Joshua  Currier, 
and  Nathaniel  Woodward,  to  form  and  open  a  Lodge,  at  New- 
port, by  the  name  of  Corinthian  Lodge,  No.  28  ;  and  naming 
Arnold  Ellis  as  Master,  Hubbard  Newton  as  Senior  Warden, 
and  Samuel  Rogers  as  Junior  Warden.  The  first  meeting,  as 
shown  by  the  records,  was  held  in  "Richards  hall"  on  the 
2ist  of  June  of  the  same  year,  when  the  other  officers  were 
chosen,  and  the  Lodge  was  duly  organized.  "  The  first  regular 
communication  of  the  Lodge  "  was  "  holdcn  at  Col.  Luther 
Delano's  hall,  on  Tuesday,  the  2d  day  of  July,  A.  L.  58 16,"  and, 
as  the  records  show,  "  the  Lodge  was  opened  on  tlie  first  de- 
gree of  Masonry."  At  that  meeting  Nathaniel  Wheeler,  Jr., 
was  proposed  for  admission  to  the  first  degree,  and  at  the  next 
meeting,  oi\  the  6th  of  August,  he  was  duly  initiated.  The 
second  person  receiving  this  honor  was  William  Cheney,  who, 
having  presented  his  application  on  the  6th  of  August,  was  ad- 
mitted to  initiation  on  the  third  of  the  following  September. 

A  charter  having  been  obtained  from  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the 
state,  on  the  12th  of  November  the  Lodge  was  duly  consti- 
tuted and  its  officers  installed, — the  first  three  being  the  same 
as  mentioned  in  the  Dispensation. 


152  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

Nathaniel  Wheeler,  Jr.,  and  William  Cheney  received  the 
degree  of  JNIaster  Mason,  on  the  ist  of  April,  181 7,  and  very 
soon  Asa  McGregor,  Amos  Little,  Erastus  Baldwin,  David 
Hale,  and  many  other  prominent  citizens  of  the  tovv^n,  as  well 
as  of  several  adjoining  tow^ns,  were  admitted  to  the  same 
honor. 

The  first  known  practical  step  towards  a  temperance  reform 
in  Newport  appears  to  have  been  taken  by  Free  Masons,  in 
their  associated  character  as  such  ;  for  on  the  first  day  of  Sep- 
tember, 181S,  at  a  regular  meeting,  as  the  records  show,  Cor- 
inthian Lodge 

"  Voied^  That  no  ardent  spirits  shall  hereafter  be  introduced 
into  our  Lodge  during  Lodge  hours." 

When  it  is  recollected  that,  even  at  a  much  later  period  than 
this,  the  use  of  intoxicating  liquors  was  so  common  as  to  be  re- 
garded as  a  necessity  ;  that  it  was  an  article  of  ordinary  mer- 
chandise, sold  in  all  stores,  and  dealt  out  openly  at  bars  in  all 
hotels;  that  it  was  deemed  an  essential  part  of  refreshment  at 
all  social  gatherings,  by  all  classes,  clergy  as  well  as  laity,  and 
equally  by  both  sexes, — the  significance  of  this  vote  cannot  fail 
to  be  apparent.  The  writer  well  remembers  a  venerable  Bap- 
tist clerg3'man,  a  near  neighbor  of  his  father,  in  an  adjacent 
state,  though  not  very  distant  from  Newport,  sending  on  Sun- 
day, after  his  clerical  duties  were  over,  for  the  loan  of  spirit 
with  which  to  refresh  himself  after  the  fatigues  of  the  day,  his 
own  supply  having  become  exhausted.  It  is  but  just  to  say, 
however,  that  this  clergyman  became  afterwards  one  of  the  first 
movers  in  the  temperance  cause,  and  labored  earnestly  for  its 
success.  To  the  Masonic  institution  in  Newport  must  there- 
fore be  conceded  the  credit  of  having  initiated  the  temperance 
movement  in  the  town. 

In  September,  1822,  the  Lodge  met  with  what  was  justly 
deemed  an  irreparable  loss,  in  the  death  of  David  Hale,  its 
Worshipful  Master,  an  account  of  which  is  given  in  another 
part  of  this  history.  Brother  Hale  was  elected  Master  of  Cor- 
inthian Lodge  in  April,  1821,  and  was  reelected  in  April,  1822. 
On  the  occasion  of  his  obsequies,  a  sermon  was  preached  to  a 
large  concourse  of  people,  by  the  Rev.  Jonathan  Nye,  of  Clare- 
mont,  then  District  Deputy  Grand  Master,  an   eminent  clergy 


FREE    MASONRY.  153 

men,  and  a  distinguished  Mason.  The  remains,  borne  to  the 
grave  by  his  brethren,  inckiding  many  members  of  distant 
Lodges,  were  deposited  with  the  solemn  rites  of  the  order  ;  and 
his  office  appropriately  remained  vacant  until  the  annual  elec- 
tion, in  April  of  the  following  year,  when  William  Cheney  was 
duly  chosen  and  installed  as  his  successor. 

The  membership  of  the  Lodge  continued  to  increase  by  the 
accession  of  worthy  and  useful  citizens  of  Newport  and  adja- 
cent towns,  until  what  is  known  as  the  "  Morgan  abduction," 
which  occurred  in  the  western  part  of  the  state  of  New  York, 
in  September  of  the  year  1S26.  Any  discussion  of  this  occur- 
rence, or  of  its  consequences  to  the  !NLasonic  order,  would  be 
out  of  place  in  a  history  of  the  town  of  Newport.  We  may, 
however,  be  allowed  to  suggest,  that  to  the  philosojDhical  stu- 
dent of  history,  its  careful  study  cannot  fail  to  present  one  of 
the  most  interesting  of  the  episodes  of  human  progress.  He 
will  there  see  the  people  of  a  territory,  greater  in  extent  than 
that  of  Great  Britain  and  Ireland,  so  deeply  moved  as  to  unset- 
tle all  the  social  relations  of  society  ;  he  will  see  political  par- 
ties swejDt  from  existence,  and  re-formed  upon  new  bases  ;  he 
will  see  brother  literally  arrayed  against  brother,  parent  against 
child  and  child  against  parent,  husband  against  wife  and  wife 
against  husband  ;  he  will  see  churches  riven  to  their  very  foun- 
dations, and  Christian  charity  nearly  extinguished  in  a  Chris- 
tian land, — and  from  a  cause  which,  in  the  light  of  former  ex- 
perience, would  have  been  expected  to  form  no  more  than  a 
subject  of  mere  local  inquiry.  Thanks  to  a  better  civilization, 
that  the  melancholy  events  of  the  Popish  Plot  of  English  his- 
tory were  not  recnacted  upon  American  soil,  and  that  returning 
reason  has  to  regret  no  sacrifice  of  human  life  in  a  cause  as  un- 
real as  a  phantom. 

On  the  4th  of  March,  1S2S,  the  degree  of  ALaster  ALison  was 
conferred  upon  Harrison  G.  Smart,  which  was  the  last  acces- 
sion to  the  order  in  Corinthian  Lodge. 

At  the  meeting  on  Dec.  i,  1S29,  there  was  received  "  a  com- 
munication from  Hiram  Lodge,  respecting  celebrating  the  ap- 
proaching 27th  of  December ;"  and  it  was  "  Voted,  that  the 
Secretary  return  an   answer,  that,  considering  the   excitement 

II 


154  HISTORY   OF    NEWPORT. 

against  Masonry,  it  is  thought  inexpedient  to  join  the  celebra- 
tion." 

The  Lodge  continued  to  hold  its  meetings  regularly  each 
month,  until  May  7,  1833,  when  it  was  opened  and  closed 
upon  the  Entered  Apprentice's  degree,  after  which  no  records 
appear,  and  the  charter  was  soon  surrendered. 

The  following  are  the  names  of  those  brethren  who  held  the 
office  of  Worshipful  Master  of  Corinthian  Lodge,  from  its 
constitution  to  the  surrender  of  its  charter :  Arnold  Ellis, 
1816-17;  Jolin  Qiiimby,  1817-19;  Horace  Chase,  1819-21  ; 
David  Hale,  1821-22;  William  Cheney,  1823-24;  Sylvester 
Partridge,  1826-27;  Harvey  Huntoon,  1827-29  ;  John  Silver, 
1829-31  ;  Benjamin  B.  French,  1832-33. 

Mount  Vernon  Lodge.  Mount  Vernon  Lodge,  No.  15, 
previously  located  in  the  town  of  Washington,  was,  by  author- 
ity of  the  Grand  Lodge,  removed,  in  1848,  to  Newport.  Its 
first  meeting  here  was  held  on  the  10th  day  of  July  of  that 
year,  Brother  Jonas  Parker  being  Worshipful  Master,  Lewis 
Underwood  Senior  Warden,  and  John  Gunnison  Junior  War- 
den, all  residing  in  the  town  of  Goshen,  and  Daniel  M.  Smith, 
of  Lempster,  Secretary.  At  this  communication.  Brother  Har- 
vey Huntoon,  of  Lenity,  acted  as  Senior  Deacon;  Naylor  Star- 
bird,  of  Newport,  as  Junior  Deacon  ;  Oliver  Lund,  of  New- 
port, as  Treasurer;  and  John  Carr,  also  of  Newport,  as  Tyler; 
and  Brothers  John  Silver,  Harvey  Huntoon,  Naylor  Starbird, 
Amos  Little,  Seth  Richards,  and  Oliver  Lund,  all  formerly 
members  of  Corinthian  Lodge,  were,  on  a  vote  by  ballot,  ad- 
mitted members  of  Mount  Vernon  Lodge,  as  was  also,  at  the 
next  regular  meeting.  Brother  Mason  Hatch,  likewise  a  former 
member  of  Corinthian  Lodge  ;  and  the  records  state  that  "  Re- 
marks were  made  by  Brothers  Chase,  Silver,  Huntoon,  Lund, 
and  others,  interesting  and  highly  encouraging  to  the  cause  of 
Masonry."  From  this  period  the  Lodge  has  experienced  uni- 
form prosperity,  and  its  influence  has  continued  to  widen. 

From  the  time  of  its  removal  from  Washington  the  meetings 
of  the  Lodge  were  held  in  the  building  known  as  the  Matson 
block,  where  a  hall  was  fitted  up  for  its  use,  until  the  year 
1872,  when  it  became  necessary  to  provide  more  ample  accom- 
modations for  its  largely  increased  numbers.     Accordingly  a 


FREE    MASONRY.  155 

contract  was  entered  into  with  Dexter  Richards,  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Lodge,  for  the  construction  of  a  suitable  hall  and 
other  apartments  for  the  use  of  the  Lodge,  in  a  building  early 
erected  as  a  dwelling-house  by  William  Cheney,  being  the  same 
which  was  afterwards  for  many  years  the  residence  of  Dr. 
Thomas  Sanborn,  and  which,  having  been  purchased  Ijy  Air. 
Richards,  was  then  about  to  undergo  those  transformations 
since  the  completion  of  which  the  building  has  been  known  as 
the  Cheney  block.  Here  an  elegant  hall  with  adjoining  apart- 
ments, and  ample  for  the  accommodation  of  the  Lodge,  was,  on 
the  13th  day  of  November,  1S73,  by  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the 
state,  publicly  dedicated  to  the  patron  saints  of  the  order. 

From  this  time  the  Lodge  has  steadily  increased  in  numbers, 
until  at  the  present  time  (1S7S)  its  rolls  show  a  membership  of 
192. 

The  names  of  those  who  have  been  Worshipful  Masters  of 
the  Lodge,  since  its  removal  to  Newport,  are, — Jonas  Parker, 
1S4S-49;  Levi  L^nderwood,  1S49-50 ;  Virgil  Chase,  1S50-51  ; 
John  Putler,  1851-52;  Thomas  Sanborn,  1852-53  ;  James  Karr, 
1853-54;  Benjamin  M.  Gilmore,  1S54-55  ;  D.  W.  Watkins, 
1S55-56 ;  Charles  H.  Little,  1S56-57  ;  Charles  Emerson, 
1857-5S;  William  E.  Moore,  1S5S-60;  Thomas  Sanborn, 
1S60-61  ;  Jonas  Parker,  1861-62  ;  John  Young,  Jr.,  1S62-65  ; 
Matthew  Harvey,  1865-67;  Albert  S.  Wait,  1867-69;  David 
McLauglilin,  1869-71  ;  Josiah  Turner,  1871-73  ;  Henry  M.  In- 
gram, 1S73-75  ;  Arthur  II.  Ingram,  1875-76 ;  Jolin  Young, 
1876. 

Its  present  officers  are, — Worshipful  Master,  Frank  A.  Raw- 
son  ;  Senior  Warden,  William  H.  McCrillis  ;  Junior  Warden, 
Frank  J.Latimer;  Treasurer,  Frank  P.  ^Meserve  ;  Secretary, 
Charles  H.  Little  ;  Senior  Deacon,  Charles  H.  Kelsey ;  Junior 
Deacon,  Elisha  P.  Fisher ;  Stewards,  Lorenzo  Whittcmore, 
Fred  W.  Richards  ;  Tyler,  Edward  E.  Stearns ;  Marshal,  S. 
Frank  Lund  ;  Chaplain,  A.  V.  Hitchcock. 

Chapter  of  the  Tabernacle.  Until  the  year  1872,  Free 
Masoiuy  in  Newport  was  principally  confined  to  the  lodge. 
On  the  19th  day  of  June  of  that  year,  a  Dispensation  was  grant- 
ed, by  Edward  Gustine,  of  Keene,  Grand  High  Priest  of  the 
state,  to  Albert  S.  Wait,  of  Newport,  John  Young,  of  Sunapee, 


156  HISTORY    OF   NEWPORT. 

Albina  H.  Powers,  of  Croydon,  and  nine  other  Royal  Arch 
Masons,  all  members  of  Webb  Chapter  at  Claremont,  to  open 
a  Royal  Arch  Chapter  at  Newport,  by  the  name  of  the  "  Chap- 
ter of  the  Tabernacle,"  in  which  the  three  Companions  named 
were  designated,  respectively.  High  Priest,  King,  and  Scribe. 
The  first  Convocation  under  this  Dispensation  was  held  on  the 
15th  of  July  ;  and  there  were  at  that  time  presented  the  appli- 
cations of  ten  brother  Master  Masons  for  the  degrees  in  the 
new  Chapter,  and  they  all  in  due  course  received  the  several 
degrees  from  Mark  Master  to  Royal  Arch  Mason.  At  the  Con- 
vocation of  the  Grand  Chapter  of  the  state,  in  May,  1873,  a 
charter  was  granted  to  this  Chapter ;  and  on  the  19th  of  the 
following  February  it  was  duly  constituted  and  its  officers  in- 
stalled. The  number  of  members  now  upon  the  rolls  of  the 
Chapter  of  the  Tabernacle  is  thirty-five.  The  office  of  High 
Priest  was  held  by  A.  S.  Wait  until  the  annual  Convocation  on 
the  7th  of  April,  1876,  when  he  was  succeeded  by  Ashton  W. 
Rounsevel,  Nathan  S.Johnson  being  at  the  same  time  chosen 
King,  and  George  E.  Dame,  Scribe.  The  present  officers  of 
the  Chapter  (1878)  are,— George  C.  Edes,  High  Priest;  D. 
George  Chadwick,  King ;  Henry  M.  Ingram,  Scribe ;  Perley 
S.  Coffin,  Treasurer  ;  Charles  H.  Little,  Secretary  ;  Arthur  H. 
Ingram,  Captain  of  the  Host ;  Alonzo  D.  Howard,  Principal 
Sojourner ;  Oliver  Call,  Royal  Arch  Captain  ;  Morris  J.  Em- 
mons, Abiathar  Richards,  Arial  A.  Huntoon,  Masters  of  the 
Veils ;  George  W.  Tilton,  Charles  L.  Brockway,  Stewards ; 
Edwin  M.  Hunton,  Tyler. 

Odd-Fellows.  The  Sugar  River  Lodge,  No.  55,  I.  O.  O. 
F.,  was  instituted  May  25,  1874.  The  charter  members  were 
Marshall  E.  Hatch,  George  A.  Ellis,  and  Cyrus  A.  Thompson. 
They  have  a  new  and  elegant  hall,  in  Richards  block,  fitted  up 
for  their  accommodation.  The  lodge  has  had  a  brief  but  suc- 
cessful career,  and  in  1S77  had  a  membership  of  seventy-two, 
and  no  deaths  had  occurred  in  their  ranks. 

At  the  regular  communication,  Monday  evening,  July  3,  1S76, 
the  following  officers  were  installed  for  the  ensuing  term  :  Cyrus 
A.  Thompson,  N.  G. ;  Charles  H.  Matthews,  V.  G. ;  Charles 
M.  Cummings,  Rec.  Sec. ;  Philip  Royce,  Treas. ;  Silas  Coffin, 


KNIGHTS    OF    HONOR.  157 

Per.  Sec.  ;  A.  W.  Clark,  Warden  ;  Frank  P.  Meserve,  C.  ; 
Frank  J.  Latimer,  R.  vS.  N.  G. ;  Henry  C.  Tenney,  L.  S.  N. 
G. ;  M.  E.  Hatch,  O.  G. ;  Lyman  E.  Hunter,  L  G. ;  Sanford 
H.  Bascom,  R.  S.  V.  G. ;  Rodney  Tilton,  L.  S.  V.  G. ;  R.  M. 
J.  Hastings,  R.  S.  S. ;  Charles  H.  Young,  L.  S.  S.  ;  W.  S. 
Kempton,  Chaplain. 

Knights  of  Honor.  A  lodge  of  this  order  was  organized 
in  Newport,  IMay  2,  1876,  by  J.  H.  Wright,  of  Boston,  Deputy 
Supreme  Dictator,  and  is  known  as  Mount  Coit  Lodge,  K.  of 
IL  The  officers  duly  elected  and  installed  at  the  first  meeting 
were, — E.  P.  Fisher,  Past  Dictator  ;  George  E.  Dame,  Dictator  ; 

E.  C.  Converse,  Vice-Dictator  ;  Dr.  H.  Tubbs,  Assistant  Dicta- 
tor ;  Rev.  A.  S.  Nickerson,  Chaplain  ;  A.  W.  Rounsevel,  Guide  ; 

F.  P.  Meserve,  Reporter  ;  G.  C.  Edes,  Financial  Reporter  ;  A. 
S.  Chase,  Treasurer;  C.  H.  Watts,  Guardian  ;  S.  S.  Kimball, 
Sentinel ;  T.  B.  Sanborn,  M.  D.,  Surgeon  ;  George  E.  Dame,  T. 
B.  Sanborn,  E.  C.  Converse,  Directors. 


CHAPTER    XXII. 

EDUCATION. 

O^CHOOLS.  The  first  record  we  find  relating  to  schools  is 
'^-^  the  following:  "Nov.  23,  1772.  Voted  to  build  a  house 
thirty  by  twenty  feet,  to  be  done  the  following  July  for  public 
use,  to  be  improved  as  a  school-house,  and  for  religious  wor- 
ship." The  educational  interests  of  the  town,  thus  early  provid- 
ed for,  have  ever  been  regarded  with  watchful  care. 

"  March  8,  1774.  Voted  that  there  shall  be  four  pounds  law- 
ful money  paid  out  of  the  town  treasury  towards  the  support  of 
a  school  the  ensuing  summer,  to  be  paid  in  grain  at  the  market 
price." 

"  March  14,  1775.  Voted  to  pay  five  pounds  lawful  money 
worth  of  grain  to  support  a  school ;  one  half  is  to  support  a 
school  in  the  summer,  and  the  other  half  in  the  winter ;  wheat 
at  5s.  per  bushel,  and  rye  at  3s.  9d.  per  bushel." 

During  the  embarrassing  times  of  the  Revolution,  no  public 
funds  were  raised  for  the  support  of  schools.  They  were  then 
supported  by  voluntary  contributions  from  those  having  schol- 
ars. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Remele,  after  his  settlement  in  17S3,  was, 
in  addition  to  his  duties  as  pastor,  a  successful  and  popular 
teacher.  The  Rev.  Mr.  Wines  is  also  remembered  as  an  ex- 
cellent instructor,  especially  for  those  in  the  more  advanced 
studies.  Jonah  Griswold  was  for  many  years  a  fiivorite  teacher 
at  Northville.  Benj.  Cummings,  Arphaxad  Whittlesy,  Moses 
Chapin,  William  A.  Chapin,  John  B.  McGregor,  Austin  Cor- 
bin,  William  Claggett,  Asa  McGregor,  William  Heath,  Bar- 
on Stow,  D.  D.,  Josiah  Stevens,  Bela  Nettleton,  Carleton 
Hurd,  Eleazer  Jackson,  Benj.  F.  Sawyer,  Laura  Sawyer,  Sam- 
uel Blanchard,  William  Young,  Simeon  Wheeler,  Jr.,  John 


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Towne,  M.  Bradford  Boardman,  Orpha  Fletcher,  Ursula  Kel- 
ley,  and  Augusta  Jewett,  are  a  few  among  those  who  have  been 
promnient  and  successful  teachers. 

During  the  last  century  our  school  habits  have  in  some  re- 
spects greatly  changed.  In  tlie  earlier  days  women  were  em- 
ployed to  teach  the  summer  schools,  and  men  had  almost  the  ex- 
clusive management  of  the  winter  schools.  Now  men  are  rarely 
found  in  our  scliool-rooms  summer  or  winter.  There  are  sev- 
eral reasons  which  have  led  to  this  change.  Teaching  is  al- 
most the  only  profession  open  to  women,  and  those  seeking 
remunerative  employment  naturally  press  into  it,  while  all 
professions  are  open  to  men.  Again  :  it  is  found  that  women  are 
better  adapted  by  nature  to  take  charge  of  the  young  ;  that  they 
are  more  patient,  and  are  more  apt  in  teaching; — and  another 
reason  is,  they  are  willing  to  work  for  less  pay.  It  requires  but 
little  financial  skill  to  show,  that  when  the  woman  asks  $10  per 
week  and  the  man  $20,  yon  pay  the  woman  only  half  as  much 
money  as  you  do  the  man  for  the  same  amount  of  labor,  and 
secure,  at  the  same  time,  on  an  average,  a  better  quality  of  work. 
Some  think  that  the  presence  of  a  man  in  our  schools  is  necessary 
to  their  complete  success  ;  but  in  several  important  cities  in  the 
West,  women  only  are  employed  as  teachers,  and  with  the  most 
satisfactory  results.  This  same  tendency  to  employ  women  as 
teachers  is  manifest  throughout  the  country.  In  Vermont  and 
in  New  York  city,  ninety  per  cent,  of  all  the  teachers  are 
women.  Again  :  the  free  use  of  the  rod,  and  the  severer  forms 
of  corporal  punishment  which  prevailed  in  the  more  Puritanical 
days,  have  given  place  to  milder  forms  of  discipline,  which  are 
more  humane,  and  have  proved  quite  as  eflcctual. 

DisriiiCTS.  The  town  was  early  divided  into  districts  for 
purposes  of  schooling.  District  No.  i  embraced  those  on  the 
Unity  road,  from  the  Fairbanks  corner  south  ;  No.  2,  the  terri- 
tory occupied  by  Main  street ;  No.  3,  the  region  about  Kelley- 
ville  ;  No.  4,  East  Mountain;  No.  5,  East  Newport;  and  No. 
6,  the  Norlhville  district. 

In  1S37,  Oliver  Jenks,  Jeremiah  D.  Nettleton,  and  Josiah  Ste- 
vens. Jr.,  were  appointed  a  committee  to  divide  the  town  into 
school  districts,  who  reported  the  boundaries  substantially  as 
they  remained  until   1S76,  when  the  abandonment  of  our  hill 


l60  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

farms,  and  a  change  in  the  population,  caused  some  of  the  dis- 
tricts to  be  ahnost  without  scholars.  A  re-districting  became 
necessary,  and  a  committee,  consisting  of  Ephraim  E.  P.  Abbott, 
P.  S.  Adams,  Edmund  Wheeler,  I.  A.  Reed,  S.  H.  Edes,  and 
Charles  A.  Silsby,  was  appointed  for  that  purpose  ;  but  no  sat- 
isfactory plan  of  division  has  yet  been  matured. 

The  Union  District.  In  the  spring  of  1S74  the  four  village 
districts  voted,  by  a  very  large  majority,  to  unite  and  form  one 
district,  for  the  purpose  of  grading  the  schools,  and  thus  pro- 
moting their  value  and  efficiency.  A  committee,  consisting  of 
E.  Wheeler,  J.  L.  Swett,  and  B.  M.  Gilmore,  for  District  No, 
2,  Dexter  Richards,  S.  H.  Edes,  L.  W.  Barton,  and  R.  S.  Howe, 
for  No.  8,  F.  W.  Lewis,  S.  L.  Bowers,  and  P.  S.  Coffin,  for 
No.  14,  and  R.  Huntoon,  H.  Call,  and  Simon  A.  Tenney,  for 
No.  18,  was  appointed  to  settle  upon  the  terms  of  union.  Their 
report  was  adopted  by  an  almost  unanimous  vote.  At  the  first 
meeting  of  the  district,  which  was  held  May  13,  1S74,  Rich- 
ard S.  Howe,  Edmund  Wheeler,  and  George  R.  Brown  were 
appointed  a  committee  to  procure  the  necessary  rooms,  supply 
the  needed  furniture,  grade  the  scholars,  adopt  suitable  rules, 
and  put  the  schools  in  operation.  The  town,  having  the  former 
town-hall  and  court-house  building  on  hand,  met,  and  voted  to 
lease  it  to  the  Union  district  for  school  purposes  for  the  term  of 
ninety-nine  years,  provided  they  would  fit  it  up  and  keep  it  in 
repair,  and  maintain  in  it,  for  a  term  of  not  less  than  twenty 
weeks  in  each  year,  a  grammar  school,  without  expense  to  the 
town,  the  inhabitants  of  other  districts  having  the  right  to  send 
their  scholars  to  any  grade  in  the  school,  by  paying  a  reason- 
able tuition  to  assist  towards  defraying  the  running  expenses 
of  the  school. 

At  the  annual  meeting,  in  the  spring  of  1S76,  the  Union  dis- 
trict voted  to  raise  $600  in  addition  to  the  school-money  required 
by  law.  This  was  done  in  order  to  secure  the  services  of  a 
permanent  teacher,  competent  to  manage  the  school  and  in- 
struct in  the  more  advanced  studies,  and  also  to  extend  the 
three  terms  in  the  higher  grades  to  twelve  weeks  each.  This, 
after  two  years'  experience,  was  deemed  the  wiser  policy.  In 
1877  the  sum  of  $400,  and  in  1878,  $600,  was  raised  for  a  like 
purpose.     By  an  equitable  distribution   of  the  public   school- 


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money,  it  is  thought  tlie  Union  district  could  maintain,  for 
thirty-six  weeks  in  each  year,  a  school,  the  grade  of  which 
shouKl  be  sufficiently  advanced  to  meet  the  wants  of  the  public, 
and  fit  those  that  wished,  for  college,  without  additional  tax- 
ation. The  benefits  resultiu":  from  grading  the  schools  have 
exceeded  the  expectations  of  its  most  sanguine  advocates. 

The  amount  of  school-money  in  Union  district  in  1S77  was 
$2,123.06. 

A  law  constituting  a  Board  of  Education  was  passed  in  June, 
1877,  ^^  ^'^*^  suggestion  of  the  committee  of  this  district,  who 
thought  an  independent  action  of  the  district  would  result  in 
benefit  to  all  concerned.  At  the  annual  meeting,  in  187S,  the 
district  adopted  this  law,  and  organized  according  to  its  provi- 
sions. They  chose  a  board  of  education,  consisting  of  Edmund 
Wheeler,  Samuel  H.  Edes,  George  W.  Britton,  Thomas  B.  San- 
born, Albert  S.  Wait,  and  George  E.  Dame.  This  board  organ- 
ized by  chosing  Edmund  Wheeler,  president,  George  E.  Dame, 
secretary  and  treasurer,  and  Samuel  H.  Edes,  financial  agent. 

The  bell  on  the  centre  school-house,  which  is  of  steel,  and 
cost  some  $125,  was  tlie  gift  of  Thomas  W.  Gilmore,  Esq., 
who,  in  his  brief  presentation  speech,  said  he  gave  it,  partly  to 
testify  how  fully  he  appreciated  the  grand  system  which  we  had 
adopted  for  our  schools,  and  partly  that  he  might  place  a  por- 
tion of  his  money  in  a  position  where  he  could  hear  it  r///£^ 
while  he  lived. 

Webster's  Unabridged  Dictionary,  in  the  grammar  room,  was 
presented  by  George  R.  Brown  and  ISIiss  Nettie  L.  Bartlett, 
the  teachers. 

The  following  persons  have  been  superintending  school  com- 
mittees of  the  town  : 


Ephraim  E.  P.  Abbott 
Paul  S.  Adams, 
William  H.  H.  Allen, 
Edmuiul  Hurke, 
Levi  W.  Barton, 
Shepherd  L.  Bowers, 
George  R.  Brown, 
Amasa  Edes, 
Henry  Cummings, 


,  Josiah  Forsaith, 
Joseph  Freeman, 
Foster  Henry, 
Edward  Ingham, 
Oren  C.  Kibby, 
Frederick  S.  Little, 
Ralph  Metcalf, 
Charles  \V.  .Millen, 
Hubbard  Newton, 


Bela  Nettleton. 
Ira  Person, 
Joseph  W.  Parmelee, 
Josiah  Stevens,  Jr., 
John  L.  Swett, 
Benjamin  F.  Sawyer, 
John  Woods, 
Luther  Walcott. 


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HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 


In  1S78,  the  board  of  education  was  elected  ;  and  Albert  S. 
Wait  and  Edmund  Wheeler  were  assigned  to  the  duties  of  su- 
perintendents  for  the  Union  district. 

Rev.  Paul  S.  Adams,  of  this  town,  was  Common  School  Com- 
missioner for  Sullivan  county  in  1S60  and  1S61,  and  Rev.  C. 
M.  Dinsmore  held  the  same  office  in  1S66. 

The  Sullivan  County  Teachers'  Institute  has  held  frequent 
sessions  in  this  town  since  its  establishment.  These  sessions 
have  been  well  attended,  useful  to  the  teachers,  and  interesting 
to  the  public.  Nearly  every  term  has  been  attended  by  able 
and  experienced  instructors. 

Newport  Academy.  The  Newport  academy  was  incorpo- 
rated June  24,  1S19.  A  number  of  the  citizens  of  this  and  the 
neighboring  towns,  wishing  to  give  their  children  a  more  ad- 
vanced education  than  was  to  be  had  at  our  common  scliools, 
and  in  man}-  instances  to  fit  them  for  college,  made  a  compact, 
whereby  they  were  to  hire  a  teacher,  at  a  salary  of  $400, — a  sum 
deemed  ample  to  secure  the  desired  talent, — and  pledged  each 
to  contribute  his  share  towards  making  up  the  deficiency  in 
the  preceptor's  pay,  if  any  should  be  found,  after  receiving  the 
tuition  of  the  scholars.  The  institution  was  for  several  3'ears 
under  the  direction  of  a  board  of  trustees,  consisting  of  James 
Breck,  Joseph  Farnsworth,  William  Cheney,  J.  D.  Walcott, 
John  B.  McGregor,  Alexander  Boyd,  and  Hubbard  Newton. 
A  catalogue,  published  in  1S23,  contained  the  names  of  69  stu- 
dents,— 48  gentlemen  and  3i  ladies.  The  building  erected  for 
this  institution  was  located  on  the  south  side  of  Elm  street,  at 
the  east  end  of  the  bridge.  It  was  placed  there  to  accommo- 
date the  then  comparatively  large  population  on  the  west  side 
of  the  interval.  It  was  two  stories  high,  and  had  ample  rooms 
nicely  fitted  up.  It  was  disposed  of  to  District  No.  2,  and  was 
finally  destroyed  by  fire  in  1843.  When  the  Baptist  church 
was  remodelled,  in  1841,  and  its  audience-room  raised  several 
feet  above  the  former  floor,  leaving  a  lower  story,  this  was 
fitted  up  for  an  academy,  and  used  for  that  purpose  a  number 
of  years  ;  but  the  court-room,  being  a  more  central  as  well  as  a 
more  attractive  place,  was  mainly  used  for  that  purpose,  and 
u^Don  the  formation  of  the  Union  district,  in  1874,  it  was  fitted 


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163 


up,  with  the    modern   improvements,  for  tlie  use   of  the  high- 
school  grade. 

LIST  OF   TEACHERS   IN   NEWPORT   ACADEMY   AND   IN  THE   IIIOII   SCHOOL. 


1819.  Wm.  Shedd. 

1820.  Christopher  Marsh. 

1821.  '22,  '23.  Wm.  Clark,  A.  B. 
1825.  Amasa  Edes,  B.  Cook,  Ass't. 

1825.  Harriet  Cook. 

1826.  J.  Peabody. 

1827.  Wm.  Heath. 

1828.  Wm.  Claggett. 

1829.  A.  G.  Hoyt,  Miss  S.  Trask. 
1829.  Kendrick  Metcalf. 

1833.  David  Crosby. 
1833.  Ursula  Kelley. 

1839.  M.  L.  Eastman. 

1840.  Susan  Woodard. 

1 84 1.  Miss  Colby,  dau.  Gov.  Colby. 

1842.  Miss  S.  O.  Dickey. 
1845.  Abner  S.  Warner. 
1848.  Wm.  M.  Guilford. 
1848.  J.  C.  Crooker. 

1850.  Charles  H.  Chapin. 

185 1.  C.  F.  Remick. 

1852.  Levi  W.  Barton,   Lizzie  F. 

Jewett,  Ass't. 

1853.  Mary  B.  Fitz. 

1853.  i\L  Bradford  Boardman. 


1855.  John  Paul. 

1857.  R.  M.  Gunnison. 

1S58.  H.  F.  Hyde,  Miss  A.  C.  Ba- 
ker, Ass't. 

1859.  Geo.  B.  Brooks,  Miss  F.  A. 
Corbin,  Ass't. 

1862.  Eugene  Lewis,  A.  F.  Glea- 
son,  Ass't. 

1862.  Sarah  G.  Gregg. 

1863.  A.  H.  Kimball. 

1865.  .Mary  Dwinell  Chellis. 

1866.  Alfred  F.  Howard. 

1870.  Geo.  R.  Brown,  Emily  Leav- 

itt,  Ass't. 
1S73.  Susan  C.  Eastman. 

Principals  of  the  High  School. 

1874.  Geo.  R.  Brown,  Miss  Emily 

Leavitt. 

1875.  H.    A.    Hutchinson,    C.    E. 

Blake,  Geo.  W.  Dodge. 

1876.  Cynthia  F.  Paine. 
iS76and  1877.  Herbert  J.  Barton. 
1878.  Frank  S.  Hotaling. 


Miss  Nettie  L.  Bartlett,  an  efficient  teacher,  had  charge  of  the 
Grammar  school  in  Union  district  during  the  first  four  years 
after  its  formation.  It  has  since  been  under  the  care  of  Miss 
Mary  Chellis,  of  Plainfiekl,  an  experienced  and  competent 
teacher. 

The  Intermediate  department  has  been  taught  by  Georgia  C. 
Wilcox,  Ida  L.  Dunbar,  Lizzie  Rider,  Mary  Stafford,  and  Mat- 
tie  Chellis. 

The ''New  Hampshire  Gazeteer,"  printed  in  1S23,  says, — 
"An  academy  was  incorporated  in  iSiS,  is  without  funds,  and 
the  average  number  attending  it  is  about  35.  The  town  is  di- 
vided into  14  school-districts,  in  most  of  which  are  handsome 


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HISTORY   OF   NEWPORT. 


and  convenient  school-houses.  The  aveva^e  number  of  schol* 
ars  belonging  to  these  districts  is  about  40  to  each." 

At  the  historical  celebration,  in  1846,  when  the  town  had 
been  settled  eighty  years,  it  was  reported  that  "  thirty  young 
men  had  received  a  collegiate  education  ;  that  no  child  had 
been  allowed  to  come  to  maturity  without  being  taught  to  read 
and  write  ;  that,  generally  speaking,  all  had  a  good  common- 
school  education  ;  and  that  they  had  19  school-districts,  besides 
a  high  school  in  the  village." 

Rev.  James  R.  Wheelock,  at  the  Congregational  church,  was 
a  son  of  President  Wheelock,  of  Dartmouth  college,  and  it  is 
thought  that  this  circumstance  had  a  potent  influence  in  turning 
the  attention  of  our  young  men  to  college  life. 

In  1870,  by  the  census,  there  were  in  town  17  schools;  410 
scholars, — 234  males  and  186  females  ;  average  attendance,  315  ; 
per  cent,  of  attendance,  77  ;  average  number  weeks  school.  25  ; 
value  of  school  buildings,  $5,000  ;  annual  amount  appropriated 
to  schools,  $3,341  ;  average  to  each  scholar,  $8.15.  Amount 
of  school-money  in  1S77,  $3,868.21.  Until  1S75  the  town 
raised  only  so  much  money  as  was  required  by  the  laws  of  the 
state,  and  then  only  in  the  Union  district. 

The  following  is  an  incomjDlete  list  of  college  graduates  from 
Newport : 


Names. 


Ebenezer  Allen 

Worthen  Hall  Ames 

Samuel  J.  Allen 

Brooks  Bowman 

Bela  Bowman 

Philander  Bowman 

Horatio  Buel 

Ira  Bascom 

Wm.  Tully  Bascom 

Wm.  Franklin  Bascom.. 

Wm.  Breck 

James  Breck,  Jr 

Geo.  Eugene  Belknap... 
M.  Bradford  Boardman. 

Herbert  J.  Barton 

Wm.  Chapin 

Jason  Chapin 

Addison  N.  Chapin 

Charles  H.  Chapin 

Geo.  F.  Chapin 

Simeon  Chamberlain. . . . 

Wm.  Claggett 

Clifton  Claggett 

Rufus  Claggett 

Erastus  B.  Claggett 


Where  Graduated. 


Dartmouth. 
Middleton.. 
Dartmouth  . 


Middlebury 

Dartmouth 

Annapolis,  Md.. . 

Amherst 

Dartmouth 


Amherst. 


Dartmouth  . 


Profession. 


Residence. 


Lawyer 

Clergyman. . . 
Physician 

it 

Lawyer 

Physician 

Lawyer 

It 

1 1 

Navy 

Clergyman. . . 

Teacher 

Clergyman  .. . 

Physician 

Lawyer   

Clergyman. .  . 

tt 

Physician. . .. 

Lawyer 

Clergyman. . . 


Te.xas. 

Chelsea,  Mass. 
Hartford,  Vt. 
Canada. 
Glover,  Vt. 

Glens  Falls,  N.Y. 
Orwell,  Vt. 
Xenia,  Ohio. 
Washington,  D.  C. 
Rochester,  N.  Y. 
Chicago,  111. 

Brimfield,  Mass. 
Waukegan,  111. 
Greensboro',  Vt. 
Geneseo,  111. 
Winchester. 
St.  Louis,  Mo. 
Alstead. 

Washington. 
Northfield,  Vt. 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
Lyndeborough. 


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165 


Names. 


Prentice  Cheney 

Frank  H.  Carleton 

George  Dustin 

Samuel  H .  Kilcs 

Nathaniel  W.  Fisher 

Wm.  J.  Forsaith 

Quincy  Ailams  Gimorc.. . 

Carlos  Gould 

Moses  E.  Hale 

Parker  Hale 

Horatio  Hale 

David  Emerson  Hale 

Wm .  George  H  ale 

Solomon  Heath 

Rohcrt  R.  Heath 

Wm.  Heath 

Robert  Hogge 

Carleton  Hurd 

Enoch  Hiitcliinson 

Elijah  Hutchinson 

Alonzo  King 

Lycurgus  Kimball 

Charles  Cotton  KimbalU. 


Where  Graduated. 


Dartmouth. 


Amherst..  . . 
Dartmouth  . 


Cleveland,  O. 


Harvard 

West  Point. 

Harvard 

Dartmouth  . 


Dartmouth 

Watcrville 

Jacksonville,  111.. 
Bcloit 


Profession. 


Milton  Kimball Amherst. 


Peter  Kimball 

Amos  H.  Little 

Henry  H.  .Metcalf 

Kemlrick  Metcalf. 

Carlos  G.  Metcalf 

Ralph  Metcalf,  Jr., 

Elias  McGregor 

John  B.  McGregor 

Hubbard  Newton 

James  Hill  Parmelee 

Alvah  Paul 

Charles  Peabody 

Leonard  Peabody  

Josiah  Peabody 

Solomon  Peabody 

Ira  W.  Peabody 

Ezra  Parmelee 

Leonard  E.  Richardson 

Bela  Neitleton  Stevens 

French  A.  Sawyer 

Ichabod  Simmons 

Langdon  Sawyer 

Benjamin  Sawyer 

Carlos  Wilco.\ 

{ohn  Wilco.\ 
iriah  Wilco.x , 

M.ason  A.  Wilco.'t 

John  Woods,  Jr 

Charles  Woods 

Simeon  Watson 

Abel  Whipple 

Stoughton  Whipple 

Simeon  Wheeler,  Jr 

Hosea  Wheeler 

William  P.  Wheeler 

Abij.ih   Wines 

Jeremiah  D.  Walcott 


Ctica 

Ijrown  University. 
Ann  Arbor,  Mich. 

Dartmouth 

Albany,  N.  Y 

Norwich 


Dartmouth  . 


Vale 

Castleton,  Vt  , 
Dartmouth  . . . 


Harvard..  . . 
Dartmouth  . 
Middletown 

Dartmouth  . 

.Middlebury . 
Dartmouth  . 


Ann  Arbor. 
Dartmouth  . 
Williams  .  . 


Ohio. 


Cincinnati, 

Norwich 

Dartmouth 

Harvard  Law,  . . . 
Dartmouth 


Physician 

Lawyer 

Clergyman. . , 

Lawyer 

Clergyman. . , 

Lawyer 

Speculator . . 
Clergyman. . 
Physician .. . 


Lawyer . 
Army  ... 
Lawyer  . 


Clergyman. . 


Patent  office.. 

Editor 

Clergyman . . . 

Physician 

Banker 

Clergyman. .  . 
Physician  . . . . 

Lawyer 

Clergyman . . . 
I'hysician  . . . . 
Clergyman  . . . 
Physician  . . . . 
Clergyman  . . . 
Physician . . 


Manufacturer. 
Clergyman  . . . 

Physician 

Clergy-man . . . 


Broker 

Physician. . . 

Teacher 

Lawyer 

Physician. .. 


Lawyer  . .  . . 
Physician.  . 
Lawyer  . .  . . 
Clergyman . 


Residence. 


Matanzas,  Cuba. 
Minneapolis. 
Peterborough. 
Newport. 
Sandusky,  Ohio. 
Boston,  Mass. 
Grinncll,  Iowa. 

Chicago,  III. 

New  York. 
Philadelphia,  Pa. 
New  Orleans,  La. 
Belfast,  Me. 
Jefferson,  N.  C. 


Frj'eburgh,  Me. 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
Windsor,  Vt. 
Westboro',  Mass. 
Milford. 
Erie,  Penn. 
Augusta,  III. 
Rochester,  N.  Y. 
Washington,  D.C. 
Dover. 

Geneva,  N.  Y. 
Troy. 

Nebraska  City. 
Colchester,  Vt. 
Newport. 
Newport. 
Zanesville,  Ohio. 
Royaltiin,  Ohio. 
St.  Louis,  Mo. 
Henniker. 
Sullivan. 
Newport. 
Bingh'mpt'n.N.Y. 
Canton,  N.  Y. 
Hartford,  Conn. 
Washington,  D.  C. 
Napa,  Cal. 

Springfield,  Vt. 


Newport. 
Riceborough,  Ga. 
Lawrence,  Mass. 
Norwich,  N.  Y. 
Minneapolis. 
Boston. 
Springfield,  Ohio. 

,  Onio. 

Portsmouth,  Va. 
Chicago. 
Keene. 
Newport. 


A  large  number  of  tcmales  have  graduated  at  various  insti- 
tutions. 


CHAPTEE     XXIII. 

TEMPERANCE. 

IN  all  New  England,  prior  to  1S28,  liquors  of  some  kind  were 
deemed  an  indispensable  article  in  every  family,  and  were 
used   more  or  less  freely  by  all.     That  the  early  settlers  here 
were  fully  alive  to  their   supposed  beneficent  qualities  is  suffi- 
ciently illustrated  by  the  fact,  that,  tradition  says,  the  first  arti- 
cle of  merchandise   ever  brought  to  town   was  a  barrel  of  rum. 
All  the  stores   and  taverns  were  licensed  to  sell   liquors,  which 
they  did   freely  ;  and   at  musters,  town-meetings,  and  on  other 
public  days,  special  licenses  were  granted  to  individuals  to  sell 
near  the  place  of  meeting.     Behind  the  bar,  in  all  our  taverns, 
were  shelves  on  which  were  displayed  decanters  containing  all 
kinds  of  liquor.     One  end  of  a  counter,  in   all   our  stores,  was 
devoted  to  drinking  purposes.     Every  family  had  one  or  more 
decanters,  which  were  kept  constantly  filled.     Spirit  was  used 
at  all  social   gatherings,  on   all   public   days,  and   at  weddings 
and  funerals.     The  social  customs  were  such  that  the  decanter 
and  the  toddy-stick  were  considered  as  the  symbols  of  welcome  ; 
and  the  visitor  who  was  not  invited  to  a  social  glass  hardly  con- 
sidered himself  as  well  treated.     Rum,  which  was  the  general 
beverage,  was  drank  in  various  combinations.     I  give  the  for- 
mula for  some  of  its  preparations  as  then  used,  as  approved  by 
the  State  Historian :     "  The  most  common   drink  was  toddy, 
which  was  simply  rum  and  water  well  sweetened  ; — sliitg,  used 
in  cold  weather,  was  rum  and  warm  water  sweetened  ; — ^gg^nog, 
which  was   an  egg  well  beaten,  into   which  was   stirred  sugar, 
milk,  and  rum  ; — andjlip^  which  was  made  by  taking  a  mug  of 
beer   and  sweetening    it,  into  which   was  thrust  a  red-hot  iron 
called  a  loggerhead,  which  made  it  foam  ;  into  this  was  dashed 
the   spirit,  and  on  this  was  grated  a  little  nutmeg, — and  it  was 
ready  for  use." 


TEMPERAN'CE.  1 67 

As  illustrating  the  habits  of  the  times,  I  quote  from  the  ad- 
vertisements of  our  old  merchants, — Cheney,  Farnsworth,  Net- 
tleton,  and  Gilmore, — as  they  appeared  in  the  columns  of  the 
Spectator  in  1824,  1S25,  and  1S26.  Under  one  head,  they  read 
almost  uniformly  thus:  "Guoceuies.  Brandy,  Am.  &  Hol- 
land Gin  ;  W.  I.  &  N.  E.  Rum  ;  Gin  ;  Madeira,  Malaga,  Cur- 
rent &  Port  Wines;  Brown  and  Loaf  Sugar;  Teas,  Coffee, 
Molasses  &  Starch," — liquors  always  heading  the  list.  And 
their  books  show  that  they  were  dealt  out  and  used  liberally  by 
the  whole  community, — clergymen,  deacons,  church  members, 
and  the  imconvcrted  alike.  Prior  to  1828,  two  cider  distilleries 
had  been  established  for  the  manufacture  of  cider-brandy,  which 
did  a  large  business.  The  one  at  the  top  of  Griffin  hill,  on 
the  Unity  road,  was  operated  by  Reuben  Bascom,and  the  other, 
at  Northville,  was  run  by  the  Rev.  Solomon  Howe.  Added  to 
all  this,  the  young  orchards,  which  had  been  planted  all  over 
town,  were  yielding  a  bountiful  harvest  of  apples,  which  were 
manufactured  into  cider,  and  large  quantities  were  consumed 
annually,  in  some  families  amounting  to  many  barrels.  But 
this  flood,  which  had  so  long  inundated  our  town,  was  bound 
to  see  an  ebb  movement.  Dr.  Reuben  Mussey,  who  stood  at 
the  head  of  the  Medical  college  at  Hanover,  visited  this  town, 
Feb.  25,  1S2S,  and  delivered  an  address  on  "Rum  :  its  historv, 
its  uses,  and  abuses."  After  which,  on  the  same  day,  was 
formed  the  first  "  Society  for  the  Promotion  of  Temperance"  in 
town.     The  following  are  the  names  of  its  members : 

Rev.  John  Woods,  Christopher  Newton,  2d, 

Rev.  Ira  Person,  Calvin  Messinger, 

Col.  Phinehas  Chapin,  Carey  Russell, 

Capt.  Matthew  Buell,  Amasa  Edes,  Esq., 

Dea.  Moses  Noyes,  Matthew  Buell,  Jr., 

Hubbard  Newton,  Esq.,  Joseph  Wilcox, 

Dea.  Joseph  Farnsworth,  Capt.  Seth  Richards, 

David  Allen,  Esq.,  Nathaniel  O.  Page, 

Dr.  John  B.  McGregor,  Charles  H.  E.  Newton, 

Dr.  Alexander  Boyd,  Dunbar  Aldrich. 

Phinehas  Newton,  Moses  P.  Durkee, 

Josiah  Stevens,  Jr.,  Esq.,  B.  B.  French,  Esq., 

James  Wheeler,  Col.  James  D.  Walcott, 

Cyrus  Barton,  Esq.,  Joseph  Kimball. 


1 68  HISTORY   OF    NEWPORT. 

Col.  Phineas  Chapin  was  chosen  president,  John  Woods  and 
Ira  Person,  vice-presidents,  Amasa  Edes,  Esq.,  secretary,  and 
Alexander  Boyd,  John  B.  McGregor,  Hubbard  Newton,  and 
Joseph  Farnsworth,  executive  committee. 

A  committee  reports,  in  1S29,  a  sale  of  3,851  gallons  in  town, 
against  4,7^^  gallons  sold  the  previous  year,  showing  an  im- 
provement of  865  gallons  as  the  result  of  their  year's  labor. 

This  society  was  superseded  Aug.  35,  1829,  bv  a  "Total 
Abstinence  Society."  A  "  Female  Temperance  Society"  was 
also  instituted  the  same  year.  In  the  September  following,  the 
Rev.  Mr.  Hewitt  delivered  an  address  at  the  South  church  to 
an  audience  estimated  at  nearly  two  thousand  people. 

In  November,  1841,  a  new  movement,  called  the  "  Washing- 
tonian,"  was  inaugurated  by  Messrs.  Butters  and  Northall,  of 
Boston,  who  were  reformed  inebriates.  It  was  sought  by  this 
movement  to  make  converts  to  the  cause  by  having  "•  reformed 
inebriates"  relate  their  sad  experiences.  At  their  first  annual 
meeting  they  reported  a  membership  of  nearly  five  hundred 
persons  ;  and  after  the  oration  of  Russell  Streeter,  on  the  follow- 
ing 4th  of  July,  one  hundred  names  more  were  added.  In  1844, 
the  selectmen  were  instructed  not  to  license  any  store. 

In  1849,  three  organizations  were  formed, — the  "  Sons  of 
Temperance,"  the  "  Daughters  of  Temperance,"  and  the  "  Ca- 
dets of  Temperance,"  and  exercised  a  potent  influence  for  sev- 
eral years.  They  fitted  up  and  dedicated  a  hall  in  Diamond 
mill.     This  year  the  hotels  discontinued  the  liquor  trade. 

The  "  Good  Templars,"  a  society  which  met  with  closed 
doors,  and  to  which  ladies  and  gentlemen  alike  were  admitted 
to  membership,  was  started  in  January,  1867,  and  for  several 
years  exercised  a  healthful  influence. 

Another  movement  was  made  in  1S72,  when  a  reform  club 
was  organized,  and  weekly  meetings  have  since  been  held.  It 
has  had  a  marked  success,  and  its  influences  upon  the  commu- 
nity have  been  salutary.  A.  V.  Hitchcock,  C.  H.  Little,  E.  A. 
Whipple,  Philip  Royce,  and  H.  P.  Leavitt  are  among  its  lead- 
ing members. 

In  1S73,  a  Catholic  temperance  society  was  organized.  It 
was  composed  of  Irish  citizens,  a  large  proportion  of  whom 
joined. 


TEMPERANCE.  169 

A  Woman's  Christian  Temperance  Union  was  organized  in 
May,  1S77,  designed  for  tbe  promotion  of  temperance: — Mrs. 
Edward  Wyman,  president;  Mrs,  A.  V.  Hitchcock,  Mrs.  Put- 
nam George,  and  Mrs.  Jacob  Reddington,  vice-presidents  ;  Miss 
Mary  D.  Chellis,  secretary ;  Miss  F.  M.  Hewlett,  treasurer. 


CHAPTEE    XXIY. 

CEMETERIES. 

^  I  "'HE  Pine  Street  Cemetery,  the  earliest  one  in  town,  is 
-^  situated  on  the  west  side  of  Pine  street,  just  north  of  the 
residence  of  George  H.  Fairbanks.  A  tract  of  land  for  this 
purpose  was  presented  to  the  town  by  Benjamin  Bragg,  by  a 
deed  bearing  date  Dec.  31,  177 1.  It  had  been  used  as  a  bury- 
ing-place  several  years  before  the  title  was  confirmed  to  the 
town.  Tlie  first  bvn'ial  there  was  that  of  a  child  of  Maj.  Jesse 
Wilcox,  the  first  child  born  in  town.  It  was  born  Feb.  28, 
1768,  and  died  March  9  of  tlie  same  year.  Here  are  slabs, 
inai'ble  and  slate,  erected  to  the  memory  of  Benjamin  Giles, 
Ezra  Parmelee,  Christopher  Newton,  Samuel  Church,  the  Wil- 
coxes,  Hurds,  and  most  of  the  early  settlers. 

The  new  Pine  Street  Cemetery,  situated  on  the  east  side 
of  Pine  street,  south  of  the  Aiken  residence,  was  purchased  by 
the  town,  Aug.  29,  1S14,  and  was  used,  by  those  needing  new 
lots,  for  nearly  ten  years. 

NoRTHViLLE  Cemetery.  At  the  annual  meeting,  Mai'ch 
10,  1795,  it  was  "Voted  that  the  town  buy  half  an  acre  of  land 
of  Joel  Wakefield  for  a  burying-place,  and  fence  it."  The 
grounds  were  enlarged  in  1876,  by  additions  at  the  north  and 
south.  The  beautiful  pine  trees  which  surround  it  were  planted 
by  public-spirited  individuals  residing  in  that  part  of  the  town. 
The  tomb  in  that  place  was  built  by  Jonathan  Emerson  in  1S42. 
This  is  an  important  cemetery,  is  favorably  situated,  and  has 
several  fine  enclosures.  The  old  Baptist  church,  an  important 
institution  in  its  day,  was  located  just  south  of  the  south  line  of 
this  cemetery. 

The  Maple  Street  Cemetery,  which  is  on  the  south  side 
of  Maple  street  and  east  of  the  Congregational  church,  was  pur- 


CEMETERIES.  I /I 

chased  in  iS24,and  was  enlarged  in  iS55,at  the  south,  to  nearly 
twice  its  original  extent.  It  has  been  the  principal  one  used 
since  its  purchase.  Tradition  says  there  was  an  animated  con- 
troversy over  the  question  whether  the  new  cemetery  should 
be  located  here,  or  on  the  plateau  north  of  the  present  Baptist 
church.  Tlie  tomb  in  this  cemetery  was  built  in  1S42  by  Sam- 
uel Bailey,  of  Sunapee.  The  Cheney  monument  and  enclosure, 
the  first  in  town,  were  erected  in  1852,  and  since  then  the  many 
other  monuments  and  enclosures  which  adorn  the  diflerent  cem- 
eteries. 

The  need  of  more  ample  grounds,  and  a  more  favored  loca- 
tion for  the  burial  of  tlic  dead,  and  which  should  meet  the 
wants  of  after  generations,  had  long  been  felt ;  and  in  accord- 
ance with  tliis  feeling,  the  town,  at  the  annual  meeting  in  1S73, 
appointed  a  committee,  consisting  of  George  W.  Nourse,  Dex- 
ter Richards,  Edmund  Wheeler,  Nathaniel  O.  Page,  and  Isaac 
A.  Reed,  to  see  whether  the  old  grounds  could  any  of  them  be 
enlarged,  and  to  select  suitable  grounds  for  a  new  cemetery. 
The  grounds  at  Northville,  at  their  suggestion,  have  been  en- 
larged ;  but  the  committee  have  thus  far  failed  to  agree  upon 
a  locality  which  combines  all  the  desired  requisites. 

The  regulations  concerning  the  tolling  of  the  bell,  funeral 
ceremonies,  and  other  matters  relating  to  the  burial  of  the  dead, 
whicli  have  since  been  in  practice,  were  adopted  by  the  town 
at  a  meeting  in  1S41.  They  were  prepared  and  submitted  by 
Amasa  Edes,  Esq. 

The  old  hearse,  which  was  of  home  manufacture,  and  which 
had  been  in  use  many  years,  gave  place,  in  1S76,  to  a  new  one, 
which  is  of  more  modern  style,  and  cost  $488. 

The  Catholic  cemetery,  on  Summer  street,  was  consecrated 
in  August,  1877,  by  Bishop  Ilealy.  The  land  for  this  purpose 
had  been  purchased  two  years  previous. 


OHAPTEE    XXY. 


MAINTENANCE    OF    THE    POOR. 

nPHE  town  has  always  exhibited  a  thoughtfulness  and  liberal- 
-^  ity  towards  those  whose  misfortunes  made  them  depend- 
ent upon  public  charity  for  support.  In  common  with  other 
towns,  in  order  to  protect  themselves,  they  sometimes  resorted 
to  the  legal  process  of  warning  out  of  town  those  vagrants  who 
had  been  sent  here  by  other  towns,  or  who,  having  had  belonging 
elsewhere,  voluntarily  came  here  to  obtain  support,  and  had 
often  omitted  to  tax  them  for  the  number  of  years  in  succession 
requisite  to  make  them  legal  residents, — but  to  their  own  poor 
they  were  kind  and  generous.  At  first,  the  selectmen  procured 
places  for  them  ;  afterwards,  their  maintenance  was  contracted 
for  with  the  forms  of  a  public  auction,  being  assigned,  usually, 
to  the  lowest  bidder,  except  such  as  a  partial  allowance  would 
enable  to  remain  with  their  friends.  This  practice  continued 
until  1S40.  At  this  time  the  number  of  persons  needing  assist- 
ance was  so  greatly  augmented  by  the  great  depression  of  busi- 
ness occasioned  by  the  revulsion  of  the  times,  that  it  was  thought 
expedient  to  purchase  a  town  farm.  Accordingly,  a  committee, 
consisting  of  Silas  Metcalf,  Amos  Little,  and  J.  M.  Wilmarth, 
was  appointed  to  look  out  a  farm.  After  examining  all  the 
farms  for  sale  in  town,  they  reported  in  favor  of  the  one  now 
occupied  by  Augustus  Wylie,  at  Northville,  then  owned  by 
Nathaniel  Cotton,  and  on  the  loth  of  March  this  farm,  of  220 
acres,  was  purchased  for  the  sum  of  $3,000;  but  the  farm,  not 
originally  very  well  adapted  to  the  purpose,  and  lacking,  also, 
in  the  proper  management,  soon  fell  into  discredit,  and  was 
sold,  in  1S45,  to  David  Wheeler,  Jr.,  for  $2,500.  Another  farm, — 
the  A.  G.  Savory  place,  on  Thatcher  hill,  containing  some  160 


MAINTENANCE   OF   THE    POOR,  1 73 

acres, — was  purchased,  in  1S60,  for  $2,000.  Subsequently  the 
county  farm  was  established,  and  to  it  were  removed  most  of 
our  poor;  and  the  farm,  no  longer  needed,  was  sold,  in  1S70, 
to  Mr.  George  C.  Dean,  for  the  sum  of  $1,700. 

One  pecuniary  advantage  was  thought  to  result  to  the  town 
from  owning  a  fiirm  :  it  enabled  the  selectmen  to  get  rid  of 
those  leeches  who  were  preying  upon  the  public,  but  who  would 
rather  earn  their  own  bread  than  go  to  the  poor-farm. 


CHAPTEE     XXYI. 

LAWYERS. 

/^ALEB  ELLIS  was  the  first  lawyer  in  town.  He  was  born 
^-^  in  Walpole,  Mass.  ;  graduated  at  Harvard  college  in  1793. 
When  admitted  to  the  bar  he  settled  in  this  town,  and  here,  in 
iSoo,  received  his  first  political  honors.  From  this  town  he 
removed  to  Cornish,  and  from  there  shortly  after  to  Claremont. 
He  was  a  representative  in  congress  from  1S05  to  1S09  ;  was  a 
member  of  the  council ;  and  in  181 1  was  elected  to  the  state 
senate.  In  181 2  he  was  one  of  the  electors  of  president  and 
vice-president.  In  1813  he  was  appointed  judge  of  the  supreme 
court  of  New  Hampshire,  and  continued  in  that  office  until  his 
death,  which  occurred  May  9,  1S16,  at  the  age  of  forty-nine 
years. 

Hubbard  Newton,  born  Jan.  i,  1780,  was  a  son  of  Chris- 
topher and  Mary  (Giles)  Newton,  who  came  from  Groton, 
Conn.,  in  1779.  His  early  youth  was  devoted  to  farming. 
After  a  thorough  preliminary  training,  he  entered  Dai'tmouth 
college,  and  graduated  with  honor  in  the  class  of  1S04. 
He  chose  the  legal  profession,  the  study  of  which  he  pursued 
in  the  office  of  Samuel  Bell,  Esq.,  at  Francestown.  He  was 
admitted  to  the  bar,  and  commenced  practice  in  this  town  in 
1806.  He  was  at  Amherst  for  five  years,  and  subsequently, 
as  law  partner  with  his  son,  Wm.  F.  Newton,  at  Claremont, 
for  two  years,  but  spent  most  of  his  active  life  in  his  chosen 
occupation  in  his  native  town.  He  had  a  taste  for  agriculture, 
and  was  engaged  for  many  years  in  farming.  He  was  one  of 
the  originators  and  a  trustee  of  the  Newport  academy,  was 
superintending  school  committee,  took  a  deep  interest  in  ed- 
ucational matters,  and  was   one  of   the  earliest  advocates  of 


LAWYERS.  175 

temperance  on  the  basis  of  total  abstinence,  dciivcring  many 
adchesses  in  this  and  adjoining  towns.  He  was  moderator 
seven  years,  and  a  representative  in  1S14  and  1S15.  [See 
Literature,  Press,  and  Genealogy.] 

Weare  Tappan  was  born  in  East  Kingston,  N.  II.,  March 
3,  1790;  titled  for  college  at  Atkinson  and  Exeter  academies  ; 
graduated  at  Dartmouth  college  in  iSii;  studied  law  with 
Judge  Ellis,  of  Claremont ;  came  to  this  town  and  commenced 
the  practice  of  his  profession.  He  was  a  law  partner  with 
Hubbard  Newton,  Esq.  He  shortly,  however,  removed  to 
Bradfortl,  and  opened  an  office,  where  he  continued  in  the  prac- 
tice of  the  law  until  his  death,  which  occurred  April  6,  1S68,  at 
the  age  of  seventv-eight  years.  He  married  Lucinda  Atkins,  of 
Claremont,  by  whom  he  had  five  children,  a  part  of  them  born 
here, — Mason  W.,  the  oldest  son  [see  sketch]  ;  Caroline  L., 
wife  of  Daniel  W.  Carr  ;  Elizabeth  A.^  wife  of  Joseph  K. 
Lund  ;  Helen  J/,  wife  of  Silas  Wilkins,  all  residing  at  Brad- 
ford ;  and  Charles  C,  a  United  States  mail  agent,  residing  at 
Concord. 

Amasa  Edes  was  born  in  Antrim,  N.  H.,  March  2r,  1792. 
The  greater  part  of  his  minority  was  spent  at  Peterborough. 
Resided  also  at  West  Brook,  Me.,  and  at  Keene.  He  gradu- 
ated from  Dartmouth  college  in  1S17  ;  read  law  one  year  in  the 
office  of  Wilson  &  Porter  at  Belfast,  Me.,  and  two  years  with 
James  Wilson,  senior,  at  Keene  ;  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
in  1S23.  In  December  of  that  year  he  came  to  Newport, 
where  he  has  since  continued  in  the  practice  of  his  profession. 
He  has  naturally  a  legal  mind.  It  is  related  of  him,  as  a 
lawyer,  that  in  his  very  early  student  life  the  more  advanced 
students  in  the  same  office  would  submit  to  him  cases  laid 
down  in  the  books  for  opinion,  and  that  his  decisions,  from 
his  intuitive  sense  of  justice,  were  almost  uniformly  in  ac- 
cordance with  those  given  by  the  court.  He  was  one  of 
the  pioneers  in  the  cause  of  temperance,  and  has  ever  been 
its  earnest  advocate.  He  is  also  a  warm  friend  of  educa- 
tion, and  was  for  several  years  principal  of  the  New  Ips- 
wich academy,  and  subsequently  of  the  academy  at  Newport. 


176  HISTORY   OF    NEWPORT. 

He  was  a  trustee  of  the  Newport  academy,  and  often  one 
of  the  superintending  school  committee  of  the  town.  He  was 
a  representative  in  1S34,  ^"<^  ^^  ^°^  President  of  the  Sullivan 
County  Bar. 

David  Hale  descended  from  a  brother  of  Sir  Matthew 
Hale,  and  was  born  at  Alstead,  in  this  state,  in  1783.  He  was 
the  oldest  of  a  large  family,  and  being  obliged  to  provide  means 
for  his  own  education,  was  compelled  to  depend  upon  that 
hereditary  mental  wealth  which  for  generations  seems  to  have 
been  the  portion  of  his  kindred.  He  had  not  the  advantages  of 
a  college  education,  but  his  inquiring  mind  as  well  as  assidu- 
ous habits  of  thought  enabled  him  to  take  a  prominent  posi- 
tion among  our  scholars.  He  studied  law,  and  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  in  iSii.  He  then  opened  an  office  in  Newport, 
where  he  practised  his  profession  until  his  death.  He  married 
Sarah  Josepha  Buell,  oldest  daughter  of  Gordon  Buell,  of  New- 
port. He  died  in  1822,  leaving  five  children,  the  oldest  in  his 
eighth  year.  To  educate  these  children  in  some  measure  as 
their  father  would  have  done,  was  the  motive  which  induced 
his  widow  to  devote  herself  to  literature.  By  the  aid  of  the 
Masonic  friends  of  her  husband, — Mr.  Hale  having  been  a 
prominent  Free  Mason, — this  object  was  successfully  pursued. 
[See  Genealogy.] 

JosiAH  FoRSAiTH,  son  of  Dca.  William  and  Jane  (Wilson) 
Forsaith,  was  of  Scottish  descent,  and  was  born  at  Deering, 
N.  H.,  Dec.  14,  1780,  and  died  at  Newport,  March  30,  1846.  He 
fitted  for  college,  and  was  graduated  at  Dartmouth,  in  the  class 
of  1807.  He  read  law  with  Hon.  George  Baxter  Upham  and 
Hon.  Caleb  Ellis,  both  of  Claremont.  He  was  admitted  to 
the  bar,  and  practised  his  profession  at  Goflstown,  in  this  state, 
and  at  Boston,  Mass.,  from  1810  to  1822,  at  the  end  of  which 
time  he  came  to  Newport,  and  here  continued  in  practice  until 
his  decease.  He  took  an  interest  in  educational  matters,  gave 
private  tuition,  and  was  a  superintending  school  committee. 
He  was  a  representative  in  1841.  In  connection  with  James 
Breck,  Esq.,  he  built  the  Eagle  hotel,  now  Eagle  block,  which 
was  a  fashionable  house,  and  in  its  day  added  greatly  to  the  at- 
tractions of  the  village. 


LAWYERS.  177 

Ralph  Metcalf  was  born  at  Charlestown,  N.  H.,  Nov. 
21,  179S.  He  was  son  of  John  Metcalf,  who  came  to  that 
place,  in  1792,  without  money,  without  friends,  and  without 
acquaintance,  and  purchased  the  farm  on  which  his  son,  Hon. 
Horace  Metcalf,  now  lives,  and  who  married  the  only  daughter  of 
John  and  Kcziah  (Nichols)  Converse,  who  originated  in  Rhode 
Island,  and  grandson  of  Samuel  Metcalf,  of  Oakham,  Mass., 
who  was  an  officer  in  the  Revolution,  and  died  soon  after  the 
close  of  the  war,  leaving  seven  sons  and  five  daughters,  and 
who  married  a  lady  by  the  name  of  Montague,  who  was  of  a 
highly  respectable  Irish  family. 

Mr.  Metcalf  lived  with  his  father,  laboring  on  the  farm,  till 
August,  iSiS,  when,  owing  to  a  lameness,  he  decided  to  engage 
in  some  profession.  He  fitted  for  college  at  Chester  academy, 
Vermont,  under  the  charge  of  Joel  Manning,  Esq.,  and  a  Mr. 
Holton.  In  August,  1S19,  he  entered  Dartmouth  college,  and 
continued  his  studies  till  the  fall  of  1S21,  when,  against  the 
kind  and  sound  advice  of  Professors  Haddock  and  Chamber- 
lain, he  accepted  an  invitation  to  become  a  professor  at  Norwich 
University.  The  next  year,  however,  at  commencement,  he 
was  readmitted  to  his  class,  and  graduated  with  them  in  1S23. 
He  then  entered  the  office  of  Gov.  Hubbard,  at  Charlestown, 
where  he  remained  two  years,  with  the  exception  of  three 
months,  which  he  spent  in  the  office  of  Richard  Bartlett,  Esq., 
of  Concord.  In  the  summer  of  1S25  he  went  into  the  office  of 
Hon.  George  B.  Upham,  of  Claremont,  where  he  remained  till 
he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  September,  1S26.  He  then  came 
to  Newport,  and  began  practice  in  the  office  formerly  occupied 
by  David  Hale,  Esq.,  then  lately  deceased,  where  he  remained 
until  1S2S,  when  he  went  to  Binghampton,  N.  Y.,  residing 
there  till  1S30,  when  he  returned  to  New  Hampshire  and 
opened  an  office  at  Claremont.  In  June,  1S31,  he  was  elected 
secretary  of  state,  and  removed  to  Concord.  While  secretary, 
he  was  appointed,  by  Gov.  Badger  and  council,  to  tlie  office  of 
attorney-general,  which  office  he  declined.  He  held  the  office 
of  secretary  till  1S3S — seven  years.  Soon-after  this,  Hon.  Levi 
Woodbury,  then  secretary  of  the  treasury,  ofiered  him  a  clerk- 
ship in  his  department  at  Washington,  which  he  accepted,  and 
held  till   1S40,  when,  not  pleased  with  life  at  the  capital,  he 


178  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

resigned  and  returned  to  New  Hampshire.  While  at  Washing- 
ton he  was  proffered  the  cliair  of  an  editor  of  one  of  the  lead- 
ing journals,  with  a  most  lucrative  salary  attached,  which  he 
declined.  Upon  his  return,  he  opened  an  office  at  Plymouth, 
but  remained  less  than  a  year,  when  he  returned  to  Newport, 
■where  he  had  begun  his  professional  career.  In  October,  1845, 
he  was  appointed  register  of  probate  for  the  county  of  Sullivan. 
He  was  a  representative  in  1S53  and  1853  ;  was  one  of  a  com- 
mittee of  three  to  codify  the  laws  of  New  Hampshire  in  1853  ; 
was  trustee  of  the  insane  asylum  in  1S55  ;  and  governor  of  New 
Hampshire  in  1855  and  1856. 

Gov.  Metcalf  was  a  great  lover  of  romance,  and  always  read 
and  re-read  all  the  standard  authors.  He  wielded  a  ready  and 
humorous  pen,  and  once  won  a  valuable  prize  offered  for  the 
best  original  poem.  Few  are  the  men  who  are  so  fond  of  social 
life,  or  who  have  contributed  so  freely  to  its  promotion.  He 
died  at  Claremont,  where  he  had  removed,  Aug.  26,  1858, 
aged  63  years. 

In  January,  1835,  he  married  Lucretia  Ann,  daughter  of  Na- 
than Bingham,  Esq.,  of  Claremont.  She  died  April  i,  1836, 
leaving  an  infant  three  weeks  old,  which  died  the  August  fol- 
lowing. November  10,  1S43,  he  married  Martha  Ann,  daugh- 
ter of  Capt.  John  Gilmore,  of  this  town. 

Ralphs  born  Aug.  8,  1844;  graduated  at  Norwich  Univer- 
sity ;  is  a  broker  in  Nebraska. 

JFrances  E.^  born  Aug.  16,  1845  ;  married,  Jan.  33,  1867, 
Col.  McDermid,  of  Chicago,  111. 

Benjamin  B.  French  [see  Literature,  also  Press]  was  a 
clerk  of  the  court  while  he  remained  in  town.  He  was  a  law- 
yer by  profession,  and  practised  to  some  extent  while  here. 
His  time,  however,  was  mainly  absorbed  in  his  editorial  and 
clerical  duties. 

Edmund  Burke.  The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born,  in 
the  town  of  Westminster,  Vt,  on  the  33d  day  of  January,  1S09. 
His  father  was  a  farmer,  not  wealthy,  but  possessed  of  a  com- 
petency quite  sufficient  for  the  support  of  himself  and  a  numer- 
ous family.  His  circumstances,  however,  required  that  he 
should  labor  with  constant  industry, — the  lot  of  most  New  Eng- 


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LAWYERS.  1 79 

land  farmers, — and  bring  his  family  up  to  the  same  habits  of 
active  toil.  The  subject  of  this  notice  was  not  exempt  from 
the  salutary  training  and  discipline  in  the  habits  of  robust  and 
health-giving  labor,  from  which  but  few  of  the  sons  of  the  tillers 
of  the  soil  are  exempt.  lie  labored  with  his  father,  from  the 
time  his  age  and  strength  would  permit,  until  he  was  fit'teen 
years  of  age,  going  to  the  common-school  of  the  village  in  which 
he  was  born,  in  the  summers  in  the  tenderer  years  of  his  life, 
and  during  the  winters  when  he  had  arrived  at  an  age  when 
his  services  were  valuable  and  necessary  upon  the  farm. 

At  the  age  of  fifteen  his  father,  unable  to  give  him  an  academ- 
ical education,  but  desiring  that  he  should  have   every  advan- 
tage in  his  power,  to  give  him  a  respectable  position  in  society, 
proposed  that  he  should  make  an  effort  to  become  a  member  of 
one  of  the  learned    professions,  offering  to   give   him   his  time, 
and   promising  to   extend  to   him  such    aid  as   might  be  in   his 
power,  if  he  would   accept  the  generous  oflcr  of  his  parent. 
He  readily  embraced  the   opportunity,  and  immediately  began 
tiie  study  of  Latin,  with  the  view  of  pursuing  the  study  of  the 
law.     He   continued  the   study  of  that  language  with   great  in- 
dustry for  six  months,  under  the  tutorship,  first,  of  William  F. 
Hall,  Esq.,  formerly  of  Bellows  Falls,  Vt.,  and  recently  a  clerk 
in  one  of  the  departments  at  Washington,  and  subsequently  of 
tlie   late  Chief-Justice  Henry  A.  Bellows   of  this  state;  and  at 
the  end  of  that  time,  being  then  in  his  sixteenth  year,  he  en- 
tered as  a   student  at  law  in  the  office  of  the  Hon.  William  C. 
Bradley,  of  Westminster,  then   and  for  a  long  time  one  of  the 
most  eminent  counsellors  and  jurists  of  the  state.     Mr.  Bradley 
was   also  distinguished  as  a  politician   as  well   as   lawyer,  and 
possessed  conversational  powers  of  most  remarkable  eloquence 
and  brilliancy.     It  is   not  strange  that  he  should  insinuate  his 
opinions  and  principles  (which  were  of  the  Democratic  school 
of  politics)  into  the  mind  of  a  susceptible  and  impressible  young 
man.     To  this  circumstance,  and  also  to  the  hereditary  princi- 
ples of  his  family,  enforced  by  the  precept  and  example  of  his 
father, — who  was  a  devoted  disciple  of  the  Jeflersonian  school, 
and  was  also  a  man  of  extensive  reading,  for  one  in  his  station 
in  life,  and  possessed  of  a  strong  mind, — Mr.  Burke  undoubtedly 
owes  the  very  decided  political  cast  of  his  character. 


l80  HISTORY   OF   NEWPORT. 

Having  followed  his  professional  studies  during  a  period  of 
nearly  five  years,  the  term  required  of  students  who  had  not  the 
advantage  of  graduation  at  a  college,  Mr.  Burke  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  of  Windham  county  in  that  state.  He  was  soon  after 
admitted  in  Cheshire  county,  in  this  state,  and  in  the  spring 
following  (April,  1S30)  he  emigrated  to  Coos  county.  He 
first  settled  in  the  town  of  Colebrook,  but  subsequently  removed 
to  Whitefield,  where  he  made  a  permanent  location.  JNIr.  Burke 
remained  in  Whitefield,  in  the  practice  of  his  profession,  until 
the  fall  of  1833,  when  he  removed  to  Claremont,  in  Sullivan 
county,  in  order  to  take  the  editorial  charge  of  a  newspaper  in 
that  town  called  the  Argus. 

It  is  proper  here  to  remark,  that  ^Ir.  Burke  has  been  often 
heard  to  observe  that  he  never  spent  three  years  of  his  life  so 
profitably  as  those  he  spent  in  the  town  of  Whitefield.  He 
says  he  went  into  Cotis  county  with  the  impression  that  the 
people  were  less  informed  than  those  who  lived  in  regions 
loiTger  settled,  but  he  soon  found  his  error.  On  the  contrary, 
he  says  he  has  never  met  with  a  community  of  men  generally 
more  intelligent,  more  imbued  with  strong  common-sense,  more 
patriotic  in  sentiment,  and  more  generous  in  their  feelings,  than 
he  found  in  Coos  county.  Among  these  people  he  laid  in  a 
large  store  of  practical  knowledge  of  men  and  things. 

But  to  resume  the  thread  of  our  narrative  :  His  connection 
with  the  Arg'tis  was  Mr.  Burke's  first  introduction  to  the  edito- 
rial profession,  and  perhaps  the  foundation  of  his  subsequent 
political  career.  Of  course  the  Argns,  under  his  control,  was 
a  political  paper.  Democratic  in  its  politics,  and  of  very 
decided  character.  After  publishing  the  Argtts  in  Claremont 
till  the  autumn  of  1S34.  Mr.  Burke  was  induced  to  remove, 
with  his  paper,  to  this  town,  where,  with  the  exception  of 
a  residence  of  five  years  at  Washington,  D.  C,  he  has  ever 
since  resided,  and  now  resides.  A  short  period  after  his 
removal,  the  Argus  was  united  with  the  JVew  Hampshire 
Spectator,  then  owned  by  the  Hon.  Simon  Brown, — the  new 
paper  assuming  the  title  of  Argus  a^id  Spectator,  and  being 
also,  under  the  editorial  control  of  Mr.  Burke.  Our  space 
will  not  permit  us  to  comment  particularly  on  Mr.  Burke's 
career  as  an  editor  while  in  charge  of  the  Argus  a7id  Spectator. 


LAWYERS.  l8l 

It  is  sufficient  to  say,  that,  under  his  control,  that  journal  advo- 
cated with  great  zeal  the  radical  doctrines  of  the  party  to  whose 
interests  it  was  devoted,  and,  we  believe,  to  the  very  general 
satisfaction  of  its  patrons.  It  is  due  to  Mr.  Burke  to  say,  that 
he  started  some  doctrines  in  the  columns  of  the  Ar^^zis  and 
Spectator^  which  were  regarded  by  some  of  his  own  support- 
ers as  rather  novel  and  startling  at  the  time,  but  which  have 
since  become  cherished  articles  of  faith  in  the  Democratic  creed. 

So  industriously  and  ably  had  Mr.  Burke  conducted  his  pa- 
per, that  at  the  end  of  three  years  he  had  acquired  a  reputation 
as  a  political  writer  which  induced  the  late  ex-President  Polk, 
and  the  late  Felix  M.  Grundy,  then  United  States  senator  from 
Tennessee,  to  offer  Mr.  Burke  the  editorship  of  the  Union^  the 
leading  Democratic  organ  of  that  state,  published  at  Nashville, 
at  a  high  salary.  Mr.  Burke  accepted  the  offer,  and  published 
his  valedictory  in  the  A7-g7(s  and  Spectator,  preparatory  to  his 
migrating  to  Tennessee.  But  many  of  his  patrons,  hearing  of 
his  intention,  proposed  to  him  to  remain  ;  and,  as  an  induce- 
ment, they  offered  him  the  nomination  for  congress,  then,  by 
the  usages  of  his  party,  due  to  Sullivan  county.  This  high  and 
unexpected  compliment  an  aspiring  and  ambitious  young  man 
could  not  decline.  He  accordingly  permitted  his  name  to  be 
used,  and  succeeded  in  obtaining  the  nomination.  This  was  in 
the  summer  of  1838.  In  the  election  of  March,  1S39,  Mr. 
Burke,  with  his  colleagues  on  the  Democratic  ticket,  was 
elected  a  representative  for  New  Hampshire  in  the  twenty- 
sixth  congress  of  the  United  States,  being  then  but  thirty  years 
of  age.  He  took  his  seat  in  that  body  at  the  commencement  of 
the  session  of  1839-40,  and  was  subsequently  twice  reelected, — 
making,  in  the  whole,  a  congressional  term  of  six  years. 

In  referring  to  his  congressional  career,  we  think  we  do  Mr. 
Burke  no  more  than  justice  to  say  that  it  was  creditable  to  him- 
self and  honorable  to  the  state.  He  w\is  a  true  party  man,  and 
the  few  speeches  made  by  him  while  he  was  a  member  were 
devoted  to  the  support  of  the  principles  and  measures  of  the 
Democratic  party.  They  secured  to  their  author  great  popu- 
larity witii  his  party.  His  speech  upon  the  independent  treas- 
ury, and  also  his  speech  upon  the  tariff,  are  monuments  of  in- 
tellectual labor,  of  which  any  man  might  be  proud.    They  bear 


1 82  HISTORY   OF    NEWPORT. 

the  marks  of  profound  and  critical  research.  But  there  was 
one  speech  dehvered  by  Mr.  Burke,  while  a  member  of  con- 
gress, which  commanded  the  applause  of  all  his  constituents, 
without  distinction  of  party.  We  allude  to  his  eloquent  and 
beautiful  defence  of  our  state  against  the  rude  and  unprovoked 
attack  of  a  Mr.  Arnold,  a  member  from  Tennessee.  We  have 
seldom  read  a  retort  so  condensed,  conclusive,  and  overwhelm- 
ing. This  effort  alone  entitles  Mr.  Burke  to  the  gratitude  and 
praise  of  every  true  son  of  New  Hampshire,  and  fully  justified 
his  claim  to  the  high  regards  of  the  native-born  citizens  of  the 
Granite  state.  While  a  member  of  congress,  he  was  also  an  ac- 
tive, industrious,  and  efficient  member  of  important  commit- 
tees,— among  otliers  of  the  select  committee  appointed  to  in- 
vestigate the  suffrage  movement  in  Rhode  Island,  of  which  he 
was  chairman,  and  in  which  capacity  he  prepared  a  long  re- 
port, based  upon  the  principles  of  Democracy  and  of  the  con- 
stitution. It  was  regarded  by  the  leaders  of  the  Suffrage  party 
as  the  best  political  history  of  Rhode  Island  ever  written.  The 
Rhode  Island  report  is  a  monument  to  the  capacity  of  Mr. 
Burke  for  rapid  and  efficient  work.  In  consequence  of  an  un- 
expectedly early  adjournment  of  congress,  Mr.  Burke  had  but 
thirty-six  hours  in  which  to  write  his  report,  and  arrange  the 
voluminous  documents  connected  with  it,  for  publication.  The 
report  embraces  one  hundred  large  congressional  printed  pages 
and  two  hundred  and  thirty-two  documents,  all  making  eleven 
hundi'ed  and  fifty  printed  pages  of  matter.  Mr.  Burke  com- 
menced this  great  labor  on  Saturday  night,  and  on  the  next 
Monday  morning  the  report  was  written,  the  documents  all 
collated  and  numbered,  and  the  report  made  to  the  House,  pre- 
cisely as  it  was  subsequently  printed. 

At  the  close  of  Mr.  Burke's  congressional  career,  which  was 
in  the  spring  of  1S45,  his  party  having  been  successful  in  the 
preceding  presidential  election,  he  was,  without  solicitation  or 
knowledge  on  his  part,  tendered  by  Mr.  Polk,  the  new  presi- 
dent, the  office  of  commissioner  of  patents,  which  he  accepted, 
and  upon  the  duties  of  which  he  entered  on  the  5th  day  of  May, 
1845.  He  continued  to  perform  the  duties  of  that  office  until 
the  accession  of  Gen.  Taylor  to  the  presidency,  when  he  was 
superseded  by  Mr.  Ewbank,  of  New  York.     In  the  discharge 


LAWYERS.  183 

of  the  duties  of  this  office,  Mr.  Burke  disphiyetl  the  same  inde- 
fatigable habits  of  industry,  and  the  same  close  and  critical 
research,  which  had  distinguished  him  in  other  positions.  His 
reports,  while  commissioner  of  patents,  embraced  a  vast  amount 
of  valuable  information,  gathered  from  a  wide  field  of  investiga- 
tion, and  presented  in  a  form  which  made  them  both  accepta- 
ble and  popular  with  the  country.  Under  Mr.  Burke's  admin- 
istration the  patent  office  assumed  a  position  and  importance 
which  it  had  never  before  enjoyed,  and  contributed  its  full 
share  to  the  popularity  of  Mr.  Polk's  administration. 

But  while  Mr.  Burke  held  the  office  of  commissioner  of  pat- 
ents, his  labors  were  not  altogether  confined  to  the  mere  duties 
of  his  office.     During  that  period  he  wrote  those  papers  upon 
the  taritr,  entitled   the  "  Bundelcund   Essays,"  originally  pub- 
lished in  tlie  Washington  Union^  but  subsequently  in  pamphlet 
form,  and  circulated  by  tens  of  thousands  in  every  state  in  the 
Republic.     Referring  to  these  papers,  a  writer  in   the  Dem- 
ocratic Review  says, — "After  the  close  of  the  session  of  1844 
and  1S45,  when   some   of  our  timid   friends  began  to   express 
doubts  as  to  the  propriety  of  attempting  to  carry  out  the  pledge 
of  the  Baltimore  Democratic   convention  upon  the  question  of 
the  tarifl',  Mr.  Burke,  appreciating  the  danger  which  this  hesita- 
tion threatened  to   the  policy  of  the  Democratic   party,  boldly 
stepped  forward   as  its  champion,  and   contributed  to  the  col- 
umns of  the  Union   the   well-known    series   of  essa3'S  on,  or, 
rather,  against,  the  protection  system,  published  over  the  sig- 
nature of  '  Bundelcund.'     Nothing  before,  emanating  from  his 
fruitful   pen.  had   so  served  to  spread  his  fame,  for  they  were 
immediately  republished,  wholly   or   in   part,  in   nearly  every 
Democratic   paper  in  the  Union,  and,   from  their   appearance 
until  the  final  vote  on  the  tarifi'  in  1S46,  were  the  object  of  in- 
cessant and  virulent  attacks  from  the  opposition.     The  Dem- 
ocratic party,  with   few  exceptions,  planted  themselves  firmly 
on  the  principles  there  laid  down  l)y  Mr.  Burke,  which,  being 
adopted  by  the  committee  of  ways  and   means  of  the  house  of 
representatives,   and  by  the   treasury   department,  were  made 
the  basis  of  the  revenue  law  so  triumphantly  passed  on  the  30th 
of  July,  1S46." 
After  Mr.  Burke  retired  from  the  patent-office,  he  formed  a 


184  HISTORY   OF   NEWPORT. 

connection  with  the  late  celebrated  Thomas  Richie,  by  which 
he  became  a  joint  editor  of  the  Washington  Union.  He  re- 
mained connected  with  the  Unio7i  one  year,  during  which  he 
contributed  a  large  amount  of  the  editorial  matter  which  ap- 
peared in  its  columns.  He  had,  also,  while  he  was  at  the  head 
of  the  patent-office,  been  a  liberal  contributor  to  that  paper,  as 
well  to  its  editorial  columns  as  in  the  shape  of  communications. 
And  we  may  truthfully  add,  that  he  has,  for  the  last  thirty 
years,  been  an  industrious  and  fertile  writer,  as  the  columns  of 
many  newspapers  can  attest,  and  has  achieved,  by  his  labors  in 
connection  with  the  press,  a  high  position  among  the  editorial 
profession. 

The  term  of  Mr.  Burke's  connection  with  the  Washington 
Union  having  expired,  he,  in  the  summer  of  1S50,  returned, 
with  his  family,  to  his  residence  in  this  town,  where  he  now 
remains  in  the  practice  of  his  profession,  and  employing  him- 
self in  tliose  literary  pursuits  congenial  to  a  man  of  taste,  and 
necessary  to  an  active  mind  imbued  with  a  desire  for  the 
accumulation  of  knowledge. 

In  conclusion,  we  will  add,  that  Mr.  Burke  is  truly  a  self- 
made  man.  In  the  outset  of  his  career  he  had  no  friends  pos- 
sessed of  wealth  and  influence  to  aid  him.  He  had  to  depend 
upon  himself  alone.  The  writer  of  this  has  heard  him  remark 
that  he  graduated  at  a  common  village  school,  having  never  at- 
tended an  academy  or  college  a  day  in  his  life,  and  having  had 
no  other  assistance  or  tuition  than  that  which  he  received  while 
acquiring  a  sufficiency  of  Latin  preparatory  to  entering  upon 
his  legal  studies.  And  he  has  informed  us  that  he  ceased  to 
attend  the  village  school  at  the  age  of  fourteen,  having  never 
attended  any  school  subsequent  to  that  period.  His  success  in 
life  is  a  bright  example  of  industry,  j^erseverance,  and  energy, 
which  we  commend  to  the  youth  in  humble  circumstances  who 
has  the  ambition  to  aspire  to  the  higher  positions  of  usefulness 
and  honor  in  society. 

He  married,  Dec.  i,  1840,  Ann  Matson  [see  following 
sketch]  ;  married,  2d,  Nov.  29,  1S66,  Mary  Elizabeth  Whit- 
ney, born  Sept.  14,  1834.  Had  one  daughter  by  first  wife, — 
Frances  Matson.,  born  Oct.  7,  1S47  5  iTiarried  Col.  George  H. 
Dana. 


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Mrs.  Ann  i\fatson  Bt/rke.,  who  is  the  subject  of  the  follow- 
ing sketch,  was  the  first  wife  of  Hon.  Edinund  Burke,  of  this 
town.  She  was  the  daugliter  of  the  late  Francis  and  Susan 
Matson,  of  Stoddard,  N.  H.,  and  grand-daughter  of  the  late 
Hon.  Aaron  Matson, — -a  man  of  property,  influence,  and  note  in 
his  day  ;  a  member  of  congress  from  this  state,  besides  holding 
many  other  offices  of  honor  and  responsibility  under  the  gov- 
ernmeuts  of  the  state  and  the  United  States.  Mrs.  Burke  was 
born  in  Stoddard,  on  the  20th  day  of  June,  1S33  ;  was  married 
to  Mr.  Burke  on  the  ist  day  of  December,  1S40;  and  died  in 
this  town  on  the  25th  day  of  January,  1857,  "^  *^'^^  yQvy  prime 
and  bloom  of  womanhood,  being  in  the  34th  year  of  her  age  at 
the  time  of  her  decease.  Her  grandmother,  on  her  father's 
side,  whose  maiden  name  was  Frances  Carpenter,  was  a  direct 
lineal  descendant  of  Peregrine  White,  who  was  born  on  the 
Mayflower  on  its  j^assage  from  England  to  this  country,  bring- 
ing its  freight  of  pilgrims  seeking  a  home  and  "  freedom  to 
worship  God,"  who  subsequently  landed  on  Plymouth  Rock,  in 
Massachusetts,  Dec.  20,  1620.  Mrs.  Aaron  Matson,  who,  with 
her  venerable  and  honored  husband,  spent  the  last  years  of  her 
life  in  this  town,  in  the  immediate  neighborhood  and  society  of 
their  grand-daughter  and  sole  descendant,  was  a  woman  gifted 
with  much  more  than  ordinary  ability.  She  received  a  supe- 
rior education  for  the  time  in  which  she  lived,  and  was  possess- 
ed of  many  of  the  graces  of  character  and  manners  which  af- 
terwards shone  so  conspicuously  in  her  grand-daughter.  As  an 
incident,  it  is  proper  to  remark  that  Mrs.  Burke,  in  her  life- 
time, was  the  possessor  of  a  copper  tea-kettle,  which,  accord- 
ing to  tradition  in  the  family,  was  brought  over  in  the  May- 
flower by  the  family  of  Mr.  White,  became  the  property  of 
Peregrine,  and  from  him  has  been  handed  down  in  a  direct  line 
of  descent  until  it  has  come  into  the  possession  of  Mrs.  Frances 
M.  Dana,  the  only  daughter  and  child  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Burke. 

^Irs.  Burke  was  educated  at  the  academy  of  Miss  Fiske,  of 
Keene,  N.  H.,  one  of  the  most  celebrated  seminaries  for  the 
education  of  ladies  then  known  in  New  England,  from  which 
she  graduated  with  high  honor.  Miss  Fiske  was  a  lady  who 
did  not  forget  the  accomplishments  of  manner  and  person  in 

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1 86  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT.  * 

her  system  of  education  ;    and  of  these  Mrs.  Burke  acquired 
her  full  share. 

Immediately  after  her  marriage,  she  went  to  Washington 
with  her  husband,  where  she  spent  the  winter,  and  subsequent- 
ly was  with  him  during  other  seasons,  while  he  was  in  con- 
gress ;  and  while  he  was  at  the  head  of  the  patent  office,  and 
during  the  time  he  was  connected  with  the  Washington  Union^ 
she  was  a  permanent  resident  of  that  city.  The  official  posi- 
tion of  her  husband  gave  her  access  to  the  most  refined  and 
polished  circles  of  the  political  metropolis  of  the  Union,  an 
opportunity  and  advantage  which  she  was  quick  to  appropriate 
and  improve. 

Although  the  life  of  Mrs.  Burke  was  of  comparatively  brief 
duration,  she  lived  long  enough  to  make  a  deep  impression 
upon  the  social  circle  in  which  she  moved,  and  upon  her  more 
intimate  relatives  and  friends,  inspiring  in  the  hearts  of  the  lat- 
ter the  most  devoted  love  and  attachment.  She  was  a  woman 
possessed  of  great  beauty  of  person,  and  the  most  charming 
qualities  of  mind  and  disposition.  She  was  gifted  with  con- 
versational powers  of  great  brilliancy  ;  and  in  social  converse 
v/ith  her  friends,  her  whole  soul  seemed  to  be  transfused  into 
her  countenance,  giving  her  an  animation,  charm,  and  grace 
which  won  and  captivated  all  who  came  within  the  circle  of 
her  presence.  Her  life  was  the  constant  expression  of  a  beau- 
tiful character.  She  was  always  mild,  amiable,  and  sympathiz- 
ing, never  uttering  an  expression  to  any  one  which  could  wound 
or  oftend.  She  was  the  idol  of  her  own  family  circle,  always 
swaying  the  sceptre  of  her  domestic  realm  with  love  and 
gentleness.  She  was  always  forbearing  and  for  peace.  "•  Speak 
gently,"  and  "  a  soft  answer  turneth  away  wrath,"  were  the 
constant  maxims  by  which  her  intercourse  with  others  was 
guided.  To  the  poor,  and  especially  to  those  of  her  own  sex, 
she  was  a  ministering  angel  in  their  afflictions,  always  bestow- 
ing acts  of  kindness  and  charity,  and  personal  services  when 
needed.  Notwithstanding  her  long  residence  in  Washington, 
during  which  she  mingled  with  the  gayest  and  most  cultivated 
circles  of  society,  which  might  inspire  in  some  persons  a  spirit 
of  exclusiveness  in  her  social  relations,  to  her  honor  be  it  said, 
that  to  the  influence  of  her  example,  more  than  to  any  other 


LAWYERS.  187 

one  cause,  arc  we  indebted  for  the  absence  of  that  spirit  which 
would  divide  society  into  cxchisive  circles  founded  upon  imag- 
inary superiority,  which  has  been  the  bane  of  so  many  towns, 
and  the  absence  of  wliich  has  rendered  Newport  the  charmed 
vina<ije  of  New  Hampshire. 

Her  hist  illness,  which  terminated  in  her  death,  and  during 
which  she  was  at  times  a  great  sufierer,  was  borne  with  heroic 
patience  and  resignation  ;  and  when  the  inevitable  hour  came, 
she  sank  into  the  arms  of  her  Heavenly  Father  without  a  mur- 
mur, assuring  her  weeping  relatives,  in  her  last  moments,  that 
it  was  not  hard  to  die.  It  is  not  strange  that  such  a  woman 
should  be  warmly  loved  in  life,  and  deeply  lamented  in  death. 
Her  untimely  departure  from  the  scene  of  her  earthly  pilgrim- 
age w\as  felt  to  be  a  great  loss  to  society  as  well  as  to  her  family, 
to  whom  she  was  endeared  by  the  strongest  ties  of  love  and 
affection. 

David  Allen,  Jr.,  was  born  Dec.  i,  1S05.  He  spent  most 
of  his  minority  with  his  father  at  farm  work.  He  was  educated 
at  the  common-school  and  at  the  Newport  academy  ;  after  which 
he  went  to  Johnstown,  N.  Y.,  and  spent  several  years  in  teach- 
ing. He  turned  his  attention  to  the  law,  the  studies  of  which 
he  pursued  with  Hon.  Edmund  Burke,  of  this  town,  and  with 
Hon.  Ebenezer  Allen,  a  brother,  then  at  Orono,  Me.  After 
being  admitted  to  the  bar,  he  opened  an  office  at  Perrysburg, 
Ohio,  but  shortlv  returned  to  this  town  and  took  the  office  and 
law  business  of  Hon.  Edmund  Burke,  who  was  absent  at 
Washington,  D.  C,  where  he  was  a  member  of  congress  and 
a  commissioner  of  patents,  and  here  continued  the  practice  of 
his  profession  until  his  death,  which  occurred  Sept.  i,  1S51. 
He  was  a  representative  in  1S49  ''^"*^^  1S50,  and  was  also  a  su- 
perintending school  committee.  Married  Emeline  B.  Sanborn, 
of  Sanbornton. 

Lewis  Smith,  a  nephew  of  Capt.  Scth  Richards,  was  born 
in  Eastford,  Conn.,  June  5,  1S15.  He  fitted  for  college  at  Union 
academy,  Bennington,  Vt. ;  studied  law  two  years  in  Vermont 
and  two  years  with  the  Hon.  Edmund  Burke  in  this  town,  and 
was  here  admitted  to  the  bar  and  commenced  practice.     He 


1 88  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

opened  an  office  at  Henniker  in  1841,  where  he  remained  ten 
years;  was  five  years  at  Nashua;  since  which  time  he  has 
been  at  Hastings,  Minn.  In  each  pLace  he  has  enjoyed  a  wide 
practice.  He  was  clerk  and  assistant  clerk  of  the  New  Hamp- 
shire house  of  representatives  six  years ;  was  a  member  of  the 
house  and  of  the  constitutional  convention  while  at  Henniker ; 
secretary  of  the  territorial  council  of  Minnesota  in  1S57  '  ^^^'^ 
at  different  times  has  represented  the  county  of  Dakotah  in  each 
branch  of  the  legislature. 

David  Dickey,  a  graduate  at  Dartmouth  college,  was  in 
practice  here  for  several  years,  commencing  in  1842,  when  he 
removed  to  Haverhill. 

Austin  Corbin,  son  of  Hon.  Austin  Corbin,  was  born  July 
II,  1S37.  He  was  well  educated,  and  at  the  age  of  nineteen 
commenced  the  study  of  the  law,  pursuing  the  same  with  Hon. 
Edmund  L.  Gushing,  of  Charlestown,  since  chief-justice  of  New 
Hampshire,  and  later  with  Hon.  Ralph  Metcalf,  afterwards 
governor  of  the  state.  His  legal  education  was  completed  at  the 
Harvard  Law  School,  where  he  received  his  degree  in  1849. 
In  that  year  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar,  and  at  once  began 
practice  as  the  partner  of  his  former  teacher,  Mr.  Metcalf. 
Here  he  practised  for  two  years,  and  with  great  success,  but, 
desiring  a  wider  field,  determined  to  remove  to  the  West,  which 
he  did  in  the  fall  of  1S51,  locating  himself  at  Davenport,  Iowa. 

In  Davenport  he  resided  till  1865.  During  all  this  time  he 
was  engaged  in  the  practice  of  his  profession, — first,  alone,  then 
as  the  senior  partner  of  the  firm  of  Corbin  &  Dow,  and  after- 
wards of  Corbin,  Dow  &  Brown.  These  firms  took  high  rank 
in  the  state  ;  and  for  some  years  no  law  firm  in  Iowa  had  a 
more  extensive  or  more  successful  practice.  During  the  later 
years,  however,  Mr.  Corbin  had  very  little  to  do  in  the  active 
practice  of  his  profession.  In  1854  he  became  interested  in 
banking,  as  the  partner  of  Mr.  Louis  A  .  Macklot,  under  the 
firm  name  of  Macklot  &  Corbin  ;  and  from  that  time  on  he  oc- 
cupied a  very  prominent  position  in  the  state  in  that  business. 
In  1857  there  were  seven  banks  and  banking-houses  in  the  city ; 
and  in  the  severe  times  that  followed  the  financial  troubles  of 


LAWYERS.  189 

that  year,  every  one  suspended  except  that  of  Macklot  Sc  Cor- 
bin.  Tliat  house  met  all  demands  promptly,  and  paid  deposit- 
ors in  full. 

In  iS6i,Mr.  Corbin  sold  his  interest  in  the  house  to  his  part- 
ner, and  retired  from  the  business;  but  in  1S63,  immediately 
upon  the  passage  of  the  national  currency  act,  he  organized  the 
First  National  Bank  of  Davenport,  became  its  president,  and 
commenced  business  on  the  29th  day  of  June,  1S63,  which  was 
two  days  in  advance  of  any  national  bank  in  the  United  States. 
The  result  of  the  organization  of  this  bank  was  also  most  sue- 
cessful.  In  June,  1S65,  after  the  bank  had  been  in  business  two 
years,  and  had  paid  dividends  of  15  per  cent,  per  annum,  its 
stock  was  worth  $250  on  the  books,  and  very  soon  thereafter 
sold  for  $300. 

This  year  Mr.  Corbin  sold  out  all  his  stock,  and  nearly  all 
the  property  he  had  in  that  county,  and  removed  to  New  York, 
where  he  established  himself  in  the  banking  business,  and 
where  he  has  since  been.  His  first  partner  in  New  York  was 
Mr.  Oilman  S.  Moulton.  He  retired  in  1S70;  and  then  Mr. 
Corbin  organized  '•  The  Corbin  Banking  Company."  This  is 
a  private  company,  under  the  laws  of  New  York,  issuing  no 
notes,  but  with  stock,  as  in  other  banks,  except  that  all  share- 
holders are  individually  liable  to  the  extent  of  their  entire  es- 
tates for  the  debts  of  the  compai>y.  Connected  with  him  are 
several  prominent  capitalists  ;  and  the  company  stands  high,  as 
well  in  New  York  as  in  the  West,  where  they  do  a  very  large 
business.  A  large  part  of  this  is  the  lending  of  money  upon 
farms  ;  and  they  are  reported  to  have  on  their  books  collections 
of  this  character  amounting  to  over  $15,000,000.  In  this  spe- 
cial class  of  investments  they  have  larger  dealings  than  anv 
other  firm   in  the  world. 

Mr.  Corbin  is  also  largely  interested  in  stock  companies  for 
the  investment  of  capital,  outside  of  his  own, — "  The  New  Eng- 
land Loan  Company,"  at  Manchester,  N.  H.,  and  the  "  New- 
England  Mortgage  Security  Company,"  at  Boston.  He  has 
also  large  holdings  of  stock  in  the  "American  Mortgage  Com- 
pany of  Scotland,"  at  Edinburgh,  the  Corbin  Banking  Com- 
pany being  its  American  correspondents. 

But  probably  no  undertaking  of  his   life   has  met  with  such 


1 90  HISTORY   OF   NEWPORT, 

immediate  and  signal  success  as  the  organization  of  the  Man- 
hattan Beach  enterprise  near  New  York  city.  In  1873  he  was 
compelled,  under  the  advice  of  his  physician,  to  go  at  once, 
with  his  sick  child,  to  the  seashore  ;  and  taking  the  nearest 
one  at  hand,  went  to  Coney  island.  Here  the  family  remained 
most  of  the  summer,  and  during  his  sojourn  he  was  astonished 
to  find,  within  an  hour  of  New  York  city,  the  finest  sea-beach  on 
the  Atlantic  coast.  But  its  proximity  to  the  great  city  had 
made  it  largely  the  resort  of  the  worst  portions  of  society  ;  and, 
so  far  as  its  front  was  occupied,  it  was  constructed  of  poor 
buildings.  A  portion — nearly  half  the  island,  and  the  best  part — 
was  wholly  unoccupied,  the  titles  being  in  very  great  dis- 
order. This  portion  Mr.  Corbin  determined  to  secure,  redeem 
from  its  bad  reputation,  and  build  up  and  preserve  for  the 
better  classes  of  New  York.  After  three  years  of  work,  and  at 
great  expense,  he  acquired  all  the  titles,  and  had  under  his  con- 
trol an  ocean  front  of  2^  miles,  and  a  territory  of  over  500 
acres,  extending  from  ocean  to  bay.  He  then  organized  a  rail- 
way company,  to  which  the  whole  was  conve3'ed  ;  and  in  1S77, 
on  the  19th  day  of  July,  it  was  opened  to  the  public.  On  the 
ocean  a  magnificent  hotel — the  finest  seaside  hotel  in  America 
— had  been  erected  ;  extensive  bathing-houses  had  been  built ; 
and  the  Railwav  hotel  and  grounds  were  crowded  with  guests 
the  balance  of  the  season.  During  the  years  1S77  and  1S78, 
the  railway  carried  over  1,600.000  people.  It  has  been  already 
a  very  great,  and  is  destined  in  the  future  to  be  a  much  greater, 
blessing  to  the  citizens  of  New  York.  Its  hotel,  its  bathing 
facilities,  and  its  police  system,  are  unequalled  in  any  city  on 
this  continent.  Mr.  Corbin  has  received  from  every  source, 
public  and  private,  high  praise  for  the  conception  of  this  grand 
idea,  and  the  grand  manner  in  which  it  has  been  carried  out. 
[See  Genealogy.] 

Samuel  H.  Edes,  son  of  Amasa  Edes,  Esq.,  was  born  in 
Newport,  March  31,  1S25.  After  a  preparatory  course  at  Kim- 
ball Union  Academy,  he  entered  Dartmouth  college,  graduat- 
ing in  1844,  the  youngest  member  of  his  class ;  studied  the 
profession  of  law  in  his  father's  ofiice,  and  was  admitted  to  Sul- 
livan  county  bar   in   1851.    He   has  twice    held   the  office  of 


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192  HISTORY   OF   NEWPORT, 

the  same  year.  He  immediately  opened  an  office  in  Newport, 
where  lie  has  since  been  activel}'  engaged  in  the  practice  of  his 
profession.  .  He  was  a  law  partner  of  Hon.  Ralph  Metcalf  at 
the  time  of  his  election  as  governor  in  1855.  While  his  profes- 
sional duties  have  claimed  a  large  share  of  his  attention,  he 
has  found  time  to  engage,  to  some  extent,  in  farming,  stock- 
raising,  and  fruit-growing. 

In  1S55,  '5^'  ^""^^  '57'  ^^^  '^'^^^  register  of  deeds  for  Sullivan 
county;  was  county  solicitor  from  1859  to  1864;  was  repre- 
sentative in  1S63,  1864,  1S75,  1876,  and  1877;  ^'^^  ""^^^  state 
senator  in  1867  and  1S68.  He  has  held  a  leading  position  in 
the  house  and  senate  ;  and,  during  his  entire  term  of  service  in 
both  branches,  has  been  a  member  of  the  judiciary  committee, 
and  for  five  years  its  chairman.  During  the  sessions  of  1875 
and  1876  he  was  chairman  of  the  Republican  legislative  caucus, 
and  as  such  did  much  towards  moulding  legislation,  and  the 
avoidance  of  extreme  measures  which  might  have  resulted  in 
injury.  In  1866  he  was  chairman  of  a  board  of  commissioners 
appointed  by  the  governor  to  audit  and  report  the  war  indebt- 
edness of  the  state.  He  was  a  member  of  the  convention  for 
the  revision  of  the  state  constitution  in  1876,  and  the  same 
year  one  of  the  Republican  electors  of  president  and  vice- 
president  of  the  United  States.  He  was  appointed  bank  com- 
missioner by  Gov.  Harriman,  but  declined.  He  was  appointed 
in  1877  one  of  the  commission  to  revise  and  codify  the  laws 
of  New  Hampshire,  which  duty  he  performed.  He  has  been 
twice  a  candidate  for  congress,  and,  though  failing  of  a  nomi- 
nation, received  a  liberal  support.  August  25,  1S52,  he  was 
again  married  to  Miss  Lizzie  F.  Jewett,  of  Nashua.  [See 
Genealogy.] 

Samuel  Metcalf  Wheeler,  son  of  Albira,  and  grand- 
son of  Dea.  Abel  Wheeler,  was  born  August  9,  1823,  in 
Newport.  He  was  educated  mainly  at  our  common-schools, 
with  subsequent  advantages  afforded  him  at  academies  in 
Vermont,  his  father  having  removed  to  Royalton  in  that  state 
in  1S41.  Choosing  law  as  his  profession,  he  commenced  its 
study  in  the  office  of  Tracy  &  Converse,  then  the  leading  law- 
yers of  the  state,  at  Woodstock,  Vt.     He  returned  to  Newport 


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and,  after  spending  several  months  in  the  oflice  of  Metcalf  & 
Corbin,  was  here  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1S47.  He  then  opened 
an  office  here.  After  a  brief  but  successful  practice  of  three 
years  here,  he  removed  to  Concord,  and  from  thence,  shortly 
after,  in  18^3,  to  Dover,  where  he  soon  became  a  leading  mem- 
ber of  the  Strafibrd  county  bar,  a  position  which  he  has  main- 
tained for  twenty-five  years,  and  which  he  still  retains.  Since 
his  residence  in  Dover,  he  has  been  connected  nearly  all  of  the 
time  with  tlie  banking  institutions  of  that  city,  as  director  or 
trustee.  In  January,  1S5S,  he  was  elected  president  of  the 
Langdon  Bank,  as  he  was  also  that  of  the  Dover  National  Bank 
upon  its  formation  in  1S65.  He  has  been  a  member  of  the  leg- 
islature five  years,  and  in  1S69  and  1870  was  speaker  of  the 
house.  He  was  a  member  of  the  statV  of  Gov.  Stearns,  and  at 
one  time  was  a  prominent  candidate  for  member  of  congress. 
He  was  a  delegate  to  the  constitutional  convention  of  1876,  and 
took  an  active  part  in  its  deliberations.  He  married,  May  17, 
1S53,  Priscilla  E.  Clement,  of  Franklin,  a  lady  of  culture.  He 
has  two  daughters,  both  of  whom  are  educated, — Sarah  A., 
born  Nov.  10,  1S54,  and  Betsey  y.,  born  April  i,  1856. 

Albert  S.  Wait  was  born  April  14,  182 1,  in  Chester,  Vt. 
He  studied  law  with  Hon.  Daniel  Kellogg,  in  the  village  of 
Saxton's  River;  was  admitted  to  the  bar  at  Newfane,  Vt.,  in 
April,  1846,  and  immediately  after  entered  upon  the  practice 
of  law  at  Alstead,  N.  II.  He  removed  to  Newport  in  May, 
1S57.  In  June,  1865,  he  received  the  honorary  degree  of  A.M. 
at  Dartmouth  college.  He  is  an  active  Free  Mason,  in  the  va- 
rious bodies  of  which  he  lias  lield  several  prominent  offices, 
and  is  now  (1S78)  Grand  Commander  of  the  Knights  Templars 
of  the  state.  He  was  a  delegate  to  the  Chicago  Democratic 
national  convention  in  1S64;  three  times  a  candidate  of  his 
party  for  representative  to  the  general  court,  and  twice  for  state 
senator;  l)ut  his  party  being  in  the  minority,  he  was  never 
elected.     [See  Literature.] 

Shepherd  L.  Bowers,  son  of  James  and  Nancy  (Symonds) 
Bowers,  was  born  at  Acworth,  Dec.  13,  1827.  He  continued  on 
the  farm  with  his  father  until  the  age  of  twenty  years,  when  he 


194  HISTORY   OF    NEWPORT. 

commenced  a  course  of  study.  Had  his  preparatory  training 
at  Kimball  Union  Academy,  in  this  state,  and  at  Thetford 
academy,  Vermont.  He  defrayed  his  own  expenses,  while  fit- 
ting for  college,  by  teaching,  in  which  he  was  engaged  at 
Fitchburg  and  Leominster,  Mass.,  and  the  high  school  in  his 
native  town.  He  entered  Dartmouth  college  in  1S53.  He 
soon,  however,  turned  his  attention  to  law,  and  studied  his 
profession  in  the  office  of  Hon.  Asa  Fowler,  of  Concord,  since 
judge  of  the  supreme  judicial  court.  He  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  in  1S56,  and  the  same  year  came  to  this  town  and  began 
the  jDractice  of  law,  in  which  he  has  since  continued.  He  was 
appointed  register  of  probate  for  Sullivan  county  in  1S61,  and 
held  the  office  until  1871.  He  was  a  representative  to  the  legis- 
lature in  1S65,  and  a  delegate  to  the  Republican  national  con- 
vention at  Baltimore  in  1S64.  He  was  reappointed  register 
of  probate  in  1S76,  which  office  he  still  holds.  He  was  one 
of  the  originators  of  the  board  of  education  for  the  Union  dis- 
trict, and  has  been  superintending  school  committee  for  the 
town  at  different  times. 

J.  C.  Crooker  had  a  law  office  in  town  for  a  number  of 
years,  beginning  about  1846.  He  was  for  a  while  a  preceptor 
in  the  academy  here  and  at  Unity.  He  went  to  the  West,  where 
he  has  since  been  in  the  practice  of  his  profession.  He  married, 
Dec.  13,  1848,  Sarah  B.  Slayton,  of  Woodstock,  Vt. 

George  S.  Barton,  son  of  Hon.  Cyrus  Barton,  the  founder 
of  the  A)-gus  and  Spectator^  graduated  at  Dartmouth  college 
in  1S51  ;  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1S53,  and  opened  an  office 
at  Burlington,  Iowa.  The  following  year  he  came  to  Newport, 
and  went  into  practice  with  the  Hon.  Edmund  Burke.  He  was 
clerk  of  the  New  Hampshire  senate  in  1S55  and  1S56,  and  died 
the  following  July,  aged  26  years.     [See  Literature.] 

William  F,  Newton,  son  of  Hubbard  Newton,  Esq.,  was 
born  at  Newport,  Nov.  23,  1S18.  Li  early  youth  he  learned  the 
trade  of  printing,  which  he  followed  for  a  few  years.  After  a 
preparatory  course,  he  entered  the  profession  of  law  in  his 
father's  office,  and  was  admitted  to  the  Sullivan  county  bar  in 
1S43,  where   he  has  since  been   engaged  in  practice.     He  has 


LAWYERS.  195 

held  tlie  office  of  clerk  of  the  courts  for  Sullivan  county  for 
several  years,  and  other  positions  of  trust.  In  connection  with 
his  other  business,  he  has  to  some  extent  enga<^cd  in  farming 
and  gardening,  and  as  a  cultivator  of  strawberries,  marketing  a 
hundred  bushels  or  more  in  a  single  year.  He  married,  March 
23,  1S76,  Julia,  daughter  of  David  McQiieston,  m.  d.,  of  Wash- 
ington, N.  II.,  who  was  born  April  22,  1S25. 

Brooks  K.  Webber,  son  of  Maximilian  J.  Webber,  studied 
law,  and,  after  being  admitted  to  the  bar,  opened  an  office  in 
this  town,  but  after  a  brief  practice  removed  to  Hillsborough, 
where  he  now  resides.  He  has  been  twice  a  representative 
from  that  town. 

W.  II.  II.  Allen  was  born  at  Winhall,  Bennington  county, 
Vt.,  December   10,   1S29.     At  the  age   of  sixteen   he  came   to 
Surry,  N.  H.,  where  he  spent  three  years  at  farm  work,  teach- 
ing, and  attending  school.     He  fitted   for  college  with  Joseph 
Perry,  Esq.,  of  Keene  ;  entered  Dartmouth  college   in   1S51  ; 
was  graduated  there    in   the  class   of  1S55  ;    taught   the   high 
school   at   Hopkinton,   Mass.,   one  year.      He   read   law   with 
Wheeler  &  Faulkner  and  F.  F.  Lane,  of  Keene,  and  Burke  & 
Wait,  in  this  town,  and  was  here  admitted  to  the  bar  in  Sep- 
tember, 1S5S.     He  was  appointed  clerk  of  the  courts  for  Sulli- 
van county  in  1S5S,  and  held  the  office  until  1S63,  when  he  was 
appointed  paymaster  in  the  U.  S.  army,  which  office  he  held 
until  the  close  of  the  war.     He  practised  law  here  until  March, 
1S6S,  when  he  removed  to  Claremont.     While  here,  he  was  a 
moderator  in  1S63,  and  again  in  1S66.     He  held  the  office  of 
judge  of  probate  from  1S67  to  July,  1S74;  was  appointed  regis- 
ter in  bankruptcy  in  1S67,  and  a  judge  of  the  supreme  court  of 
New  Hampshire  in  1S76,  a  position  he  still  holds.    He  is  presi- 
dent of  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  State  Normal  School.     He 
was  editor  of  the  Sullivan  Republican  so  long  as  it  existed,— 
from  January,  1S59,  to  the  spring  of  1S61,— when  it  was  sus- 
pended.    He  married  Ellen  E.Joslin,  of  Surry,  in   1S56.     She 
died    in    1S73,  and    the   following    year    he   married  Sallie  S. 
Sabin,  of  Claremont,  a  daughter  of  Dr.  John   Sabin,  of  Straf- 
ford, Vt. 


196  HISTORY   OF    NEWPORT. 

Ira  McL.  Barton,  son  of  Hon.  Levi  W.  Barton,  was 
born  in  Newport,  March  11,  1S40.  He  commenced  teaching 
at  the  age  of  seventeen,  and  taught  with  marked  success  in 
Newport,  Claremont,  and  Alstead  ;  was  fitted  for  college  at 
Kimball  Union  Academy,  and  entered  Dartmouth  college  in 
1S58,  but,  without  graduating,  began  the  study  of  law  in  the 
office  of  his  father,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1S63.  On 
the  breaking  out  of  the  Rebellion,  he  raised  a  company  of  three 
months  volunteers  ;  was  appointed  captain,  receiving  one  of 
the  first  commissions  issued,  and  served  under  Col.  Tappan. 
At  the  expiration  of  his  term,  he  recruited  another  company, 
and  joined  the  Fifth  New  Hampshire  Regiment,  known  as  the 
"Fighting  Fifth,"  under  Col.  Cross,  in  which  he  was  commis- 
sioned captain  ;  served  under  Gen.  McClellan,  in  the  peninsula 
campaign  ;  was  at  the  battle  of  Fair  Oaks,  the  Seven  Days' 
Fight,  and  the  retreat  to  Harrison's  Landing.  He  resigned  on 
account  of  ill-health.  When  able  to  enter  the  service  again,  he 
was  commissioned  captain  of  Company  B,  Heavy  Artillery, 
and  was  stationed  at  Fort  Constitution,  Portsmouth  harbor,  and 
subsequently  at  Fort  Foot,  near  Washington.  In  the  summer 
of  1864  he  organized  a  regiment  of  heavy  artillery,  of  which 
he  was  commissioned  lieutenant-colonel,  and,  being  put  in  com- 
mand, was  stationed  at  Fort  Sumner,  where  he  remained  till  the 
close  of  the  war  ;  soon  after  which,  he  received  the  appointment 
of  second  lieutenant  in  the  regular  army,  and  was  stationed  at 
Pine  Bluft',  Ark.  ;  was  promoted  to  first  lieutenant.  At  the  end 
of  two  years  he  resigned  his  commission.  He  was  appointed 
district  attorney  for  the  tenth  district  of  Arkansas,  and  after- 
wards judge  of  the  criminal  court  for  the  county  of  Jefferson  in 
that  state.  He  was  part  owner  of  the  Jefferson  Republicatt^  a 
weekly  paper  published  at  Pine  Bluff",  and  for  a  short  time  its 
chief  editor.  He  returned  from  Arkansas  in  December,  1875, 
and  became  law  partner  with  his  fiither,  where  he  continued 
until  his  death,  which  occurred  Jan.  19,  1S76.  He  married,  in 
1861,  Helen  M.  Wilcox,  of  Newport ;  his  second  wife  was 
Addie  L.  Barton,  of  Ludlow,  Vt. 

George  R.  Brown,  son  of  Aaron  andEadey  (Watts)  Brown, 
was  born  March  4,  1838,  at  Acworth.      After  a  preparatory 


LAWYERS.  197 

course,  he  entered  Tufts  college,  where  he  graduated  in  1866. 
He  studied  law  with  the  Hon.  Edmund  Burke,  and  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  in  June,  1S6S,  and  commenced  practice  here.  He 
was  apj)ointcd  register  of  probate  in  1871,  and  held  the  office 
until  1S76.  He  has  been  a  superintending  school  committee  in 
this  town  several  times,  and  was  one  of  the  committee  to  or- 
ganize the  Union  school  district.  He  has  been  a  precejjtor  in 
the  academy  here  and  at  Walpole. 

Arthur  C.  Bradley,  son  of  Jonathan  D.  Bradley,  and  grand- 
son of  Hon.  William  C.  Bradley,  an  eminent  lawyer  of  West- 
minster, Vt.,  is  a  man  of  scholarly  attainments.  He  was  grad- 
uated from  Amherst  college  at  the  age  of  twenty,  and  after- 
wards from  Columbia  Law  School,  in  New  York  city.  He 
devoted  one  year  to  the  especial  study  of  patent  lav>^,  in  the 
office  of  a  distinguished  attorney  in  New  York  ;  after  which  he 
came  to  this  town,  was  admitted  to  the  Sullivan  county  bar, 
entered  into  partnership  with  Hon.  Edmund  Burke,  and  here 
commenced  the  practice  of  his  profession.  He  now  resides  in 
the  city  of  New  York. 

Nathan  E.  Reed,  son  of  Jonathan  E.  and  Deborah  R. 
(Hunt)  Reed,  was  born  in  Burlington,  Mass.,  the  22d  day  of 
April,  184S.  In  the  spring  of  1S53,  his  father  removed  to 
Charlestown,  N.  H.,  where  they  remained  one  year,  when 
they  came  to  Newport,  and  settled  on  Fike  hill.  At  seven- 
teen years  of  age  he  commenced  his  studies,  which  he 
pursued  at  the  academies  of  New  London  and  Claremont. 
At  the  end  of  three  years  he  went  to  Boston,  and  entered 
the  store  of  Messrs.  Stone,  Richardson  &  Parker,  as  clerk. 
At  the  end  of  six  months  he  became  a  travelling  salesman 
through  New  Hampshire,  and  remained  in  that  position 
until  March  15,  1870,  when  he  went  to  Laporte  City,  Iowa, 
and  went  into  the  lumber  trade,  establishing  the  first  lumber- 
yard in  that  place.  In  1S72,  in  connection  with  a  partner,  he 
built  an  elevator,  and  commenced  buying  and  shipping  grain, 
in  which  business  he  continued  until  the  great  Chicago  fire. 
He  had  been  for  several  years,  at  his  leisure  hours,  studying 
law,  and  in  the  fall  of  1873  entered  the  office  of  George  Bishop, 


198  HISTORY   OF    NEWPORT. 

of  Laporte  City,  as  a  student,  where  he  continued  until  Nov. 
iS,  1873,  when  he  was  by  the  circuit  court  of  Bh\ck  Hawk 
county,  Iowa,  admitted  to  practice.  In  AjDril  following  he 
opened  an  office  in  this  town,  and  in  March  of  the  following 
year  he  became  the  law  partner  of  Hon.  Edmund  Burke,  with 
whom  he  remained  one  year,  when  the}'  dissolved  their  con- 
nection in  business,  and  Mr.  Reed  opened  an  office  by  himself, 
and  has  since  continued  in  the  practice  of  his  profession.  He 
married,  Feb.  34,  1870,  Stella  M.  Slader,  daughter  of  Samuel 
L.  Slader,  Esq.,  of  Acworth  ;  child,  Lezvis  EUsv:o7-th^  born 
Nov.  II,  1872,  at  Laporte  City,  Iowa. 

[Mason  W.  Tappan,  of  Bradford,  and  William  P.  Wheeler,  of 
Keene, — the  former  a  native,  and  the  latter  a  former  resident  of 
this  town, — though  residing  in  other  towns,  have  been  in  con- 
stant practice  here  during  their  whole  professional  lives,  and 
hence  we  include  them  in  this  chapter.] 

Mason  W.  Tappan,  son  of  Weare  Tappan,  Esq.,  was 
born  at  Newport,  October  20,  1S17,  and  at  an  early  age 
removed  with  his  father's  family  to  Bradford,  where  he 
has  since  resided.  He  fitted  for  college,  but,  without  graduat- 
ing, studied  law  with  his  father  and  Hon.  George  W.  Nesmith, 
since  judge  of  the  supreme  judicial  court,  and  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  in  1841.  He  commenced  business  as  law  partner  with 
his  father  at  Bradford,  where  he  soon  had  an  extensive  and  va- 
ried practice,  extending  not  only  into  Merrimack,  but  other  coun- 
ties of  the  state.  He  has  also  had  an  office  at  Concord,  where, 
in  connection  with  other  partners,  he  has  for  many  years  been 
doing  a  leading  business.  As  a  lawyer,  he  has  long  enjoyed  a 
high  rank  in  his  profession,  both  as  a  counsellor  and  an  advo- 
cate. He  has  been  in  constant  practice  at  the  bar  in  this  town. 
In  T^lV'  1876,  he  was  appointed  attorney-general  of  the  state, 
which  office  he  now  (1S7S)  still  holds. 

He  was  elected  to  the  legislature,  from  Bradford,  in  1853, 
'54.  and  '5^,  and  was  a  prominent  member  of  the  house.  He 
was  a  candidate  for  speaker  of  the  house  in  1854,  and  came 
within  two  votes  of  an  election,  so  great  was  his  popularity, 
notwithstanding  the   party  to  which    he  was  opposed  had  a 


LAW  VERS.  199 

majority  of  about  twenty  in  the  house.  He  was  elected  a  mem- 
ber of  congress  in  1S55,  '*'^'^'  ^^'^^  reelected  in  1S57  and  again  in 
1S59,  serving  in  all  six  years.  In  the  34th  and  35th  congresses, 
he  served  on  the  judiciary  committee ;  and  in  the  36th  was 
chairman  of  the  committee  on  claims.  In  the  36th  congress, 
in  the  winter  of  1S60-61,  he  was  upon  the  celebrated  committee 
of  thirtj'-three — one  from  each  state — to  whom  was  referred  so 
much  of  the  president's  annual  message  as  related  to  the  then 
disturbed  state  of  the  country.  While  in  congress  he  was  a 
prominent  and  active  worker. 

On  the  call  of  President  Lincoln  for  volunteers  for  three 
months,  for  the  suppression  of  the  rebellion,  Mr.  TapjDan  was 
one  of  the  first  men  in  the  state  to  enlist,  and  when  the  ist  Res:- 
iment  was  organized  he  was  appointed  its  colonel.  This  regi- 
ment was  mustered  into  service  on  the  istof  May,  1861,  and  on 
the  25th  of  the  same  month  started  for  the  seat  of  war.  This 
being  the  first  regiment  from  the  state,  it  was  cheered  by  con- 
tinued ovations  all  along  its  route.  At  New  York  they  were 
presented,  by  the  sons  of  New  Hampshire  in  that  city,  with 
a  beautiful  flag.  The  regiment,  though  never  engaged  in  actual 
battle,  rendered  important  service  to  the  Union  cause  by  its 
promptness  at  the  seat  of  war,  and  its  readiness  for  any  duty. 
When  Col.  Whipple  resigned  the  command  of  the  4th  Regi- 
ment, his  place  was  oflered  to  Col.  Tappan  ;  but  he  declined, 
assigning  as  a  reason  that  it  would  l)c  luijust  to  Lieut-Col.  Bell 
and  other  officers  of  the  regiment. 

]Mr.  Tappan  has  always  taken  a  deep  interest  in  the  political 
and  other  material  interests  of  the  state.  He  was  an  earnest 
advocate  of  the  Concord  &.  Claremont  Railroad,  and  holds  in 
high  regard  his  native  town. 

William  Plummer  Wheeler,  son  of  Col.  Nathaniel  and 
Iluldah  (Whipple)  Wheeler,  was  born  in  Croydon,  July  25, 
1S12.  He  spent  most  of  his  youth  and  a  part  of  his  early  man- 
hood in  this  town,  engaged  in  the  harness  business.  He  how- 
ever became  convinced  that  the  law  was  a  more  congenial  call- 
ing, and,  in  accordance  with  this  idea,  sold  out  his  business, 
and  from  that  time  forward  devoted  his  time  whoUv  to  fittinsr 
himself  for  that  profession.     He  had  his  preliminary  literary 


200  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

training  at  Kimball  Union  Academy,  where  he  spent  three 
years,  after  which  he  turned  his  attention  to  the  study  of  the 
law,  which  he  pursued  at  Keene,  at  Harvard  University, — the 
law  department  of  which  was  then  under  the  charge  of  Judge 
Story,  of  the  United  States  court, — and  in  Boston,  at  which 
place  he  also  had  a  brief  practice.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
in  1S42,  and  opened  an  office  at  Keene,  where  he  had  a  wide 
practice,  and  where  he  was  actively  engaged  in  his  profession 
until  his  death,  which  occurred  in  May,  1S76.  He  was  a  solic- 
itor for  Cheshire  county  ten  years,  and  in  1S51  was  appointed 
a  justice  of  the  court  of  common  pleas,  which  position  he  de- 
clined, preferring  to  continue  in  the  practice  of  his  profes- 
sion. He  was  several  times  afterwards  tendered  a  seat  upon 
the  bench  of  the  supreme  court  of  the  state.  In  1S55,  and  again 
in  18^7,  he  was  a  candidate  for  congress  in  the  3d  district.  He 
was  a  trustee  of  the  State  Reform  School,  and  also  of  the  State 
Agricultural  College,  in  which  latter  institution  he  took  a  deep 
interest.  He  was  instrumental  in  locating  it  at  Hanover,  in 
connection  with  Dartmouth  college,  and  in  obtaining  liberal 
bequests  in  its  favor, — particularly  that  of  ISIr.  Culver,  whose 
donation  built  Culver  hall,  one  of  the  finest  educational  struct- 
ures in  New  England.  He  was  president  of  the  Keene  Sav- 
ings Bank,  an  important  institution,  at  the  time  of  his  death. 
He  was  prominent  among  those  who  organized  the  Episcopal 
church  at  Keene,  and  was  always  an  active  and  liberal  promoter 
of  its  interests  while  he  lived.  He  received  the  degree  of  ll.  d. 
at  Harvard  university  in  1S43,  and  that  of  A.  m.  at  Dartmouth 
college,  in  1S50.  He  married,  Nov.  19,  1849,  Sarah  D.  Moul- 
ton,  of  Randolph,  Vt.,  born  March  4,  1825.  Children, — Alice^ 
born  Dec.  5,  1S53  ;  ^^^illi<i^fi  G'l  born  March  8,  1S57,  now  a 
banker  at  St.  Paul,  Minn. 

The  following  resolution.  jDresented  by  Hon.  Edward  L. 
Cushing,  recently  cliief-justice  of  the  supreme  court  of  New 
Hampshire,  was  passed  by  the  Cheshire  county  bar  on  the  third 
Tuesday  of  October,  1S76: 

'■'•  Resolved  by  this  bar,  that  by  the  death  of  William  P. 
Wheeler,  Esq.,  the  profession  has  lost  an  illustrious  ornament, 
the  state  a  useful  and  eminent  citizen,  and  the  country  a  w^ise 
and  patriotic  Christian  man." 


LAWYERS.  201 

During  the  obsequies  all  places  of  business  in  the  city  were 
closed,  and  every  mark  of  respect  and  reverence  shown. 

The  following  are  among  those  natives  or  former  residents 
of  this  town  who  have  turned  their  attention  to  the  law,  and 
have  practised  in  other  places.  Some  of  them  have  been  emi- 
nent in  their  profession.  An  account  of  them  will  be  found  in 
the  Genealogy  :  Ebenezer  Allen,  at  Austin,  Texas  ;  Daniel  J, 
Atwood,  at  Boston,  Mass. ;  Horatio  Buell,  at  Glens  Falls,  N. 
Y. ;  William  Breck,  at  Rochester,  N.  Y. ;  James  Breck,  Jr.,  at 
Chicago,  111.  ;  William  Franklin  Bascom,  at  Orwell,  Vt. ;  Tul- 
ly  Bascom,  in  Oliio  ;  Jonas  Cutting,  a  supreme  judge  in  Augus- 
ta, Me. ;  James  Corbin,  at  Santa  FcS  Texas  ;  Rufus  Claggett, 
at  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  ;  Charles  H.  Chapin,  at  St.  Louis,  Mo. ; 
William  J.  Forsaith,  at  Boston,  Mass. ;  Horatio  Hale,  at  Phil- 
adelphia, Penn. ;  William  G.  Hale,  at  New  Orleans,  La. ;  Sol- 
omon Heath,  at  Belfast,  Me. ;  Elijah  D.  Hastings,  at  St.  Louis, 
Mo. ;  Henry  H.  Metcalf,  at  Littleton,  N.  H. ;  David  Fletcher 
Huntoon,  at  Grand  Haven,  Mich.  ;  Erastus  Newton,  at  Lock- 
port,  N.  Y. ;  Ira  B.  Person,  at  New  York  city  ;  Simeon  Wheel- 
er, Jr.,  at  Portsmouth,  Va. ;  Charles  H.  Woods,  at  Minneapo- 
lis, Minn. 


14 


CHAPTEE  XXYII 


POLITICAL— TOWN   OFFICERS— JUSTICES   OF   THE  PEACE. 

OFFICERS. 

MODERATORS   FROM    1 769. 


1769. 

Benjamin  Giles. 

1798. 

Aaron  Buell. 

1770. 

Ebenezer  Merritt. 

1799. 

t  (        «( 

I77I. 

4i                               it 

1800. 

Christopher  Newt 

1772. 

Robert  Lane. 

1801. 

<i    i                                              .  . 

^lll,- 

( t         ti. 

1802. 

(<                                              li 

1774- 

1.1.         0 

1803. 

Phineas  Chapin. 

1775- 

«(         (« 

1804. 

«(            (« 

1776. 

Aaron  Buell. 

1805. 

((            ( ( 

1777. 

i(.         t( 

1806. 

11            (< 

1778. 

(1         (( 

1807. 

(1            (i 

1779. 

£(                    (( 

1S08. 

((            (1 

1880. 

(  (                    (  t 

1809. 

Hubbard  Newton 

1781. 

Benjamin  Giles. 

1810. 

William  Cheney. 

1782. 

Aaron  Buell. 

1811. 

Hubbard  Newton 

1783- 

((                   4( 

1812. 

William  Cheney. 

1784. 

Christopher  Newton. 

1813. 

( (             ( t 

1785. 

('               >( 

1814. 

Hubbard  Newton 

1786. 

Aaron  Buell. 

1815. 

((              (( 

1787. 

Christopher  Newton. 

1816. 

William  Cheney. 

1788. 

4fc                                    c( 

1817. 

(i             it 

1789. 

((                       t( 

1818. 

(.i             i< 

1790. 

((                       ( < 

1819. 

it             tt 

1791. 

Jesse  Lane. 

1820. 

Hubbard  Newton 

1792. 

Aaron  Buell. 

1821. 

(  t                                (4 

1793- 

t  (                  (( 

1822. 

(  t                                 <  t 

1794. 

6<                     (4 

1S23. 

William  Cheney. 

1795- 

(C                     (( 

1824. 

(t            (t 

1796. 

((                i( 

1825. 

t(             ti 

1797- 

((                (( 

1826. 

Oliver  Jenckes. 

t827. 
[828. 
[829. 
1830. 
1831. 
[832. 

'833- 
[834. 

'835- 
1836. 

■837. 
[838. 
[839. 
[840. 
[841. 
[842. 

[843. 
1844. 

[845. 
1846. 

[847. 
1848. 

[849. 
[850. 
[851. 

?52. 

'853- 


1769. 
1770. 
I77I. 
1772. 

^773- 
^77  A- 

^77S- 
1776. 
1777. 
1778. 
1779. 
1780. 
1781. 
1782. 


Oliver  Jenckes. 


Austin  Corbin. 


Josiah  Stevens,  Jr. 

It  n 

ii  it 

a  It 


Bela  Nettleton. 
Edward  Wyman. 

Bela  Nettleton, 


Edward  Wyman. 


Bela  Nettleton. 


OFFICERS. 

1854. 

Edward  Wyman. 

1S55. 

i  i                         44 

1856. 

Benjamin  F.  Sawyer. 

1857. 

>(                  it 

1858. 

Paul  J.  Wheeler. 

1859. 

it               1 1 

i860. 

it               It 

1861. 

ii               it 

1862. 

it               it 

1863. 

William  H.  H.  Allen 

1864. 

Francis  Boardman. 

1865. 

it             it 

1866. 

William  H.  H.  Allen 

1867. 

Eleazer  C.  Converse. 

1868. 

George  W.  Nourse. 

1S69. 

'I                 ti 

1870. 

it                 t( 

1871. 

it                               <c 

1S72. 

tt                     it 

1873. 

Paul  S.  Adams. 

1874. 

Rufus  P.  Claggett. 

1875. 

Eleazer  C.  Converse. 

1876. 

Edward  A.  Jenks, 

Eleazer  C.  Converse. 

1877. 

Levi  W.  Barton, 

1878. 

Eleazer  C.  Converse. 

203 


TOWN  CLERKS   FROM    1 769. 


Amos  Hall. 

Jesse  Wilcox, 

it  it 

Josiah  Stevens, 


1783.  John  Lane, 

1784.  Josiah  Stevens. 

1785.  "  " 
17S6.  John  Lane. 
1787. 

1788.  Josiah  Stevens. 

1789.  John  Lane, 

1790.  Aaron  Mack. 

1791.  "    *' 
1792. 

1793- 
1794. 
1795- 
1796. 


Josiah  Stevens, 


Samuel  Church. 

Elias  .Metcalf,  declined. 


204 


HISTORY   OF   NEWPORT. 


1796.  Josiah 

Stevens. 

1839.  Benj.  B.  Cushing. 

1797.       " 

6i 

1840.  John  Towne. 

1798.  Joseph 

Bascom. 

1841.  Parker  N.  Newell. 

1799.  Jesse  Wilcox,  Jr. 

1842.  Sawyer  Belknap. 

1800. 

1843. 

1801. 

1844.         " 

1S02.       '^ 

1845.  Parker  N.  Newell. 

1803. 

1846.       " 

1804. 

1847.  Dexter  Richards. 

1805. 

1848. 

1S06. 

1849.  John  H.  Higbee. 

1807. 

1850. 

1808.       " 

1851.  Sawyer  Belknap. 

1809. 

1852. 

1810. 

1853.  Frederick  W.  Lewis. 

181 1.  Arnold  Ellis. 

1854.  Calvin  Wilcox. 

1812.  Joseph 

Bascom. 

1855. 

1813.  John  B 

.  McGregor. 

1856.  William  Nourse. 

1814.  Erastus  Baldwin. 

1857. 

1815. 

1858.  Thomas  A.  Twitchell. 

1816. 

1859.  George  Herrick. 

1817. 

i860.        " 

1818. 

1 861.  Eleazer  C.  Converse. 

1819. 

1862. 

1820.         " 

1863.  George  W.  Nourse. 

1S21. 

1864. 

1822. 

1865.  Benjamin  Wadleigh. 

1823.  James  D.  Walcott. 

1866.  John  Towne. 

1824. 

ti 

1867.     " 

1825. 

n 

1868.  Ira  P.  George. 

1826.       " 

<( 

1869.     " 

1827. 

<( 

1869.  Carleton  Hard,  appointed  to 

1828.  Ira  Person. 

fill  vacancy. 

1829.     " 

1870.  Henry  P.  Coffin. 

1830.     " 

1871. 

1831.     " 

1872.  Elbridge  Bradford. 

1832.     " 

1873.  George  C.  Edes. 

1833.     " 

1874. 

1834.     "         ' 

1875.  Arthur  B.  Chase. 

1835.  Nathaniel  B.  Cutting. 

1876. 

1836. 

( t 

1877. 

1837.  Jonathan  W.  Clement. 

1878.  Frank  P.  Meserve. 

1838.           " 

(( 

OFFICERS. 


205 


REPRESENTATIVES  FROM  NE^VPORT   FROM    1 793. 

Previous  to  1793  Newport  was  classed  with  Acworth,  Unity, 
L<empster,  Croydon,  and  Sunapee  in  the  choice  of  Representa- 
tives. The  meetings  were  held  in  Unity.  Benjamin  Giles  was 
chosen  in  1775  and  1776. 


1793- 

Jesse  Lane. 

183 1. 

Moses  P.  Durkee. 

1794. 

Uriah  Wilco.x. 

Benj.  B.  French. 

1795- 

1S32. 

44                                 4( 

1796. 

^^                   (( 

Austin  Corbin. 

1797. 

Jesse  Lane. 

1833- 

Benj.  B.  French, 

1798. 

a              (4 

Seth  Richards. 

1799. 

Uriah  Wilcox. 

1834. 

Josiah  Stevens,  Jr. 

iSoo. 

Phineas  Chapin. 

Amasa  Edes. 

i8or. 

Uriah  Wilcox. 

1S35. 

1S02. 

Phineas  Chapin. 

1803. 

Uriah  Wilcox. 

1836. 

Josiah  Stevens,  Jr., 

1804. 

44                             4  4 

James  Breck. 

1805. 

Phineas  Chapin. 

1837. 

Josiah  Stevens,  Jr., 

1S06. 

Uriah  Wilcox. 

Jeremiah  D.  Nettleton. 

1807. 

Jesse  Wilcox,  Jr. 

1838. 

Josiah  Stevens,  Jr., 

1 80S. 

44          (4 

Alvin  Hatch. 

1809. 

it                a 

1S39. 

Jeremiah  D.  Nettleton, 

1810. 

44                 44 

John  B.  Stowell. 

1811. 

Josiah  Wakefield. 

1840. 

Albin  Hatch, 

1812. 

Peter  Stow. 

Josiah  Forsaitli. 

1813. 

*  (                a 

1841. 

Zina  Goldthwaite. 

1814. 

Hubbard  Newton. 

1842. 

Zina  Goldthwaite, 

1815. 

44              44 

Amos  Little. 

1816. 

William  Cheney. 

1843. 

Amos  Little, 

1817. 

44            44 

Silas  iMetcalf. 

1818. 

Uriah  Wilcox. 

1844. 

Silas  iMetcalf. 

1S19. 

William  Cheney. 

Nathan  Mudget. 

1820. 

Uriah  Wilcox. 

1845. 

James  Hall. 

1S21. 

i(           It 

Bela  Netdeton. 

1822. 

James  Breck. 

1S46. 

James  Hall, 

1823. 

David  Allen. 

Nathan  White. 

1824. 

William  Cheney. 

1847. 

Nathan  White, 

1825. 

4  i                         t  • 

Stephen  Parker. 

1826. 

Djivid  Allen. 

1848. 

Nathaniel  C.  Todd, 

1S27. 

William  Cheney. 

Edward  Wyman. 

1828. 

Oliver  Jenckes. 

1S49. 

Nathaniel  C.  Todd, 

1829. 

t »                  a 

Dcivid  Allen. 

1830. 

IMoses  P.  Durkee. 

1S50. 

David  Allen, 

206 


HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 


1850.  Nathan  Mudget. 

1851.  Bela  Nettleton, 
Edmund  Wheeler. 

1852.  Edmund  Wheeler, 
Ralph  Metcalf. 

1853.  Ralph  Metcalf, 
Henry  G.  Carleton. 

1854.  Mason  Hatch, 
Benj.  F.  Sawyer. 

1855.  Mason  Hatch, 
Benj.  F.  Sawyer. 

1856.  John  Trask, 
Jabez  Thompson. 

1857.  John  Trask, 
Thomas  Sanborn. 

1858.  Thomas  Sanborn, 
John  H.  Hunton. 

1859.  Paul  J.  Wheeler, 
John  H.  Hunton. 

i860.  Paul  J.  Wheeler, 
Samuel  H.  Edes. 

1861.  Paul  J.  Wheeler, 
William  Nourse. 

1862.  Paul  J.  Wheeler, 
William  Nourse. 

1863.  Levi  W.  Barton, 
Calvin  Wilcox. 

1864.  Levi  W.  Barton, 
Calvin  Wilcox. 

1865.  Dexter  Richards, 


1865.  Shepherd  L.  Bowers. 

1866.  Dexter  Richards, 
Himan  A.  Averill. 

1867.  Himan  A.  Averhill, 
Charles  Emerson. 

1868.  Benj.  F.  Sawyer, 
John  Cooper. 

1869.  Benj.  F.  Sawyer, 
John  Cooper. 

1870.  Dexter  Richards, 
Orren  Osgood. 

1871.  Orren  Osgood, 
Ezra  T.  Sibley. 

1872.  Ezra  T.  Sibley, 
Perley  S.  Coffin. 

1873.  Perley  S.  Coffin, 
Eleazer  C.  Converse. 

1874.  Voted  not  to  send. 

1875.  Eben  L.  Rowell, 
Halsey  C.  Leavitt, 
Levi  W.  Barton. 

1876.  Eben  L.  Rowell, 
Alexander  V.  Hitchcock, 
Levi  W.  Barton. 

1877.  Alexander  V.  Hitchcock, 
Levi  W.  Barton, 
George  H.  Fairbanks. 

1878.  Himan  A.  Averill, 
George  F.  Whitney,  2d, 
Jeremiah  S.  Elkins. 

the  convention  that  form- 


Uriah  Wilcox  was  the  delegate  to 
ed  the  present  state  constitution. 

Bela  Nettleton  and  Nathan  Mudget  were  delegates  to  the 
convention  called  to  revise  the  state  constitution  in  1S50. 

Dexter  Richards,  Levi  W.  Barton,  and  John  B.  Cooper  were 
delegates  to  the  constitutional  convention  in  1876. 

Nathan  Mudget  and  Dexter  Richards  have  been  councillors. 

Uriah  Wilcox,  David  Allen,  Austin  Corbin,  Jeremiah  D. 
Nettleton,  and  Levi  W.  Barton  have  been  senators. 

The  following  are  a  few  of  the  natives  and  former  residents 
of  Newport  who  have  represented  other  towns  in  legislatures. 
Others  will  be  found  in  the  Genealogy  : 


OFFICERS. 


207 


Sam'I  C.  Baldwin,  Plymouth,  Mass.  Samuel  M.  Wheeler,  Dover,  N.  H., 

Geo.  Diistin,  Peterborough,  N.  H.       speaker  of  the  house. 

Moses  R.Emerson,Claremont,  N.H.  Simeon  Wheeler,  Jr.,  Norfolk,  Va. 

Ch's  H.  Fletcher,  Blackstone,  Mass.  Francis  White,  Vt. 

Joel  McGregor,  Whitefield,  N.  H.   George  E.  Jenks,  Concord,  N.  H., 

Daniel  Nettleton,  Wilmot,  N.  H.         1873. 

Josiah  Stevens,  Jr.,  Concord,  N.  H.  Luther  J.  Fletcher,  Lowell,  Mass. 

Mason  W.  Tappan,  Bradford,  N.  H. 

Ralph  .Metcalf,  Governor  of  New  Hampshire. 

Simon  Brown,  Lieutenant  Governor  of  Massachusetts. 

Edwin  O.  Stanard,  Lieutenant  Governor  of  Missouri. 

Edmund  Burke,  Member  of  Congress. 

Mason  W.  Tappan, 

Edwin  O.  Stanard,  " 


1769. 


1770. 


1771- 


1772. 


^77Z- 


^77  A- 


^77S- 


1776. 


^777- 


SELECTMEN 

Samuel  Hurd, 

1778. 

Aaron  Buell, 

Jesse  Wilcox, 

Samuel  Hurd, 

Amos  Hall. 

Uriah  Wilcox. 

Jesse  Wilcox, 

1779. 

Benjamin  Giles, 

Ezra  Parmelee, 

Aaron  Buell, 

Jesse  Lane. 

Ezra  Parmelee. 

Robert  Lane, 

1780. 

Benjamin  Giles, 

Jesse  Wilcox, 

Elias  Bascom, 

Samuel  Hurd. 

Samuel  Hurd. 

Benjamin  Giles, 

I78I. 

Aaron  Buell, 

Jesse  Wilcox, 

Elias  Bascom, 

Amos  Hall. 

Ezra  Parmelee. 

Aaron  Buell, 

1782. 

Aaron  Buell. 

Jesse  Wilcox, 

Elias  Bascom, 

Samuel  Hurd. 

Uriah  Wilcox. 

Josiah  Stevens, 

1783. 

Jesse  Lane, 

Samuel  Hurd, 

Jedediah  Reynolds, 

Jesse  Wilcox. 

Phineas  Chapin. 

Josiah  Stevens, 

I7S4. 

Jedediah  Reynolds, 

Aaron  Buell, 

Christopher  Newton, 

Jesse  Lane. 

Uriah  Wilcox. 

Josiah  Stevens, 

1785. 

Jedediah  Reynolds, 

Aaron  Buell, 

Christopher  Newton, 

Samuel  Hurd. 

John  Lane. 

Jesse  Lane, 

1786. 

Aaron  Buell, 

Jedediah  Reynolds, 

Samuel  Church, 

Ezra  Parmelee. 

Jesse  Lane. 

208 


HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 


1787.  Jedediah  Reynolds, 
Ezra  Parmelee, 
Stephen  Parry. 

1788.  Jesse  Lane, 
Samuel  Hurd, 
Uriah  Wilcox. 

1789.  Jesse  Lane, 
Uriah  Wilcox, 
Samuel  Church. 

1790.  Uriah  Wilcox, 
Jesse  Wilcox, 
Thomas  Warner. 

1 79 1.  Uriah  Wilcox, 
Jesse  Lane, 
Jeremiah  Jenks. 

1792.  Uriah  Wilcox, 
Elias  Metcalf, 
Matthew  Buell,  Jr. 

1793.  Jesse  Lane, 
Samuel  Church, 
Elias  Metcalf. 

1794.  Uriah  Wilcox, 
Matthew  Buell,  Jr., 
Reuben  Bascom. 

1795.  Uriah  Wilcox, 
Phineas  Chapin,    . 
Elias  Metcalf. 

1796.  James  Corbin, 
Reuben  Bascom, 
Elias  Metcalf. 

1797.  Uriah  Wilcox, 
Reuben  Bascom, 
Elias  Metcalf. 

1798.  Samuel  Church, 
Phineas  Chapin, 
Elias  Metcalf. 

1799.  Samuel  Church, 
Phineas  Chapin, 
Joseph  Bascom. 

1800.  Samuel  Church, 
Phineas  Chapin, 
Jeremiah  Nettleton. 

1801.  Samuel  Church, 


1 801.  Phineas  Chapin, 
Josiah  Stevens. 

1802.  Samuel  Church, 
Phineas  Chapin, 
Jesse  Wilcox,  Jr. 

1803.  Jesse  Wilcox,  Jr., 
Joseph  Bascom, 
Stephen  Hurd. 

1804.  Jesse  Wilcox,  Jr., 
Phineas  Chapin, 
Josiah  W^akefield. 

1805.  Jesse  Wilcox,  Jr., 
Reuben  Bascom, 
Moses  P.  Durkee. 

1806.  Moses  P.  Durkee, 
Reuben  Bascom, 
Joseph  Bascom. 

1807.  Josiah  Wakefield, 
Joseph  Bascom, 
Reuben  Bascom. 

1808.  Jesse  Wilcox,  Jr., 
Phineas  Chapin, 
David  Allen. 

1809.  Samuel  Church, 
Phineas  Chapin, 
Jesse  Wilcox. 

1810.  Samuel  Church, 
William  Cheney, 
Phineas  Chapin. 

181 1.  Samuel  Church, 
Josiah  Wakefield, 
Moses  P.  Durkee. 

1812.  William  Cheney, 
Caleb  Heath, 
Peter  Stow. 

1813.  Peter  Stow, 
Caleb  Heath, 
Arphaxad  Whittlesey. 

1814.  Peter  Stow, 
Oliver  Jenckes, 
William  McAllaster. 

1815.  Oliver  Jenckes, 
Josiah  Wakefield, 


OFFICERS. 

I8I5. 

Erastus  Baldwin. 

1830. 

i8i6. 

William  Cheney, 
Josiah  Wakefield, 

Oliver  Jenckes. 

1831. 

1817. 

William  Cheney, 
Josiah  Wakefield, 

James  D.  Walcott. 

1832. 

1818. 

William  Cheney, 
James  D.  Walcott, 

James  Breck. 

1833- 

1819. 

William  Cheney, 
James  D.  Walcott, 

James  Breck. 

1834- 

1820. 

James  Breck, 
David  Allen, 

Oliver  Jenckes. 

1835- 

1821. 

James  Breck, 
David  Allen. 

Oliver  Jenckes. 

1836. 

1822. 

James  Breck, 
David  Allen, 

Oliver  Jenckes. 

1837- 

1823. 

Oliver  Jenckes, 
James  D.  Walcott, 

Austin  Corbin. 

1838. 

1824. 

Oliver  Jenckes, 
James  D.  Walcott, 

Moses  P.  Durkee. 

1839. 

1825. 

Oliver  Jenckes, 
James  D.  Walcott, 

David  Allen. 

1840. 

1826. 

James  D.  Walcott, 
Israel  Kelley, 

Samuel  Hurd. 

1S41. 

1827. 

Oliver  Jenckes, 
James  D.  Walcott, 

David  Allen. 

1842. 

1828. 

James  Breck, 
Joseph  Farnsworth, 

Henry  Kelsey. 

1843. 

1829. 

James  Breck, 
Joseph  Farnsworth, 

Henry  Kelsey. 

1S44. 

209 


David  Allen, 
Austin  Corbin, 
Seth  Richards. 
David  Allen, 
Austin  Corbin, 
Seth  Richards. 
Seth  Richards, 
Silas  Wakefield, 
Jeremiah  D.  Nettleton. 
Silas  Wakefield, 
Jeremiah  D.  Nettleton, 
Seth  Richards. 
Jeremiah  D.  Nettleton. 
Henry  Kelsey, 
Samuel  F.  Chellis. 
Alvin  Hatch, 
Edward  Wyman, 
Charles  Corbin. 
Alvin  Hatch, 
Edward  Wyman, 
Charles  Corbin. 
Josiah  Stevens,  Jr., 
John  B.  Stowell, 
Parmenas  Whitcom.b. 
John  B.  Stowell, 
Parmenas  Whitcomb, 
Silas  Metcalf. 
Silas  Metcalf, 
Amos  Little, 
Jonathan  M.  Wilmarth. 
Eli  Tvvitchell, 
Zina  Goldlhwaite, 
Jonathan  Cutting. 
Nathan  Mudget, 
Jonathan  M.  Wilmarth, 
Jonathan  Cutting. 
Bela  Nettleton, 
Nathan  Mudget, 
Alexander  Metcalf. 
Nathan  White, 
Joseph  S.  Hoyt, 
James  Hall. 
John  B.  Stowell, 


210 


HISTORY   OF   NEWPORT. 


1S44.  Jeremiah  D.  Nettleton,  1859. 

Nathaniel  O.  Pas:e. 

1845.  Jeremiah  D.  Nettleton, 
Edward  Wyman,  i860. 
Zina  Goldthwaite. 

1846.  Edward  Wyman, 

Jonathan  Cutting,  1861. 

Isaac  Griffin. 

1847.  Edward  Wyman, 

Jonathan  Cutting,  1862. 

Josiah  Bailey. 

1848.  Edward  Wyman, 

Jeremiah  D.  Nettleton,  1863. 

Sylvanus  Earned. 

1849.  Dexter  Richards, 

Jeremiah  D.  Nettleton,  1864. 

Silas  Metcalf. 

1850.  Dexter  Richards, 

Jeremiah  D.  Nettleton,  1865. 

David  A.  Farrington. 

1851.  Dexter  Richards, 

David  A.  Farrington,  1866. 

Jeremiah  D.  Nettleton. 
1S52.  Dexter  Richards, 

John  H.  Higbee,  1867. 

Mark  Gove. 

1853.  Jonathan  Cutting, 

Ezra  T.  Sibley,  1868. 

Calvin  N.  Perkins. 

1854.  Jonathan  Cutting, 

Calvin  N.  Perkins,  1869. 

Austin  L.  Kibbey. 

1855.  John  H.  Higbee, 

Austin  L.  Kibbey,  1870. 

Charles  Emerson. 

1856.  John  H.  Hig])ee, 

Charles  Emerson,  1871. 

Christopher  C.  Shedd. 

1857.  William  Emerson, 
Christopher  C.  Shedd,  1872. 
Albert  S.  Adams. 

1858.  William  Emerson, 

Albert  S.  Adams,  1873. 

Henry  A.  Jenckes. 


Dexter  Richards, 
Sylvanus  G.  Stowell, 
Samuel  K.  Wright. 
Francis  Boardman, 
Abner  Hall, 
Moses  C.  Ayer. 
Francis  Boardman, 
Moses  C.  Ayer, 
Lewis  W.  Randall, 
Francis  Boardman, 
Lewis  W.  Randall, 
Orange  Whitney. 
Jonathan  M.  Wilmarth, 
Orange  Whitney, 
Moses  W.  Emerson. 
Francis  Boardman, 
Moses  W.  Emerson, 
Simeon  Whittier. 
George  W.  Nourse, 
Simeon  Whittier, 
William  Kelley. 
George  W.  Nourse, 
William  Kelley, 
John  B.  Cooper. 
George  W.  Nourse, 
John  B.  Cooper, 
William  H.  Sprague. 
George  W.  Nourse, 
William  H.  Sprague, 
Frank  W.  Rawson. 
George  W.  Nourse, 
William  Dunton, 
Orren  C.  Kibbey. 
George  W.  Nourse, 
Orren  C.  Kibbey, 
William  H.  Perry. 
George  W.  Nourse, 
William  H.  Perry, 
Leander  F.  Dodge. 
George  W.  Nourse, 
Leander  F.  Dodge, 
Augustus  Wylie. 
Daniel  Nettleton, 
Augustus  Wylie, 


OFFICERS. 


211 


1873.  William  B.  Kibbey. 

1874.  Daniel  Nettleton, 
Lyman  Rounsevel, 
Benjamin  Marshall. 

1875.  Francis  Boardman, 
William  Woodbury, 
George  H.  Towles. 

1876.  Francis  Boardman, 


1876.  William  Woodbury, 
George  H.  Towles. 

1877.  William  Woodbury, 
George  H.  Towles, 
Charles  A.  Silsby. 

1878.  Freeman  Cutting, 
D.  George  Chad  wick, 
Frederick  S.  Little. 


STATE  JUSTICES   OF  THE 

Wm.  H.  H.  Allen,         Rufus  P.  Claggett, 


PEACE.      . 

George  W 


Edmund  T5iirke, 
Levi  W.  Jiarton, 
Ira  iMcL.  Barton, 
Shepherd  L.  Bowers, 
Lyman  J.  Brooks, 
George  R.  Brown, 
Francis  Boardman, 
Martin  A.  Barton, 
Austin  Corbin, 


Samuel  H.  Edes, 
George  E.  Dame, 
Thos.  W.  Gilmore, 
Benjamin  F-.  Haven, 
A.  V.  Hitchcock, 
Richard  S.  Howe, 
Ralph  Metcalf, 
Aaron  iMatson, 
William  F.  Newton, 


Nourse, 
Dexter  Richards, 
Jacob  Reddington, 
John  Towne, 
Albert  S.  Wait, 
Edmund  Wheeler, 
Nathan  White, 
Paul  J.  Wheeler. 


JUSTICES  OF   THE   PEACE   AND   QUORUM. 


James  Breck, 
Henry  E.  Baldwin, 
William  Cheney, 
Amasa  Edes, 
James  A.  Gregg, 


David  Allen, 
Paul  S.  Adams, 
David  Allen,  Jr., 
Albert  S.  Adams, 
Cyrus  Barton, 
E.  P.  Burke, 
Herbert  J.  Barton, 
Elbridge  Bradford, 
Sawyer  Belknap, 
William  E.  Brooks, 
George  S.  Barton, 
Benjamin  F.  Carr, 
David  B.  Chapin, 
E.  C.  Converse, 


James  Hall,  N.  O.  Page, 

Elisha  M.  Kempton,      Edward  Wyman. 
Amos  Little,  Edward  A.  Jenks. 

Jeremiah  D.  Nettleton, 
Bela  Nettleton, 


JUSTICES   OF   THE   PEACE. 


H.  G.  Carleton, 
Frederick  Claggett, 
J.  C.  Crocker, 
Frederick  Chapin, 
D.  D.  Chapin, 
Austin  Corbin,  Jr., 
Edwin  L.  Cutts, 
George  Dodge, 
William  Emerson, 
W.  S.  Eastman, 
Jonathan  Emerson, 
George  C.  Edes, 
Josiah  Forsaith, 
Benjamin  B.  French, 


George  H.  Fairbanks, 
Henry  D.  Foster, 
Calvin  N.  Fletcher, 
Jeremiah  Fogg, 
Zina  Goldthwaite, 
Joseph  George, 
Francis  H.  Goldthwaite, 
Milton  Glidden, 
Caleb  Heath, 
Elijah  D.  Hastings, 
Alfred  F.  Howard, 
Joseph  S.  Hoyt, 
Matthew  Harvey, 
John  H.  Higbee, 


212 


HISTORY   OF   NEWPORT. 


David  Harris, 
George  Herrick, 
Alvin  Hatch, 
Arthur  H.  Ingram, 
Oliver  Jenckes, 
Milton  S.  Jackson, 
William  Kelley, 
Frederick  W.  Lewis, 
Solomon  H.  Moody, 
Silas  Metcalf, 
]\Iatthew  H.  Moody, 
Nathan  Mudget, 
Harvey  J.  Marshall, 
W.  H.  McCrillis, 
Hubbard  Newton, 
Aaron  Nettleton,  Jr., 
Aaron  F.  Nettleton, 


Samuel  F.  Nims, 
William  Nourse, 
Chase  Noyes, 
John  S.  Parmelee, 
Granville  Pollard, 
Abial  D.  Pike, 
Calvin  H.  Pike, 
Daniel  P.  Quimby, 
James  L.  Riley, 
Isaac  A.  Reed, 
Nathan  E.  Reed, 
Seth  Richards, 
Seth  M.  Richards, 
Josiah  Stevens, 
E.  E.  Stearns, 
Joseph  Sawyer,  Jr., 
Benj.  F.  Sawyer, 


Ezra  Stowell, 
Frank  A.  Sibley, 
Jonathan  Silsby, 
Allen  Towne, 
Nathaniel  C.  Todd, 
George  H.  Towle, 

C.  A.  Thompson, 

D.  Willis  Watkins, 
A.  P.  Welcome, 
Siloam  S.  Wilcox, 
Augustus  W^ylie, 
Calvin  Wilcox, 
Parmenas  Whitcomb, 
John  Wilcox, 
William  Woodbury. 


CHAPTER    XXYIII. 

MUSIC. 

TV  T  EWPORT,  as  a  town,  has  always  taken  a  commendable 
-^  ^  interest  in  music,  has  always  been  its  liberal  patron,  and 
has  devoted  much  time  and  money  to  its  advancement.  Among 
its  inhabitants  has  always  been  found  a  full  average  of  musical 
talent. 

The  leading  singer  and  most  successful  teacher  of  vocal  mu- 
sic among  the  early  settlers  was  Matthew  Buell,  Jr.,  who  came 
with  his  father  from  Connecticut.  He  was  the  leader  of  the 
Congregational  choir.  He  made  music  a  sort  of  profession, 
and  taught  in  a  large  circle  of  neighboring  towns  and  at  the 
West.  At  the  same  time,  at  the  north  part  of  the  town  was 
Mr.  Philip  W.  Kibbey,  the  leader  of  the  Baptist  choir,  who  as 
a  singer  had  nearly  the  same  traditional  merit.  At  the  histori- 
cal celebration  of  this  town,  in  1S46,  the  Rev.  Dr.  Stow,  in  his 
oration,  paid  in  substance  the  following  tribute  to  their  musical 
talents  :  •'  Since  leaving  the  home  of  my  parents,  I  have  trav- 
elled much  in  my  native  land,  and  much  in  Europe.  In 
the  presence  of  my  wider  observation  the  once  magnificent  Su- 
gar river  has  become  an  humble  stream,  and  its  banks  seem  not 
far  apart ;  and  the  once  grand,  awe-inspiring  Coit  has  dwindled 
in  its  proportions; — but  nowhere,  in  town  or  in  country,  in 
church  or  cathedral,  have  I  heard  music  so  sweet,  so  thrilling, 
so  full  of  soul,  as  that  led  in  my  boyhood  by  those  glorious 
champions,  Matthew  Buell  and  Philip  W.  Kibbey." 

In  addition,  the  following  men  have  each  in  their  day  been 
teachers  and  leaders  of  the  different  choirs :  At  the  Consfresfa- 
tional, — Oliver  Lund,  John  B.  McGregor,  Luther  Webber,  S. 
J.  Allen,  Francis  Boardman,  James  II.  Parmelee,  Augustus 
Whitney,  A.  S.  Wait,  D.  P.  Qiiimby,  M.  R.  Emerson,  and  B. 
R.  Allen, — the  latter  having  rare  talent  in  drilling  and  leading 


214  HISTORY   OF   NEWPORT. 

a  choir.  At  the  Baptist,— Elias  Metcalf,  Timothy  Fletcher, 
Adolphus  King,  Asa  and  James  B.  McGregor,  Abel  Wheeler, 
A.  L.  Kibbey,  Oliver  B.  Jenks,  Walter  W.  King,  and  Henry  M. 
Chase.  At  the  Methodist,  Thomas  A.  Twitchell,  R.  A.  Web- 
ber, Charles  S.  Partridge,  and  E.  Darwin  Cummings.  At  the 
Unitarian,  William  H.  Belknap  and  Nathan  E.  Reed. 

Among  the  ladies  who  have  enjoyed  a  popularity  as  singers 
are  Hannah  Tenney,  Mary  G.  Newton,  Caroline  L.  Forsaith, 
Abby  Jones,  Maria  Buell,  Lucia  Dean,  Augusta  Allen,  Lois 
Kibbey,  Isabel  Averill,  Mary  Earned,  Ida  Sanderson,  Mrs. 
Dr.  Brown,  Minnie  Harvey,  Lizzie  Barton,  Lucy  E.  Nettle- 
ton,  and  Emma  H.  Baldwin. 

Among  the  leading  bass  singers  are  M.  W.  Allen,  A.  F.  Net- 
tleton,  J.  M.  Bartlett,  Henry  P.  Coffin,  and  George  Pressey. 

Among  the  most  prominent  and  successful  singers  and  teach- 
ers of  vocal  music  was  Elnathan  Duren,  who  resided  at  Charles- 
town,  but  flourished  here  in  the  musical  line  from  about  1820 
to  1835.  He  had  resided  in  Boston,  and  was  a  prominent 
member  of  the  Boston  Handel  and  Haydn  Society.  A  con- 
temporary says  of  him, — "  For  twenty  years  he  was  the  most 
powerful  and  majestic  singer,  the  most  accomplished  leader, 
and  the  most  successful  teacher  of  vocal  music  known  to  the 
general  public  in  all  New  England.  His  talents  as  a  composer 
of  music  were  amply  attested  by  many  of  the  finest  sacred  airs 
and  anthems.  He  had  an  extraordinary  compass  of  voice,  and 
his  performances,  in  solos,  duets,  aixl  anthems,  were  unrivalled. 
For  fifteen  years  he  conducted  the  musical  exercises  on  com- 
mencement days  at  Dartmouth  college."  His  many  years  of 
faithful  service  in  this  town  enabled  us  better  to  appreciate  the 
excellences  of  the  higher  grades  of  music. 

Prof.  H.  E.  W.  Barton,  a  native  of  Croydon,  and  a  brother 
of  Hon.  Levi  W.  Barton,  of  this  town,  had  a  fine  voice,  which 
was  thoroughly  cultivated  by  the  best  musical  professors  of 
Boston.  He  was  one  of  the  finest  instructors.  He  resided  in 
this  town  for  several  years,  and  while  here  was  a  successful 
teacher  and  the  leading  singer. 

The  Newport  Instrumental  Music  Society  was  incorporated 
in  June,  1815,  having  a  fund  of  $500.  Their  monthly  meetings 
were  held  on  Wednesday  preceding  the  full  of  the  moon. 


MUSIC.  215 

Among  those  who  have  been  most  successful  with  the  piano 
are  Mrs.  S.  C.  Phillips,  as  a  teacher,  Mrs.  D.  P.  Qiiimby, 
Emroy  Barron,  now  tlie  wife  of  lion.  John  M.  Shirley,  of 
Aiulover,  Etta  M.  Guild,  Willie  A.  Edes,  Mattie  Wheeler,  and 
May  Howard. 

The  Arion  Qiiartette  Club,  consisting  of  four  of  the  best  sing- 
ers in  town,  flourished  in  1870,  and  won  golden  opinions  where- 
ever  they  went. 

The  Qiiadrille   Band,  led  by  William   II.  Belknap,  superin-  ' 
tended  all   the  dances  for  several  years.     It  was  organized  as 
early  as  1S56,  was  well  trained,  and  quite  popular. 

Organists.  Marion  McGregor,  daughter  of  Dr.  John  B. 
McGregor,  now  Mrs.  Christopher  of  New  York,  was  tlie  first 
person  in  town  to  master  the  organ,  and  the  high  position 
which  she  has  held  for  so  long  a  time,  in  the  first  churches  of 
the  cities  of  Rochester  and  New  York,  gives  her  a  rank  among 
the  leading  organists  of  the  country. 

Mrs.  Ellen  P.  Kimball,  daughter  of  the  late  Dca.  D.  B.  Cha- 
pin,  the  present  organist  at  the  South  (Congregational)  church, 
who  to  rare  natural  gifts  has  added  superior  culture,  has  with 
our  leading  connoisseurs  long  been  the  favorite  player. 

Among  others  who  have  enjoyed  a  popularity,  Zamira  Glea- 
son,  late  wife  of  S.  F.  Lund,  a  charming  player.  Prof.  A.  P. 
Wyman,  Mrs.  Ira  Mitchell,  and  Frank  A.  Sibley  should  be 
mentioned. 

Among  those  who  have  given  their  attention  to  martial  mu- 
sic, the  first  position  should  be  assigned  to  Mr.  Sylvester  H.  E. 
W^ikefield,  by  all  who  were  permitted  to  listen  to  tlie  rattle  of 
his  youthful  drum,  or  the  thrilling  notes  of  his  silvery  bugle  in 
maturcr  life.  James  Morris  Evarts,  an  educated  and  gentle- 
manly journeyman  printer,  was  the  champion  flute  player. 
The  mellow  tones  of  his  enchanting  instrument,  heard  in  tlie 
choir  as  well  as  on  the  parade  ground,  are  still  remembered 
vvitli  the  greatest  pleasure  by  those  who  were  his  once  cliarmed 
listeners.  Carl  Krebs,  afterwards  a  distinguished  clarinet  play- 
er in  Boston,  had  his  home  here  in  1S60,  and  produced  quite  a 
sensation  by  exhibitions  of  his  wonderful  skill  with  the  instru- 
ment. The  clarinet  of  Abijah  Dudley,  the  fifes  of  David  Harris 
and  Ransom  Pike,  and  the  drum  of  Willard  Harris,  were  in- 


2l6  HISTORY   OF   NEWPORT. 

dispensable  to  the  complete  success  of  all  military  trainings  and 
musters,  Walter  W.  King  was  a  favorite  bugle  player  in  the 
days  of  musters. 

In  1815,  Col.  Wm.  Cheney  was  instrumental  in  forming  a 
band,  which  was  well  maintained  and  quite  popular  for  a  long 
time. 

The  Newport  Band  was  organized  in  1S40,  with  Mr.  S.  H. 
E.  Wakefield  as  leader.  It  enjoyed  the  instructions  of  Mr.  A. 
Bond,  of  Concord.      It   was   well    sustained  for  many  years. 

The  Newport  Cornet  Band,  B.  R.  Allen,  leader,  made  its 
first  appearance  in  public  in  July,  1S60.  Two  years  after,  in 
October,  1862,  the  full  band,  eighteen  pieces,  enlisted  for  the 
war  in  the  nine  months  service.  Soon  after  its  arrival  at  the 
seat  of  war,  it  was  appointed  a  brigade  band.  It  was  thorough- 
ly drilled,  and  had  among  its  members  some  of  the  finest  play- 
ers, and  enjoyed  while  it  existed  an  enviable  popularity.  Soon 
after  their  return  home,  it  was  discontinued,  several  of  its  best 
players  having  left  town.  Marcine  Whitcomb  was  for  a 
while  a  leader  of  the  band.  It  was  revived  again  in  1875,  and 
enjoyed  the  instruction  of  a  Mr.  Prosho,  a  German  of  superior 
skill.     It  is  now  led  by  Charles  A.  Puffer. 

The  Sullivan  County  Musical  Convention  met  here  in  June, 
184S.  It  was  under  the  direction  of  Lowell  Mason  and  George 
G.  Webb,  of  Boston.  It  was  an  occasion  of  much  interest,  and 
was  fully  attended.  It  had  another  session  here  again  in  Sep- 
tember, 1S51.  It  was  this  time  under  the  direction  of  Profes- 
sors Baker  and  Southard,  assisted  by  a  Miss  Cobb,  of  Boston, 
and  was  again  full  of  interest,  and  most  satisfactory. 

Sullivan  County  Musical  Association.  This  associa- 
tion was  organized  Sept.  37,  1872.  It  has  been  one  of  the 
inost  popvdar  and  successful  institutions  of  the  kind  ever  held 
in  the  county.  At  the  first  annual  meeting,  held  September, 
1873,  Solon  Wilder  was  conductor,  and  Joseph  P.  Cobb,  of 
Boston,  pianist  and  humorist.  At  the  close  of  this  convention, 
which  was  holden  in  the  new  town  hall,  they  were  so  well 
pleased  with  their  accommodations  in  all  respects,  that  they 
voted  unanimously  that  the  annual  meetings  of  the  association 
be  permanently  located  in  this  town.      The  annual  meetings  of 


MUSIC.  217 

this  association  have  since  been  assisted  by  the  best  musical 
talent  of  New  England. 

Conductor — From  1S74  to  iS;S,  inclusive,  Prof.  L.  O.  Emer- 
son, of  Boston. 

Hitviorists — II.  C.  Barnabee,  of  Boston,  1S74,  '75  ;  Joseph 
P.  Cobb,  of  Boston,  1S77,  '7S- 

Soloists— G.  W.  Foster,  H.  M.  Chase,  F.  F.  Ilaskall,  Geo. 
LeClair,  E.  A.  Wood,  Geo.  L.  Sanborn,  Mrs.  H.  M.  .Smith,  H. 
E.  Carter,  A.  D.  Shannon,  Misses  Sally  M.  Clough,  Lena  Part- 
ridge, Ella  M.  Smith,  Clara  D.  Haubrick,  Ophelia  Baker, 
Anna  C.  Holbrook. 

Piano  Acco7npanist — Mrs.  Martha  D.  Shepard,  of  Ashland, 
N.  H. 

Presidents  of  the  Association — Rev.  G.  R.  W.  Scott,  M.  B. 
Presby,  and  Rev.  H.  C.  Leavitt. 

Present  Board  of  Officers — President,  Rev.  II.  C.  Leavitt; 
Vice-President,  Francis  Boardman ;  Secretary,  Arthur  B. 
Chase  ;  Treasurer,  Granville  Pollard. 

15 


CHAPTER     XXIX. 

WEDDINGS. 

L  "'ROM  the  earliest  records  down,  it  would  seem  that  the 
-^  people  of  Newport,  in  common  with  the  rest  of  the  world, 
have  been  inclined  to  marry  and  be  given  in  marriage.  Tra- 
dition savs  that  the  first  marriage  in  town  was  solemnized  vmder 
the  shadow  of  a  tall,  wide-spreading,  grand  pine  tree,  which 
stood  near  the  present  residence  of  Dea.  Joseph  Wilcox,  the  one 
under  which  the  early  settlers  first  met  to  worship,  and  which 
was  in  the  midst  of  a  most  charming  wood.  It  was  honored 
by  the  presence  and  hearty  good  wishes  of  all  the  settlers. 

The  style  of  weddings,  like  most  other  matters,  has  been  un- 
dergoing constant  change,  and  may  be  divided  into  four  epochs. 
During  the  first  period,  when  there  were  comparatively  few 
settlers  in  town,  and  they,  from  their  isolated  condition  in  the 
wilderness,  had  learned  the  full  value  of  friendships  and  neigh- 
borly offices,  and  each  seemed  to  the  other  more  jDrecious  than 
a  brother,  all  were  desired  and  expected  to  be  present.  As 
there  were  but  few  horses  and  carriages  in  town,  they  attended 
weddings  on  sleds  or  in  carts,  drawn  by  oxen.  Those  without 
teams  were  always  taken  along  by  their  more  fortunate  neigh- 
bors, so  all  might  be  present.  We  are  informed  by  one  of  the 
descendants,  that  when  Mr.  Jonathan  Brown  was  married,  in 
1777,  at  the  house  of  Amos  Hall,  on  the  Unity  road,  the  whole 
town  was  invited,  and  two  sleighs, — all  there  were  in  town, — 
and  twenty-four  ox-sleds  were  present  at  the  wedding. 

During  the  second  period  the  settlers  had  become  too  numer- 
ous to  be  all  accommodated  in  the  compai"atively  humble  dwell- 
ings of  that  day,  and  especial  invitations  were  sent  to  the  rela- 
tives and  more  intimate  friends.  Horses  had  now  become 
plenty,  and  all  attended  on  horseback.     As  they  rode  along  in 


WEDDINGS.  219 

pairs,  all  jijaily  attired,  while  attending  the  bridal  couple  to  their 
new  home,  the  cavalcade,  often  very  long,  presented  an  impos- 
ing and  beautiful  appearance.  In  that  day  every  lady  was  an 
expert  horseback  rider.  The  side-saddle,  often  a  very  elegant 
and  expensive  afiair,  was  an  indispensable  thing,  and  always 
stood  at  the  head  of  that  list  of  bridal  fixings  which  the  parents 
were  expected  to  furnish  their  daughters  upon  marriage. 

It  was  during  the  third  period,  when  the  roads  were  in  a 
better  condition,  and  vehicles  of  various  kinds  had  become  suf- 
ficiently numerous,  that  saddles  were  discarded,  and  all  rode  in 
carriages.  For  many  years  after  the  introduction  of  the  chaise, — 
a  two-wheeled  carriage  with  a  top, — the  man  that  should  pre- 
sume to  attend  a  Avedding  without  one  would  have  been  con- 
sidered as  wanting  in  due  respect  for  himself  and  his  host,  and 
might  almost  expect  to  be  met  at  the  door  w^ith  the  question, 
''Friend,  how  camest  thou  in  hither  not  having  on  the  wedding 
garment?"  It  was  at  this  time  that  the  habit  of  serenading  the 
newly-married  couple  grew  up, — a  habit  very  pleasant  and 
dreamy  when  coming  from  sweet  voices,  and  instruments  in 
skilled  hands,  but  very  annoying  when  proceeding  from  a  band 
of  lawless  lads  armed  with  tin  horns  and  pans  and  nameless 
hideous  sounding  instruments.  The  present  custom  undoubt- 
edly arose  from  a  desire  to  avoid  being  a  victim  to  this  prac- 
tice. 

In  the  fourth  and  last  place,  I  will  say,  for  the  benefit  of  the 
future  historian,  that  the  present  custom  seems  to  be  this :  To 
get  married  wherever  the  fancy  may  dictate, — at  home,  in  the 
church,  or  at  the  clergyman's  residence,  and  go  immediately 
away  on  a  bridal  tour ;  and  the  man  who  should  decline  to 
spend  the  honeymoon  at  one  of  oin"  large  cities,  or  at  some 
fashionable  watering-place,  would  be  deemed  as  lacking  in 
gallantry. 

During  the  three  earlier  periods,  it  was  the  habit,  as  it  was 
the  law,  for  the  town-clerk  to  announce  the  bans  on  three  suc- 
cessive public  days.  It  was  usually  done  in  church  ;  so  the 
people  had  matrimony  as  well  as  religion  to  mingle  with  their 
Sabbath  evening  meditations. 

A  Negro  Wedding.  The  followinir  account  of  a  negrro 
wedding,  upon  old  Colt  mountain,  was  given  the   writer,  in 


220  HISTORY   OF   NEWPORT. 

boyhood,  by  an  eye-witness :  In  those  days  all  were  married 
by  the  clergy.  On  this  occasion  the  whole  of  the  negro  colonv, 
comprising  many  families,  were  invited,  and  all  the  neighbor- 
ing "  white  folks."  Priest  Haven,  of  Croydon,  was  invited  to 
officiate.  He  made  his  prayer,  and  proceeded  with  the  cer- 
emony until  he  came  to  that  portion  which  relates  to  the  usual 
salutation,  when  he  remarked  that  it  was  customary  on  such 
occasions  for  the  officiating  clergyman  to  salute  the  bride,  but 
on  that  occasion  he  would  be  excused  from  that  part  of  the  cer- 
emony. After  the  bans  came  an  entertainment,  where,  added 
to  a  bountiful  supply  of  "  hog  and  hominy,"  were  all  the  nice 
"  fixin's"  which  the  prolific  genius  of  the  sable  bride  could  in- 
vent. It  was  arranged  that  the  evening  should  close  with  a 
dance :  but  here  was  a  dilemma.  The  musician  on  whom 
they  depended  had  disappointed  them.  In  this  emergency  tlie 
clergyman,  animated,  maybe,  partly  by  a  desire  to  make  amends 
for  his  failure  to  perform  the  whole  ceremony,  or,  perhaps,  by 
the  recollection  of  that  portion  of  scripture  which  says,  "There 
is  a  time  to  dance,"  being  an  accomplished  musician,  stepped 
forward  and  took  the  viol,  when  all  went  merry  as  a  marriage 
bell.  At  the  close,  the  sable  groom  very  coolly  remarked  that 
it  was  customary  at  weddings  for  the  bridegroom  to  pay 
the  officiating  clergyman  a  crown,  but  he  would  be  excused  on 
that  occasion  from  that  part  of  the  ceremony.  The  wit  of 
Sambo  was  received  with  a  hearty  laugh,  at  the  clergyman's 
expense.     He  never  afterwards  saluted  a  bride. 


CHAPTEE    XXX 


AMUSEMENTS. 

A  MONG  the  more  prominent  amusements,  especially  with 
-^  ^  the  gayer  and  less  serious  portions  of  the  inhabitants,  is 
tlancing.  The  frequent  assemblies,  balls,  and  plain  dances  of 
former  times,  and  the  dedication,  anniversary,  and  other  balls, 
and  especially  the  Masonic  anniversaries  of  modern  times,  when 
the  choicest  music  is  employed,  and  most  elaborate  toilets 
made,  have  been  occasions  of  much  interest.  As  long  ago  as 
1S23,  a  ball  at  the  Eagle  hotel,  with  Abraham  Pushee,  of  Leb- 
anon, the  favorite  master,  at  the  viol,  and  Mrs.  Silver  as  cater- 
er, was  considered  the  perfection  of  an  "  elegant  time."  The 
cotillon  was  for  several  years  the  favorite  dance.  Waltzing 
was  considered  by  outsiders,  for  some  time  after  its  introduc- 
tion, as  an  "  absurd  practice." 

Checkers  has  always  been  a  favorite  game.  Fox  and  geese 
was  more  played  formerly  than  now.  Wrestling  was  one  of 
the  earliest,  and  an  exciting  game,  and  was  indulged  in  at  rais- 
ings, election  days,  and  all  similar  gatherings,  the  champion 
always  feeling  himself  the  hero.  Qiioits  and  round  ball  (some- 
what similar  to  the  present  game  of  base  ball)  were  among  the 
earliest  games,  and  are  still  in  vogue,  while  ten-pins,  billiards, 
and  croquet  are  of  more  recent  introduction. 

The  royal  game  of  goose  was  introduced  here  by  Gov.  Ralph 
Mctcalf,  on  his  return  from  Washington,  D.  C,  where  it  had 
been  a  fashionable  game.  Chess  was  introduced  by  Dr.  W.  W. 
Leavitt,  about  the  year  1S55.  To  James  Cushing,  a  merchant, 
who  came  here  in  1S35,  we  are  indebted  for  the  introduction  of 
backgammon. 

Among  the  younger  classes,  Copenhagen,  button,  hunt  the 


222  HISTORY   OF   NEWPORT. 

slipper,  blind  man's  buff,  and  the  grace-hoop  have  been  the  pre- 
vailing games. 

Cards  have  been  more  or  less  indulged  in.  They  w^ere  for 
some  time  held  in  disrespect,  as  tending  to  gambling  and  other 
vices,  from  the  circumstance  that  card-playing  was  most  prac- 
tised at  taverns  and  stores  after  business  hours,  when  money 
was  sometimes  staked,  and  when  the  loser  in  the  game  was 
expected  to  pay  the  grog  bill.  In  later  years,  whist  and  euchre 
are  the  games  which  have  been  most  in  vogue.  A  euchre  circle, 
known  at  the  time  as  the  "Coit  flimily,"  was  formed  in  1S58, 
including  among  its  members  a  large  share  of  the  younger 
people  of  the  village.  It  was  an  agreeable,  after-tea  aflair, 
managed  by  the  ladies,  and  gave  much  apparent  satisfaction  to 
all  its  members. 

The  squirrel  hunt,  in  which  the  parties,  pitted  against  each 
other,  slaughtered  all  the  wild  game  of  the  forests,  after  which 
they  met,  counted  their  game,  and  partook  of  a  supper,  the  los- 
ing side  paying  the  bill,  is  one  of  the  recreations  which  have 
often  been  pursued,  and  which  is  pardonable  only  when  wild 
game  is  so  plenty  as  to  annoy  the  inhabitants  by  destroying 
their  crops. 

The  agricultural  portion  of  the  people  have  had  social  times 
peculiar  to  themselves,  among  which  were  huskings,  in  which  the 
2:)eople  came  together  of  an  evening  and  husked  out  a  neighbor's 
corn,  in  which  both  sexes  joined,  after  which  they  would  indulge 
in  a  supper  and  a  social  chat.  On  these  occasions  the  finder 
of  a  red  ear  of  corn  was  entitled  to  a  pawn.  If  the  finder 
chanced  to  be  a  young  lady,  there  was  sometimes  a  controversy 
among  the  beaus  in  regard  to  who  should  cancel  the  obliga- 
tions. Raisings  were  also  occasions  on  which  all  the  neigh- 
bors came  together  for  social  enjoyment.  Log-rolling,  in  which 
the  neighboring  men  all  joined  in  piling  up  the  massive  logs 
which  covered  our  forests,  for  burning,  was  another  occasion  of 
social  enjoyment  in  the  earlier  days.  Qiiiltings — occasions 
when  the  women  met  in  the  afternoon  and  did  the  work,  and 
the  men  came  in  the  evening  for  a  supper  and  a  social  time — 
were  formerly  much  in  vogue.  Apple-parings,  in  which  the 
neighbors  came  together  and  prepared  apples  for  sauce  or  dry- 
ing for  the  winter,  were  still  another. 


AMUSEMENTS.  223 

Mammoth  Cod  Association.  Among  the  many  institu- 
tions which  have  enjoyed  their  day  of  popularity  in  Newport, 
we  may  reckon  the  Mammoth  Cod  Association,  established  in 
1854.  As  its  principles  commended  themselves  to  the  tastes 
of  men  of  all  parties,  it  had  many  friends  and  no  enemies. 
The  annual  suppers  were  occasions  of  great  interest.  The  ta- 
bles were  loaded  with  every  kind  of  fish,  from  the  savery  oys- 
ter to  the  largest  cod,  served  up  in  all  the  most  approved  styles. 
One  dish  was  invariably  there  ; — in  the  middle  of  tlie  table  was 
a  baked  mammoth  cod.  and  the  largest  the  market  could  afibrd. 
After  the  cloth  was  removed,  speeches  were  made,  toasts  were 
drank,  and  songs  were  sung.  At  different  gatherings  original 
poems  were  written  by  Matthew  Harvey,  Charles  II.  Bartlett, 
and  George  S.  Barton.  The  occasions  w^re  always  graced  by 
the  presence  of  the  ladies.  To  Henry  E.  Baldwin,  Esq.,  be- 
longs the  honor  of  having  originated  this  institution,  so  full  of 
social  enjoyment. 


CHAPTEE    XXXI. 

STORIES. 

^  I  ^HE  following  story  is  related  of  an  old  resident  of  this 
•^  town  by  the  name  of  Hall.  He  was  a  champion  story- 
teller, always  brimful  of  fun  and  anecdote,  and  who,  as  is  the 
case  with  too  many  men  of  large  hearts  and  generous  impulses, 
had  a  weakness  for  what  in  those  days  were  called  "  flip"  and 
"  eggnog."  One  day  this  man,  having  some  important  business 
on  hand,  started  on  foot  early  in  the  morning  for  Claremont ; 
but  when  he  had  proceeded  as  far  as  the  Richards  tavern,  then 
in  the  western  part  of  this  town,  he  met  a  crowd  of  jolly  com- 
panions, who  besought  him,  while  warming  his  hands  and  tak- 
ing his  flip,  to  tell  them  a  story.  As  usual,  when  once  in,  he 
kept  the  crowd  in  one  continual  roar  of  laughter, — in  return  for 
which  they  kept  his  mug  bountifully  replenished.  Before  he 
was  aware,  the  hours  had  passed  unheeded  by,  and  it  was  even- 
ing ;  and  he  gave  up  his  journey  and  returned  home.  The  next 
day  he  renewed  the  attempt,  but  with  no  better  success  than 
before.  He  met  the  same  crowd,  fell  into  the  same  tempta- 
tion, spent  the  day,  and  returned  home  with  his  mission  unful- 
filled. 

On  the  third  morning,  after  receiving  some  very  decided  ad- 
monitions from  his  better  half,  he  crooked  his  elbow,  and  start- 
ed, with  a  most  unflinching  determination  that  on  that  da}',  at 
least,  no  allurements,  however  enticing,  should  divert  him 
from  the  path  of  duty.  On  his  way  he  encountered  for  the 
third  time  the  same  crowd,  who,  if  possible,  were  still  more 
urgent  in  their  entreaties  than  before  ;  but  this  time,  seeming 
not  to  hear  them,  he  marched  straight  by,  with  his  eyes  steadi- 
ly fixed  upon  the  path  before  him.  But  when  some  twenty  rods 
past  the  house,  and  the  crowd  had  despaired  of  inducing  him 


STORIES.  225 

to  come  in,  he  stopped  sucldenly,  and,  clapping  his  hands,  cx- 
chiimcd,  "  Well  done,  old  Resolution  !  you  have  done  nohly  ! 
Now  go  hack,  and  I'll  treat  you  !  "  So  saying,  he  marched 
back,  took  his  mug  of  flip,  and  then  went  successfully  and 
grandly  on  to  the  end  of  his  journey. 

Scribner's  Dock.  In  the  earlier  days,  a  deep,  sluggish 
stream  crossed  the  road  in  the  village  between  the  river  and 
the  corner  south,  over  which  was  a  bridge.  One  day  a  man  by 
the  name  of  Scribner,  disobeying  the  command,  "  Tarry  not  at 
the  wine-cup,"  got  on  too  liberal  a  horn  of  those  choice  liquors 
then  so  common  at  all  the  stores  and  taverns,  and  while  at- 
tempting to  pass  this  bridge  lost  his  balance,  and,  tumbling 
backwards  head-foremost  into  the  stream,  stuck  in  tlie  soft, 
muddy  bottom.  He  was  rescued,  but  was  so  wet,  so  disguised 
with  liquor,  and  so  covered  with  black  mud  from  head  to  foot, 
that  he  presented  a  most  ludicrous  appearance.  Ever  after,  un- 
til the  stream  was  turned  away  and  its  channel  filled  up,  the 
place  was  known  as  Scribner's  Dock. 

Among  the  eccentric  geniuses  who  have  from  time  to  time 
resided  in  town,  was  a  man  by  the  name  of  Kempton, — Jo,  as 
he  was  familiarly  called, — who  delighted  in  saying  and  doing 
half-serious  waggish  things.  He  was  once  employed  by  Dea. 
Asa  Hurd,  a  man  of  piety,  and  whose  prayers  indicated  him  to 
be  a  firm  believer  in  the  rigid  theology  of  his  day.  One  day, 
while  at  work  together,  Jo  said  to  him,  "  Deacon,  I  don't  like 
your  prayers."  When  asked  for  his  reasons,  he  said,  "  You 
don't  talk  right  about  the  people.  You  run  'em  down  too 
much.  You  call  'em  depraved,  corrupt,  and  wicked,  and 
make  'em  out  awful  bad.  You  ought  not  to  do  so.  You 
ought  to  speak  well  on  'em,  and  praise  'em,  and  call  'em  a 
pretty  good  sort  of  people,  rather  more  than  middling.  The 
Lord  IV ill  be  a  good  deal  more  apt  to  take  '<?;«." 

One  of  the  early  settlers,  who  lived  at  the  junction  of  the 
Goshen  and  Break-neck  Hill  roads, — a  stout,  rough  man,  who 
did  not  naturally  appreciate  the  obligations  and  courtesies 
which  should  exist  between  husband  and  wife,  and  upon  which 
so  much  of  the  mutual  happiness  of  each  depends, — became  so 
overbearing  and  cruel  that  the  neighbors  felt  that  something 
must  be  done.   They  resorted  to  this  expedient :  they  all  agreed 


226  HISTORY   OF   NEWPORT. 

to  treat  him  to  a  ride  on  a  rail.  One  of  their  number,  befriend- 
ing him,  told  him  what  they  were  going  to  do,  and  the  reasons 
why.  When  the  hour  approached,  he  fled  to  the  woods,  and 
took  refuge  upon  the  top  of  a  flat  rock  upon  the  mountain  east 
of  his  dwelhng.  He  had  not  been  there  long  when  a  large 
black  bear,  as  if  commissioned  by  Providence  to  assist  them 
in  the  good  work,  raised  himself  on  his  hind  legs,  placed 
his  huge  fore  paws  upon  the  rock  near  him  and  gave  a  fierce 
growl,  which  so  frightened  the  poor  sinner  that  he  rushed 
screaming  towards  his  house,  where,  after  recovering  his  breath, 
he  begged  pardon  of  all  his  neighbors,  and  was  ever  after  a 
kinder  and  better  husband. 

Similar  expedients,  since  his  day,  have  produced  like  happy 
results. 

Rodney  Russell  was  an  eccentric  genius,  and  when  he  had 
imbibed  too  freely  was  not  always  over-scrupulous  in  regard  to 
his  conduct.  As  was  his  habit  for  six  or  eight  months  in  the 
year,  he  would  hire  himself  out  to  our  farmers,  and  was  the 
most  faithful  and  obliging  of  help  ;  at  the  end  of  which  he 
would  take  his  money  and  go  to  the  village,  and  give  himself 
up  to  a  good  time,  during  which  he  was  up  to  all  manner  of 
pranks.  One  of  his  favorite  games  was  to  mislead  people.  As 
a  specimen  :  One  day,  while  at  Claremont,  he  heard  a  man 
inquiring  for  black  sheep.  Russell  told  him  there  was  a  lady 
at  Northville,  in  this  town,  who  had  three  or  four,  which  she 
would  be  glad  to  sell.  The  man  was  very  much  pleased,  and 
the  next  day  harnessed  up,  and,  taking  a  hand  with  him,  trav- 
elled some  ten  miles  for  his  sheep,  but  on  his  arrival  was  very 
much  chagrined  to  learn  that  the  lady  was  never  the  owner  of 
a  sheep.  A  few  months  after,  Mr.  R.  received  word  from 
Claremont  that  his  mother,  who  i^esided  there,  was  dead,  and 
the  funeral  was  to  be  the  next  day  at  ten  o'clock.  Taking  it 
in  good  faith,  he  procured  a  team,  dressed  himself  in  his  best, 
and,  putting  a  weed  on  his  hat,  went  to  the  east  part  of  the 
town  to  get  his  sister ;  and  they  wended  their  way,  with  sor- 
rowing hearts,  to  the  funeral.  When  they  arrived,  to  their  sur- 
prise, they  found  their  mother  sitting  at  the  window,  knitting, 
entirely  innocent  of  any  knowledge  of  her  deatli  or  funeral. 
After  dinner  he  returned  home,  feeling  that  the  amount  he  had 


STORIES.  227 

invested   in  black  sheep  had  been  returned  to  him,  principal 
and  interest. 

At  one  time,  hearing  a  bov  inquiring  for  a  puck  of  cards,  he 
referred  him  to  a  store  kept  by  one  of  our  most  cxempkary  Bap- 
tist deacons,  telling  him  he  was  odd,  and  might  say  he  did  not 
keep  them,  but  to  persevere,  and  he  would  get  the  cards.  The 
deacon,  with  his  store  full  of  customers,  including  the  clergy- 
man and  several  members  of  his  church,  was  greatly  annoyed 
by  the  persistent  young  man,  who  affirmed  that  he  knew  he 
kept  them.  He  was  obliged  to  tell  him  he  must  stop,  or  leave 
the  store. 

At  anotlier  time  he  hired  a  young  man  from  Vermont  to 
teach  school  at  Kclleyville.  He  told  him  he  was  to  board  with 
Col.  Perry,  and  to  take  the  wood  for  the  school-house  from  his 
shed  ;  and  also  told  him  the  colonel  was  an  odd  stick,  and  might 
order  liim  off,  but  he  must  go  right  along,  and  not  mind  him. 
He  went  there,  as  directed,  unloaded  his  baggage,  and  took  the 
wood  and  started  the  fire.  After  breakfast,  he  went  up  and 
staid  until  noon,  with  no  appearance  of  scholars.  After  dinner, 
he  began  to  listen  to  what  was  said  to  him,  concluded  he  had 
been  humbugged,  ofiered  to  joay  his  bills,  and  departed  for 
home. 

A  stranger  passing  through  town  called  at  the  store  of  James 
Breck  to  inquire  the  way.  Samuel  Noyes,  a  waggish  man  who 
was  in  the  crowd,  gave  him  the  direction,  asking  at  the  same 
time  if  the  stranger  had  heard  the  news, — to  which  he  replied  in 
the  negative,  asking  what  it  might  be.  Mr.  Noyes  replied, 
"  The  devil  is  dead."  To  which  the  stranger,  in  apparent  as- 
tonishment, exclaimed,  "  Ah  !  oh  !"  Then  deliberately  tak- 
ing out  his  purse,  he  handed  Mr.  Noyes  a  shilling  piece,  quiet- 
ly remarking,  as  he  rode  away,  "I  always  pitied  poor  ^a 
therless  children." 

i\  miserly  man,  who  was  denying  himself  all  the  luxuries 
and  many  of  the  comforts  of  life,  and  even  oppressing  tiie  poor 
that  he  might  hoard  up  his  gains,  was  once  boasting,  in  the 
presence  of  a  crowd,  of  his  accumulations.  After  a  pause  in  his 
boasting,  Dea.  Jonathan  Cutting,  who  happened  to  be  present, 
quietly  remarked,  "  Friend,  I  think  you  are  foolish  to  hoard  up 
so.     You  ought  to  be  good  to  the  poor,  and  enjoy  a  part  of  it 


228  HISTORY    OF   NEWPORT. 

as  you  go  along.     You  can't  carry  it  with  you  into  the  other 
world,  and  if  you  could  I  am  afraid  it  would  ?neli." 

We  record  the  following  for  the  sake  of  the  moral :  A  clergy- 
man, eminent  for  his  usual  good  judgment,  was  about  to  meddle 
with  a  quarrel  in  his  choir.  A  lawyer  friend  of  his  admonished 
him  of  the  dangers  in  his  pathway,  to  which  the  clergyman  re- 
plied, "Let  me  interfere  to  make  peace,  won't  you?"  The 
lawyer  replied,  "  Let  me  relate  a  fable :  An  honest  sheep, 
distressed  at  the  bloody  noses  of  two  rams  who  were  having  a 
fierce  encounter,  sought  to  make  peace  by  placing  her  head 
between  the  belligerents.  The  poor  creature  found  by  the  act, 
not  reconciliation  between  them,  but  her  own  brains  crushed 
out."  The  clergyman's  interference  resulted  in  a  speedy  resig- 
nation of  his  pastorate.  Moral :  Meddle  not  with  other  people's 
quarrels. 

The  following  was  often  repeated  of  one  of  the  jolly  old  fel- 
lows who  used  to  resort  to  the  "  old  brick  store,"  where  the 
evening  would  be  spent  in  drinking  flip,  smoking,  and  telling 
stories.  The  merchant  had  been  boasting  of  the  fine  quality  of 
his  powder.  He  said  to  the  large  crowd  which  surrounded 
him,  "  I  can  vouch  for  that,  gentlemen,  for  I  was  sitting  here 
one  evening  with  others,  when  one  of  the  company,  in  lighting 
his  pipe,  accidentally  dropped  a  live  coal  into  an  open  keg. 
I  saw  it  drop,  and  catched  a  pail,  and  put  for  the  river  at  my 
biggest  gait;  but  if  you'll  believe  it,  when  I  got  back,  that  foiv- 
der  %vas  niore'n  half  btirned  2ip  T 

While  Joseph  Hutchinson,  a  lad,  son  of  Rev.  Elisha  Hutch- 
inson, was  lying  on  his  death-bed,  feeling  that  his  earthly  pil- 
grimage was  nearly  at  an  end,  he  desired  a  last  season  of  pray- 
er and  communion  with  his  fellow-Christians.  Many  doubts 
were  felt  whether  it  would  be  prudent  in  his  very  low  condi- 
tion. But  his  solicitations  were  so  urgent  that  a  meeting  was  at 
length  appointed.  At  an  early  hour  the  room  was  filled  with 
sympathizing  friends.  All  were  subdued  in  the  presence  of  the 
dying  boy.  A  deep,  indescribable  solemnity  pervaded  all 
hearts,  was  visible  on  every  face,  in  every  remark,  and  was 
manifest  in  every  prayer.  The  Holy  Spirit  seemed  indeed 
present,  giving  unction  to  all  that  was  done  and  said.  Near 
the  close  of  the  meeting,  so  full  of  deep  interest  and  tender  feel- 


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ing,  there  was  a  pause.  All  hearts  seemed  flooded  with  emo- 
tion too  deep  for  utterance.  During  this  interval  young  Hutch- 
inson, recovering  his  strength  and  rising  from  his  couch,  with 
a  countenance  pale  as  in  death,  with  only  a  sheet  wrapped 
about  him,  stepped  forward  to  the  door.  Extending  both 
hands,  and  gazing  upward,  the  vail  seemed  to  be  drawn  aside, 
and  he  stood  looking  upon  the  glories  of  the  other  world.  Turn- 
ing from  these  scenes  with  a  countenance  radiant  with  inspira- 
tion, he  addressed  his  companions  with  an  eloquence  and  a 
pathos  which,  heightened  by  his  ghost-like  form  and  snowy 
apparel,  made  him  seem  like  a  celestial  visitant,  and  produced 
an  efl'ect  upon  the  company  which  could  be  felt,  but  which  no 
tongue  or  pen  can  describe.  All  eyes  were  bathed  in  tears,  all 
hearts  were  melted.  At  the  close,  turning  upward  his  wild, 
lustrous  eyes,  he  exclaimed,  "  Loved  ones,  farewell !  The 
angels  are  waiting.  Meet  me  in  heaven."  Then  falling  back 
into  his  father's  arms,  he  was  carried  to  his  bed,  whence,  lin- 
gering yet  a  little  wliile,  he  was  called  home.  The  spirit  of 
that  meeting  soon  spread  throughout  the  town,  and  was  followed 
by  one  of  the  most  precious  revival  seasons  Newport  has  ever 
witnessed,  during  which  hundreds  were  added  to  the  church, 
including  all  those  who  were  present  at  the  meeting. 


CHAPTER    XXXII 


CASUALTIES. 


IN  1 771,  a  daughter  of  Samuel  Hurd,  aged  10  years,  was 
killed  by  the  falling  of  a  tree  near  the  old  South  church. 
The  tree  had  been  girdled,  instead  of  felled,  as  was  much  the 
practice  with  the  earliest  settlers. 

June  26,  1793,  Charles  Seamans,  aged  19  3'ears,  a  son  of  the 
Rev.  Job  Seamans,  of  New  London,  fell  from  the  plate  while 
assisting  at  the  raising  of  the  old  meeting-house,  which  stood 
at  the  foot  of  Claremont  hill,  and  was  so  badly  injured  that  he 
survived  but  a  few  hours. 

July  10,  1799,  Enoch  Whittier,  a  lad  of  10  years,  was  drowned 
in  the  Goshen  Branch  of  Sugar  river,  east  of  the  residence  of 
the  late  T.  J.  Eastman. 

A  son  of  Ebenezer  Merritt,  one  of  the  first  settlers,  fell  from 
his  cart,  at  Northville,  and  broke  his  neck. 

Asa  Kelsey,  son  of  Ensign  Kelsey,  was  killed  by  falling  from 
the  frame  at  the  raising  of  the  house  at  the  P.  Whitcomb  place. 

Mary  Corbin,  a  daughter  of  Dr.  James  Corbin,  had  her  skull 
broken  by  the  kick  of  a  horse.  By  a  successful  trepanning,  she 
recovered,  and  lived  to  an  advanced  age. 

May  7,  iSoi,  a  daughter  of  Jesse  Lane,  one  of  the  earliest  set- 
tlers, while  crossing  a  foot-bridge  on  her  father's  farm,  at  the 
A.  Pease  place,  fell  into  the  river  and  was  drowned. 

Dr.  Prentice,  of  Springfield,  a  surgeon  in  the  31st  Regiment, 
while  returning  home  from  a  muster  at  the  village,  was  thrown 
from  his  horse  near  the  Daniel  Wilmarth  house,  and  so  in- 
jured that  he  died  in  a  few  hours. 

In  1801,  Edward  Stevens  and  family,  of  this  town,  were  lost 
at  sea,  while  on  their  passage  between  Savannah  and  New 
York. 


CASUALTIES.  23 1 

A  log  rolled  over  Jonathan  Haven  with  such  weight  as  to 
cause  the  blood  to  flow  from  his  mouth,  nose,  and  ears.  It 
was  thought  tiic  injury  must  prove  fatal,  but  he  soon  recov- 
ered. 

Charles  J.  Colby  descended  into  the  well  at  the  house  next 
north  of  the  new  town  hall,  for  the  purpose  of  cleaning  it  out. 
While  there,  the  wall  caved  suddeidy  in,  and  buried  him. 
The  stones,  however,  caught  and  wedged  in  before  reaching 
quite  to  the  bottom,  and  left  hini  in  the  space  below.  With 
great  effort,  continuing  several  hours,  he  was  rescued  alive,  but 
survived  only  a  short  time.  He  said  that  while  there  he  could 
hear  distinctly  all  the  conversation  of  those  above  ;  that  his  heart 
sunk  within  him  when  they  thought  of  giving  up  his  release 
alive  as  a  hopeless  job.  and  leaped  with  joy  as  they  resumed 
their  labors. 

George,  son  of  i\zotes  Chamberlin,  was  instantly  killed,  while 
passing  on  the  highway  where  men  were  blasting  rocks,  by  a 
piece  of  the  falling  rock. 

In  1825,  Wealthy  Jane,  a  little  daughter  of  Capt.  John  Russ, 
aged  4  years,  came  to  her  death  by  a  bean  lodging  in  her  wind- 
pipe. 

July  15,  I S26,  Jonathan,  son  of  David  Cutting,  aged  7  years, 
while  fishing  in  the  pond  near  the  Newport  mill,  fell  in  and 
was  drowned. 

March  9,  1S32,  three  little  lads,  two  of  them  sons  of  William 
]\Iitchell,  the  tanner,  and  one  the  son  of  Nathan  Ta3dor,  while 
at  play  with  their  sleds,  accidentally  slid  into  the  canal,  near  the 
Scribncr  mill,  and  were  all  drowned. 

John  W.,  son  of  Samuel  F.  Chellis,  while  at  work  in  the 
bobbin-sliop  at  the  Diamond  mill,  was  cauglit  in  the  machinery 
and  carried  several  times  around  by  the  shafting.  His  clothes 
were  torn  from  his  body,  and  he  was  badly  but  not  fatally  in- 
jured. 

Owen,  a  son  of  Stephen  Hurd,  who  lived  on  the  S.  Howe 
place,  in  the  south-west  part  of  the  town,  came  to  his  death  in 
this  wise:  On  the  9th  of  March,  1S29,  he  and  his  father  had 
been  out  with  the  neighbors  breaking  roads,  ami  were  return- 
ing with  a  load  of  wood.  While  the  father  was  busy  behind, 
talking  with  the  neighbors,  the  boy  ran  forward  and  jumped 


232  HISTORY   OF   NEWPORT. 

upon  the  sled,  and,  unnoticed  by  the  father,  accidentally  slid  off 
in  front,  and  the  sled  ran  upon  him.  The  team  soon  stopped, 
and,  upon  search,  the  missing  boy  was  found  doubled  up  under 
the  sled,  and  crushed  to  death  in  the  most  horrible  manner. 

Asa  Kelsey,  of  Croydon,  was  killed  in  this  town,  in  1834,  by 
the  fall  of  a  timber  while  at  a  raising. 

Joel,  son  of  Samuel  Wright,  while  washing  sheep  at  Kelley- 
ville,  ventured  too  far  from  the  shore,  and,  being  unable  to  swim, 
was  drowned. 

Ora  B.,  son  of  Ichabod  Morse,  was  killed  by  the  kick  of  a 
horse. 

Dec.  2,  1S50,  Stephen  Parker,  Esq.,  aged  60  years,  fell  from 
a  staging,  near  the  Granite  mill,  upon  the  frozen  ground,  with 
such  force  as  to  fracture  the  skull,  a  portion  of  the  brain  pro- 
truding.    He  survived  but  a  short  time. 

On  the  4th  of  July,  1S51,  Sjdvester,  son  of  Maj.  David  Harris, 
in  the  employ  of  the  Western  Railroad,  lost  his  life  while  stand- 
ing upon  the  cars,  decorating  them  with  flags.  His  head  came 
in  contact  with  a  bridge,  killing  him  instantly. 

July  5,  1852,  Chester  Averill,  while  in  the  act  of  mounting 
his  loaded  stage,  at  Bradford,  fell  directly  before  the  coach,  and 
the  wheels  passed  over  his  body.  His  injuries  were  thought  to 
be  fatal.  Subsequently,  in  1S76,  while  at  East  Lebanon,  fish- 
ing, he  slipped  from  a  log  and  broke  his  hip,  and  died  a  few 
days  afterwards. 

Abel  Howe  was  thrown  from  his  wagon  and  fatally  injured 
at  Randall's  mill  in  1S55.  The  horse  became  frightened,  and 
ran  over  a  log  in  the  yard,  and  threw  him  out. 

In  May,  1853,  David  B.,  son  of  David  S.  Newell,  while  on 
his  way  home  from  Georgia,  was  on  board  the  train  at  the  time 
of  the  terrible  railroad  disaster  at  Norwalk,  Conn.,  and  was  one 
of  the  victims  of  that  horrid  catastrophe,  being  killed  instantly, 
aged  22  years. 

May  16,  1855,  George  E.  Wilcox,  son  of  Dea.  Joseph,  fell 
from  the  foretop  of  the  ship  Mary  Robinson,  near  Liverpool,  a 
distance  of  some  fifty  feet,  into  the  sea,  and  was  drowned.  The 
accident  occurred  by  the  breaking  of  a  rope  upon  which  he 
was  standing  to  make  repairs. 

In  November,  1857?  ^  child  of  Henry  Davis,  aged  5  years, 


CASUALTIES.  233 

while  in  the  field  with  his  father,  stepped  into  a  pool  of  water 
and  was  ihovvned. 

In  April,  iS5S,a  son  of  Chester  Walker,  aged  5  years,  tipped 
*a  grindstone  over  upon  himself,  which  caused  his  death. 

In  1S60,  while  George  Cutting  was  loading  his  threshing- 
machine,  one  of  the  skids  gave  way,  letting  the  whole  weight 
of  the  machine  upon  him,  crushing  him.  He  survived  but  a 
short  time. 

In  July,  1S61,  a  son  of  Dexter  Richards,  aged  9  months,  was 
scalded  to  death  by  pulling  a  pot  of  hot  tea  upon  himself. 

In  1S71,  Sylvester  Warren,  while  grinding  at  Sibley's  scythe 
shop,  was  instantly  killed  by  the  bursting  of  a  grindstone.  He 
was  thi"ovvn  back  several  feet,  and  remained  in  a  sitting  posi- 
tion. 

In  1S54,  '^  grindstone  belonging  to  B.  F.  Haven,  Esq.,  weigh- 
ing about  one  thousand  pounds,  burst,  with  a  noise  like  a  can- 
non, injuring  a  Mr.  Baker,  but  not  seriously. 

In  September,  1S65,  the  stage  filled  with  passengers,  while 
returning  from  Bradford,  was  upset,  throwing  them  all  into  a 
deep  ditch.  Some  of  the  passengers  were  seriously,  but  none 
fatally,  injured. 

In  November,  1S63,  while  engaged  in  digging  a  ditch  for  an 
aqueduct  across  the  land  of  Nathan  Mudget,  for  the  purpose  of 
supplying  the  F.  W.  Lewis  house  with  water,  Daniel  Muzzy 
and  Benjamin  Dunham  were  buried  alive  by  the  caving  of  the 
quicksand  of  the  high  bank  through  which  they  were  shovel- 
ling. One  was  covered  to  a  depth  of  six  feet,  and  the  other  still 
deeper.  It  was  half  an  hour  before  the  one  was  dug  out,  and 
the  other  was  under  ground  for  nearly  an  hour.  They  were 
both  taken  out  alive,  neither  of  them  receiving  any  permanent 
injury.  Three  days  after,  "  Billy"  Iloben,  an  Irishman,  at'ter 
boasting  somewhat  roundly  of  his  courage  and  ability  to  finish 
the  job,  was  caught  in  the  same  trap,  and  buried  still  deeper. 
When  his  body  was  so  far  released  as  to  admit  of  respiration» 
before  the  sand  was  out  of  his  eyes,  he  sent  up  a  fearful  yell  for 
^''Wkis-kcy — ivhis-key !"  It  was  brought  him;  and  between 
two  neighbors  he  soon  marched  olV  in  triumph. 

June  I,  1S63,  Lavina  Fitch,  while  riding  in   a  boat  on  Lily 

pond,  with  a  party,  fell  overboard  and  was  drowned. 
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234  HISTORY   OF   NEWPORT. 

Saville  M.,  son  of  Lewis  Pillsbury,  while  jumping  from  a 
sled,  was  killed  by  the  accidental  discharge  of  a  gun.  The 
contents  lodged  in  his  head,  entering  at  his  left  eye.  He  sur- 
vived but  a  short  time. 

The  doctrine  that  calamities  always  come  in  pairs  is  well 
illustrated  in  the  circumstance  that  a  few  years  since  two  young 
men  by  the  name  of  Carr, — Isaac  and  Benjamin  F., — the  one 
living  on  East  mountain,  and  the  other  on  Wilmarth  mountain, 
nearly  at  the  same  time  lost  each  an  eye  by  the  hook  of  an  ox. 

Carroll  W.  Peabody  was  killed  in  1864,  while  felling  a  tree  at 
the  old  homestead  in  the  west  part  of  the  town. 

Albert  H.  Sprague,  Jan.  5,  1S66,  while  returning  home  from 
the  village,  on  foot,  the  night  being  cold  and  blustering,  got  off 
the  road  on  the  hill  north  of  the  school-house  at  Kelleyville,  and 
was  found  the  next  morning  frozen  to  death.  His  age  was  56 
years. 

The  wife  of  Milon  Booth,  while  standing  with  her  back  to 
the  stove,  at  her  new  home  in  California,  had  her  clothing  take 
fire,  resulting  in  a  most  skocking  and  painful  death. 

In  1 866.  Capt.  Zina  Goldthwaite  fell  from  his  hay-loft  upon 
the  barn  floor,  where  he  was  found  in  an  insensible  condition, 
with  one  hip  broken,  and  otherwise  badly  injured. 

In  August,  1869,  Miss  Parmelia  Bowers,  a  sister  of  S.  L. 
Bowers,  Esq.,  was  thrown  from  a  carriage  and  badly  injured. 
While  the  horse  was  under  full  headway,  one  rein  gave  way, 
the  team  turned  suddenly  around,  and  upset  the  carriage. 

Henry  M.,  son  of  Joseph  Chase,  while  at  work  in  a  mill  at 
Manchester,  was  caught  in  a  belt  and  thrown  around  the  shaft- 
ing, by  which  accident  he  lost  his  right  arm. 

June  3,  1869,  Millard  Osmer,  a  young  man  at  work  in  the 
Granite  mills,  retired  to  his  bed  with  a  night-lamp  and  book. 
About  twenty  minutes  after  being  left  alone,  with  his  lamp  upon 
his  breast,  reading,  a  smoke  was  discovered  about  the  house, 
and  a  noise  was  heard  in  his  room.  Upon  entering  it,  a  most 
horrid  spectacle  was  presented.  The  remains  of  the  young  man 
were  found  lying  upon  the  floor,  burned  in  the  most  shocking 
manner.  He  was  subject  to  fits,  and  it  was  supposed  that  he 
had  fallen  into  one  when  his  bed  took  fire. 

In  February,  1871,  John  Burke,  an  Irishman,  a  teamster  in 


CASUALTIES.  235 

the  employ  of  S.  H.  Etles,  Esq.,  was  thrown  from  his  wagon, 
near  the  summit  at  Newbury,  and  was  so  seriously  injured  that 
death  soon  after  resulted. 

April  32,  1S72,  David  Wilmarth,  aged  73  years,  was  precip- 
itated upon  the  floor  of  his  barn  from  the  scaiVoUliiig  by  the 
sliding  of  a  ladder  upon  which  he  was  descending.  lie  was  so 
severely  injured  that  he  died  in  a  few  days. 

Willis  Partridge,  a  native  of  Croydon,  while  at  work  in  the 
Coffin  &  Nourse  factory,  was  cauglit  in  a  belt  and  severely  in- 
jured. 

October  4,  1S72,  Horace  Sprague.  while  attempting  to  cross 
the  railroad  in  the  west  part  of  the  town,  with  a  team,  was 
struck  by  a  passing  engine  and  badly  injured.  One  of  his 
horses  was  killed. 

January  35,  1873,  Henry  A.  Wilcox,  while  in  the  basement 
of  the  village  saw-mill,  where  lie  went^to  procure  sawdust, 
came  in  contact  with  the  saw,  and  had  his  right  arm,  above  the 
elbow,  severed  from  his  body. 

Geo.  H.  Comstock,  a  brakeman  on  the  railroad,  was  thrown 
from  the  down  train  near  Warner  village,  on  the  morning  of 
April  17,  1S73,  and  was  run  over  by  the  cars  and  killed. 

May  4,  1S731  a  tenement  house  on  Elm  street,  belonging  to 
S.  L.  Bowers,  Esq.,  was  consumed  by  fire.  During  the  prog- 
ress of  the  flames,  the  main  chimney  fell  upon  Charles  E.  Rich- 
ards and  George  Williams,  crushing  them  in  a  most  shocking 
manner.  The  former  was  killed  instantly  ;  the  latter  survived 
but  a  short  time.  Richards  was  son  of  Sylvanus,  aged  26 
years.     Williams  was  a  young  man  from  Vermont. 

February  4,  1S74,  Willie  Baker,  a  lad  of  17  years,  employed 
in  the  sash  and  blind  factory  of  Dow  &  Baker,  was  caught  in  a 
belt  and  carried  with  great  violence  over  a  shaft,  by  which  both 
legs  and  one  arm  were  broken,  and  other  severe  injuries  in- 
flicted. 

June  10,  1S74,  ^^  *^^^  gravel  train  was  passing  near  the  trot- 
ting-park  east  of  the  village.  Dominie  Martin,  a  Frenchman, 
while  attempting  to  pass  from  one  car  to  another,  fell  between 
them,  and  was  run  over  and  so  badly  injured  that  he  died  in  a 
few  hours. 

May  17,  1S76,  the  body  of  O.  B.  Stearns  was  fuuutl  t)n  the 


236  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

banks  of  the  river,  near  the  residence  of  William  S.  Kemp- 
ton. 

November  14,  1S76,  George  Ladd,  son  of  Jeremiah,  aged  17 
years,  was  drowned  in  the  mill-pond  of  L.  F.  Dodge.  He  was 
there  for  the  purpose  of  setting  traps.  It  was  supposed  he 
came  to  his  death  by  the  upsetting  of  his  boat. 

September  i,  1876,  George  B.  Dyer,  living  at  Kelleyville, 
went  into  the  woods  for  a  load  of  bark.  Not  returning,  a  mes- 
senger was  sent  in  search  of  him,  who  found  the  load  upset,  and 
the  lifeless  remains  of  Mr.  Dyer  lying  near  by. 

In  the  summer  of  1877,  a  son  of  Jeremiah  Ladd,  while  at- 
tempting to  get  upon  a  moving  raih'oad  car,  was  thrown  imder 
one  of  the  wheels,  by  which  one  of  his  limbs  was  so  badly 
crushed,  that,  in  order  to  save  his  life,  amputation  was  resort- 
ed to. 

A  Mr.  Dowlin,  aii  operative  in  the  mills,  was  caught  in  the 
belting  of  a  rapidly-revolving  wheel,  crushing  and  mangling  his 
person  in  every  part  to  such  an  extent  as  to  leave  hardly  the 
semblance  of  the  human  form.  He  nevertheless  survived,  and 
finally  recovered  from  the  effects  of  the  injury. 


CHAPTEE     XXXIII. 

FIRES   AND   LIGHTNING. 

FIRES. 

'  I  ^IIE  first  building  burned  in  town  was  the  liousc  of  Benja- 
■*-  mill  Bragg,  wliich  stood  upon  the  site  occupied  by  the 
present  dwelling  of  G.  H.  Fairbanks. 

The  house  of  Aaron  Buell,  one  of  the  early  settlers,  situated 
near  the  B.  VV.  Jenks  place,  was  destroyed  by  fire. 

The  dwelling  of  Philip  W.  Kibby  was  burnt,  and  with  it 
the  records  of  the  Baptist  church  and  society. 

A  blacksmith  shop  belonging  to  Dea.  David  B.  Cliapin, 
standing  on  the  grounds  now  occupied  by  the  residence  of 
Matthew  Harvey,  Esq.,  was  consumed  in  1S28. 

November  19,  1829,  the  blacksmith  shop  and  out-buildings  of 
Ira  Wakefield,  situated  in  the  north  part  of  the  town,  at  the 
Kibby  place,  were  destroyed. 

A  barn  and  shed  belonging  to  Hubbard  Newton,  Esq.,  in 
which  was  stored  a  quantity  of  hay  and  flax,  was  consumed  in 
December,  1S29. 

A  barn  filled  with  hay,  owned  by  Capt.  John  Russ,  was  de- 
stroyed in  1S34;  iiccident  caused  by  a  careless  smoker. 

The  woollen  mill  belonging  to  Messrs.  Smith  &  Rockwell, 
on  Sugar  river,  near  the  residence  of  Austin  L.  Fletcher,  was 
burnt  in  1S35. 

A  woollen  factory,  standing  on  the  spot  now  occupied  by  the 
Eagle  mills,  and  owned  by  Hon.  Franklin  Simonds,  was  de- 
stroyed in  1S33.  This  was  the  first  woollen  mill  in  town,  and 
Nvas  erected  by  Col.  James  D.  Walcott  in  1S13.  Il  was  rebuilt 
and  occupied  by  Philo  Fuller  as  a  worsted  mill,  and  was  again 
burned  in  iS.)o. 


238  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

The  old  Newport  academy,  a  two-story  structure,  used  at  the 
time  as  a  school-room  for  District  No.  2  and  a  vestry  for  the 
Congregational  church,  was  burned  Nov.  2,  1843.  It  stood  on 
the  ground  north  of  the  church,  now  occupied  by  the  Congrega- 
tional parsonage.  The  fire  took  in  the  stairway  leading  to  the 
upper  room,  where  a  school  was  being  kept ;  and  a  son  of  Kev. 
John  Woods,  one  of  the  scholars,  came  near  perishing  before 
he  was  rescued  at  a  window  in  the  opposite  end  of  the  building. 

The  north  wing  of  the  old  Baldwin  house,  standing  on  the 
ground  now  occupied  by  Wheeler's  block,  was  consumed  in 
December,  1845. 

A  saw-mill  owned  by  Dea.  Jonathan  Cutting,  in  which  was 
also  a  bedstead  shop,  run  by  Nutting  &  Buxton,  standing  on  the 
ground  now  occupied  by  the  Sugar  River  mill,  was  destroyed 
injuly,  1S47.     Loss,  $2,000. 

September  8,  1848,  the  scythe  factory  at  Northville,  belong- 
ing to  Larned  &  Sibley,  together  with  much  valuable  machinery 
and  fixtures,  was  consumed  ;  also,  more  than  a  hundred  dozen 
scythes,  ready  for  market,  besides  others  in  an  unfinished  state. 
Loss,  $3,500;  insurance,  $1,200. 

The  dwelling,  with  its  contents,  owned  by  Erastus  Huntoon, 
at  Northville,  was  destroyed  Nov.  27,  1850.  The  fire  was 
caused  by  a  defect  in  the  chimney. 

February  8,  1851,  the  dwelling  of  Enoch  Noyes,  standing  at 
the  foot  of  Claremont  hill,  together  with  nearly  all  its  contents, 
was  burned.     No  insurance. 

February  16,  1852,  the  saw-mill  of  Oliver  Comstock,  in  the 
east  part  of  the  town,  was  destroyed. 

July  28,  1853,  the  dwelling  of  Nathan  Gould,  in  the  north- 
west part  of  the  town,  was  burned.     The  family  were  absent. 

The  school-house  in  District  No.  2  was  destroyed  in  1859. 

In  February,  1855,  the  cardboard  factory  belonging  to  Royal 
Booth,  on  the  brook  at  Randall's  mills,  was  burned.  Insui'ance, 
$Soo. 

Jan.  6,  1S60,  the  Newport  House,  then  owned  by  H.  G.  P.  & 
J.  H.  Cross,  was  burned.  There  was  a  large  ball  at  the  house 
that  evening,  and  the  fire  was  supposed  to  have  originated  with 
some  intoxicated  lads  from  a  neighboring  county,  who  had  been 
denied  access  to  the  hall. 


FIRES    AND    LIGHTNING.  239 

In  January,  1S62,  a  fire  broke  out  in  the  picker-room  of  the 
Sugar  River  Mills,  and  consumed  S(jme  $Soo  worth  of  cotton 
and  wool.  The  fire-proof  walls  and  force-pump  prevented  the 
destruction  of  the  mill. 

In  1862,  the  house  of  Maximilian  J.  Webber  cauglit  fire,  and 
was  materially  injured. 

In  December,  1S65,  the  dry-house  connected  with  the  pail 
shop  of  Hial  Dow,  at  Northville,  was  burned. 

The  tannery  of  Hunton  &  Dill,  and  the  grist-mill,  barn,  and 
dwelling-house  of  C.  C.  Shedd,  Esq.,  were  consumed  Jan.  6, 
1S66.  A  considerable  portion  of  tlie  contents  of  the  buildings 
was  saved.  The  loss  was  particularly  severe  upon  Mr.  Shedd, 
whose  property  was  thus  all  swept  away. 

The  barn,  shed,  and  butchery  of  Oliver  F.  Stearns  were  burned 
in  I 866. 

The  bridge  near  the  residence  of  T.  W.  Gilmore,  Esq.,  was  de- 
stroyed by  fire  in  1867.  It  was  thought  the  fire  was  caused  by 
a  spark  dropped  from  the  pipe  of  a  careless  traveller.  Loss, — 
$1,500. 

In  January,  1S67,  a  dwelling-house  owned  by  Steplien  Call, 
near  the  village  cemetery,  was  burned. 

The  most  destructive  fire  that  has  ever  happened  in  town 
was  on  the  night  of  Nov.  i,  1S67.  It  took  in  some  shavings  in 
the  rear  of  the  Sugar  River  House,  then  owned  by  G.  L.  Cass, 
and  consumed  the  hotel,  barn,  and  buildings  attached,  the  store 
of  Whitney  &  Sibley  at  the  south,  and  the  dwelling-house  and 
all  the  out-buildings  of  Ethan  S.  Chase  at  the  nortli.  It  was 
thought  to  be  the  work  of  an  incendiary.  These  buildings  oc- 
cupied the  ground  on  which  now  stand  the  Whitney  store, 
Phenix  hotel,  Woodbury's  block,  and  the  Dudley  building.  In- 
surance, Whitney  &  Sibley,  $500  ;  Cass,  $3,100;  Chase,  $2,000. 

In  November,  1S67,  a  barn  belonging  to  W.  D.  Barrett,  at 
Northville,  was  burned. 

In  186S,  the  house  and  all  the  buildings  owned  by  Chester 
Dodge,  and  occupied  by  Seth  Chellis,  Esq.,  in  the  north 
part  of  the  village,  were  destroyed. 

Feb.  16,  1S70,  the  barn  of  Timothy  Ilerrick  v\-as  burned 
Loss,  $350  ;  insurance,  $100. 

Nov.  19,  1S70,  a  cottage  house  belonging  to    Solomon  Dean, 


240  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

Esq.,  standing  near  the  school-house  in  District  No.  14,  was  de- 
stroyed.    Loss,  $1,200;  insurance,  $Soo. 

Jan.  26,  1S72,  the  dwelUng-house,  together  with  its  contents, 
belonging  to  Richard  H.  Thompson,  Jr.,  at  the  Sears  place  on 
the  Unity  road,  was  destroyed.  The  family  were  away  for  an 
afternoon  visit,  and  returned  to  find  their  home  in  ashes.  Loss, 
$1,000;  no  insurance. 

Nov.  II,  1S72,  the  Newport  Mills,  owned  by  Abiathar  Rich- 
ards, were  burned.  The  fire  took  in  the  picker,  which  was  on 
the  second  floor.  Mr.  E.  A.  Whipple,  foreman  of  the  mill,  who 
was  present,  said  the  entire  mass  of  material  passing  through 
the  machine  and  lying  about  it  apparently  ignited  in  a  moment, 
and  baffled  all  his  efforts  to  stay  its  progress.  It  was  a  three- 
story  building,  originally  erected  and  used  as  an  oil-mill.  In- 
sui'ance,  $15,000. 

Sept.  24,  1873,  the  house  and  barn  belonging  to  Edward 
Stevens,  situated  in  the  south  part  of  the  village,  were  destroyed 
by  fire.     The  residence  was  new.     Lisured,  $2,000. 

Dec.  24,  1S72,  a  barn  belonging  to  Mr.  William  Kempton 
was  destroyed,  with  forty  tons  of  hay  and  nineteen  head  of  cat- 
tle.    No  insurance. 

June  20,  1873,  tv/o  barns,  owned  by  Orrin  C.  &  W^illiam  B. 
Kibby,  in  the  north  part  of  the  town,  were  destroN'ed  by  fire, 
together  with  four  hogs  and  a  lot  of  farming  tools.  Loss, 
$2,000  ;  insured  for  $500. 

About  two  o'clock  on  the  morning  of  Nov.  14,  1873,  fire  was 
discovered  in  a  livery  stable  occupied  by  Milton  S.  Jackson, 
which  was  destroyed,  with  six  horses  and  a  large  quantity  of 
hay,  grain,  etc.,  together  with  a  building  owned  by  Benjamin 
M.  Gilmore,  and  used  by  him  in  the  manufacture  of  coflins  ; 
and  an  ell  connected  with  the  Eagle  block,  and  owned  by  S.  H. 
Edes.  The  stable  belonged  to  S.  L.  Bowers.  Total  loss  esti- 
mated at  $7,000  ;  partially  insured. 

March  17, 1874,  the  house  of  Lucius  Lathrop,  on  the  Sunapee 
road,  was  destroyed.    Lisured,  $2,000. 

In  1S75,  two  barns  belonging  to  tlie  same  were  burned. 
On  the  25th  of  March,  1874,  the  rake  and  handle  manufactory 
of  Leander  F.  Dodge,   on  Oak   street,  was  consumed.     Loss, 
$2,000. 


FIRES    AND    LIGHTNING.  24I 

A  dwelling-house  belonging  to  the  estate  of  Leonard  Lawton, 
on  Summer  street,  near  the  school-house  in  District  Xo.  14, 
was  burned. 

In  1S76,  a  fire  caught  in  the  picker-room  of  the  flannel  mill 
of  S.  H.  Edes.  The  room  being  fire-proof,  the  fire  was  extin- 
guished.    Damage,  $200. 

May,  1S74,  the  house  of  .S.  F.  and  A.  W.  Clark,  on  Laurel 
street,  caught  fire.  The  ]ironij)t  appearance  of  both  engines 
and  nearly  the  whole  village,  soon  extinguished  the  flames. 
The  building  was  seriously  damaged,  both  by  fire  and  flood. 
Insured. 

About  three  o'clock  on  the  morning  of  July  20,  1S75,  the 
house,  ell.  and  stable  of  A.  P.  Wellcome,  on  the  Croydon  road, 
were  destroyed  by  fire.     Insurance,  $6,000. 

May  19,  1877,  the  house,  and  all  the  out-buildings  and  con- 
tents, belonging  to  Elon  Cutting,  on  the  Unity  road,  at  the  ]SI. 
Hurd  place,  were  destroyed.  The  loss  was  $5,000  ;  insurance, 
$3,000. 

In  November,  1S77,  ^^^^  barns  and  sheds,  with  hay  and  a  sta- 
ble filled  with  cattle,  owned  by  Shepherd  H.  Cutting,  and  sit- 
uated in  the  west  part  of  the  town,  were  destroyed  by  fire.  It 
was  supposed  to  be  the  work  of  an  incendiary. 

In  187S,  the  buildings  owned  by  B.  C.  &  H.  N.  Pike,  at  the 
J.  E.  Reed  place,  on  Pike  hill,  were  destroyed. 

In  August,  1S78,  a  shed  filled  with  wood,  belonging  to  the 
Concord  &  Claremont  Railroad,  was  burned. 

September  21,  1878,  the  village  saw-mill,  all  its  machinery 
and  much  lumber,  two  dwellings,  an  ell  and  a  barn,  belonging 
to  the  estate  of  Daniel  Nettleton,  a  large  wooden  structure  be- 
longing to  L.  Whittemore  and  E.  E.  Stearns,  in  which  were 
machinery,  lumber,  and  a  huge  cpiantity  of  rakes  belonging  to 
Alexander  &  Perkins,  and  the  dwelling  and  barn  of  John  Flan- 
agan,— all  situated  in  a  group  between  the  railroad  and  river, — 
were  destroyed.  The  railroad  bridge  was  damaged  ;  grain, 
hay,  and  live  stock  were  lost.  The  Nettleton  property  was  in- 
sured for  $2,500 ;  Alexander  &  Perkins,  rake-  and  handle-mak- 
ers, for  $500;  Lorenzo  Whittemore,  sash-  and  blind-maker, 
for  $1,500;  John  Flanagan,  for  $1,200;  E.  E.  Stearns,  for 
$1,000. 


242  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

LIGHTNING. 

The  barn  of  Dea.  Jeremiah  Nettleton,  at  the  H.  Hanson  place, 
was  struck  by  lightning  in  the  summer  of  1S14.  His  son  and  a 
son  of  Philip  W.  Kibby  were  in  it  at  play  at  the  time.  His  son 
was  struck  on  the  head  by  a  portion  of  the  timber  thrown  oif 
by  the  lightning,  which  fractured  his  skull.  When  taken  up  he 
was  thought  to  be  dead,  but  soon  revived.  The  crushed  por- 
tions of  the  skull  were  removed,  and  his  life  was  prolonged  to 
an  advanced  age.  The  lightning,  striking  the  Kibby  boy  on 
the  back  of  his  head,  passed  down  the  whole  length  of  his  body 
and  limbs,  inflicting  a  severe  injury,  from  which  he  was  a  long 
time  in  recovering.  He  fell,  when  struck,  directly  under  the 
eaves  of  the  barn,  from  which  the  water  poured  in  torrents 
upon  him,  and  which  was  thought  to  have  been  the  means  of 
saving  his  life.  The  new  tow  frock  and  trowsers  which  he 
wore  were  literally  torn  into  shreds,  and  lay  at  his  feet. 

The  barn  belonging  to  the  residence  of  M.J.  Webber,  occu- 
pied by  Brooks  C.  Flanders,  was  struck  by  lightning  on  the  5th 
of  July,  1S42,  and  considerably  injured.  A  hen  and  her  brood, 
sitting  at  the  foot  of  the  post  down  which  the  fluid  passed, 
were  found  undisturbed,  but  with  life  extinguished. 

August  II,  1S43,  a  cow  owned  by  Cyril  Wheeler  was  killed 
by  lightning. 

June  28,  1843,  Charles  Comstock  had  a  fine  pair  of  oxen 
killed  by  lightning. 

On  the  30th  of  July,  1S46,  the  dwelling  of  Orange  Whitney 
was  struck  by  lightning.  It  hit  two  chimneys  situated  near 
each  end  of  the  house.  From  one  it  passed  down  a  post,  tear- 
ing oft'  a  coftee-mill  attached  to  it.  Mrs.  W.,  who  stood  only 
a  few  feet  from  the  post,  was  made  senseless  by  the  shock,  but 
soon  recovered. 

In  June,  184S,  the  lightning  struck  the  dwelling  of  Gov. 
Ralph  Metcalf,  now  occupied  by  William  Dunton,  throwing 
the  laths  and  j^histering  all  over  the  nursery,  which  Mrs.  M. 
and  her  two  children  had  left  but  a  moment  before.  Passing 
to  the  lower  story,  a  portion  of  the  fluid  followed  the  bell-wire, 
but,  avoiding  the  glass  door-knob,  passed  unceremoniously  out 
at  the  front  door,  taking  the  panels  with  it. 


FIRES    AND    LIGHTNING.  243 

October  21,  1S51,  the  dwelling  of  Bela  N.  Chamberlin,  stand- 
ing on  the  spot  now  occupied  by  the  Phenix  hotel,  was  struck, 
but  received  slight  damage. 

The  barn  of  Calvin  Thatcher,  on  Thatcher  hill,  was  struck 
by  lightning,  Oct.  19,  1S53,  and  three  of  his  cattle  were  killed. 

In  September,  1S62,  Davis  B.  Robinson  had  a  valuable  yoke 
of  oxen  killed  by  the  electric  fluid. 

During  a  shower,  Oct.  10,  1S73,  the  bridge  across  the  Goshen 
Branch  of  Sugar  river,  on  Elm  street,  was  struck  by  lightning. 
The  damage  was  slight. 

The  lightning  struck  the  house  of  the  Rev.  Paul  S.  Adams 
during  a  severe  shower,  July  23,  1S72,  but  passed  down  the  rod, 
doing  but  sliglit  damage. 

During  a  terrific  thunder-storm  in  the  summer  of  1S76,  a 
liirhtninof-ball  w'ent  into  the  chamber  window  of  the  house  of 
S.  F.  Lund,  at  the  south  end  of  the  village,  and  when  within 
about  a  foot  of  the  chamber  floor,  it  exploded,  doing  no  dam- 
age whatever.  Mrs.  Gleason,  who  was  in  the  room  at  the 
time,  saw  the  ball  when  it  came  in  at  the  window,  and  was  not 
more  than  four  feet  from  it  at  the  time  of  the  explosion.  Dur- 
ing the  same  shower,  a  streak  of  lightning  passed  down  one  of 
the  rods  on  the  house  of  Dr.  J.  L.  Swett,  passing  ofl'  on  the 
granite  underpinning  into  the  cellar,  but  doing  no  particular 
damage. 

July  17,  1S77,  the  barn  of  Henry  J.  Ilurd,  at  Northville,  was 
struck  by  lightning,  splitting  five  posts  and  tearing  ofl'  shingles 
and  boards.  No  marks  of  fire  were  seen,  though  there  was 
hay  in  the  barn. 


CHAPTEE   XXXIY. 

AGRICULTURE. 

"PARMERS'  AND  MECHANICS'  ASSOCIATION.  This 
-^  association  was  organized  Sept.  26,  1874.  Its  object  is  the 
promotion  of  agriculture  and  the  mechanic  arts.  George  E. 
Dame  was  chosen  president ;  Charles  A.  Silsby,  Augustus 
Trask,  and  Benjamin  F.  Carr,  vice-presidents;  Henry  A.  Jenks, 
treasurer  ;  E.  R.  Miller,  Secretary  ;  Dexter  Richards,  Geo,  E. 
Dame,  F.  W.  Lewis,  W.  A.  Perry,  and  Samuel  K.  Wright, 
directors.     The  officers  since  have  been, — 

-Presidents — Geo.  E.  Dame,  1S76;  Charles  A.  Silsby,  1S77, 
1S7S. 

Vice-Presidents — G.  F.  Whitney,  2d,  Simon  A.  Tenney, 
Augustus  Wylie,  1S76  ;  G.  F.  Whitney,  2d,  Augustus  W^ylie, 
S.  A.  Tenney,  1877;  G.  H.  Towle,  Augustus  Wylie,  B.  F. 
Carr,  1S78. 

Secretaries — E,  M.  Kempton,  1S76,  1S77  ;  Simon  A.  Ten- 
ney, 1 878. 

Treasurers — Henry  A.  Jenks,  1S76,  1S77  ;  Perley  S.  Coffin, 
1S78. 

Ma7tagers—^l'Ax\^  Gove,  W.  H.  Perry,  G.  H.  Towle,  B.  F. 
Carr,  S.  H.  Cutting,  1876,  1877  ;  E.  M.  Kempton,  O.  Parker, 
O.  C.  Kibby,  Freeman  Cutting,  and  Samuel  P.  Wright,  1S78. 

During  the  autumn  and  winter  tliis  association  has  had  fre- 
quent meetings  for  the  discussion  of  fiirm  topics,  which  have 
been  well  attended  and  full  of  interest. 

The  first  annual  town  fair  was  held  Sept.  30,  1875,  under 
the  auspices  of  this  society.  It  was  an  occasion  of  much  inter- 
est. Some  1 17  yokes  of  oxen  were  present,  nearly  all  of  which 
were  joined  in  one  team  and  driven  through  the  village  streets, 


AGRICULTURE.  245 

escorted  by  the  Newport  Cornet  Band  and  the  fire  companies. 
The  display  of  stock  and  the  various  agricultural  products  was 
very  extensive,  and  the  display  of  fancy  work  in  the  ladies'  de- 
partment was  elaborate  and  beautiful.  In  all  the  departments 
the  exhibition  was  most  flattering.  Each  year  since,  the  town 
has  held  its  amiual  fair  under  the  direction  of  this  association, 
with  a  like  success,  all  indicating  a  most  commendable  interest 
in  agrictdture  on  the  part  of  our  citizens. 

The  speakers  at  the  diflerent  fairs  have  been, — Geo.  E.  Jenks, 
Esq.,  of  Concord,  and  Hon.  L.  P.  Cooper,  of  Croydon,  1S76; 
Gen.  Luther  McCutchins,  of  New  London,  James  O.  Adams, 
Esq.,  of  Manchester,  and  lion.  Jvloses  Humphrey,  of  Concord, 
1877  ;  lion.  John  D.  Lyman  and  Hon.  L.  P.  Cooper,  1S7S. 

Marshals — J.  B.  Cooper,  G.  F.  Whitney,  2d,  S.  M.  Richards, 
S.  H.  Cutting,  W.  H.  Perry. 

In  1S7S,  Freeman  Cutting  had  on  exhibition  ninety-four  head 
of  cattle,  besides  a  large  number  of  fat  hogs  and  colts,  and  S. 
H.  Edes,  Esq.,  had  a  nice  herd  of  thorough-bred  Ayrshires.  At 
this  fair  it  was  estimated  that  more  than  4,000  persons  were 
present. 

The  Sullivan  County  Agricultural  Society  held  an  annual 
fair  in  this  town  Oct.  i,  1S51.  The  day  was  fine,  and  the  fair 
in  all  respects  was  a  success.  A  Devon  bull,  owned  by  P.  & 
M.  Humphrey  and  E.  H.  Brown,  of  Croydon,  weighing  a  ton, 
and  two  Ayrshire  cows,  by  H.  Bingham,  of  Unity,  were  among 
the  objects  of  greatest  interest,  both,  then,  comparatively  rare 
breeds  of  stock  in  this  section  of  the  country.  An  able  address 
was  delivered  on  the  occasion  by  the  Rev.  John  Woods,  a  prac- 
tical farmer  as  well  as  preacher. 

The  Sullivan  Grange,  No.  8,  Patrons  of  Husbandry,  was 
organized  in  Newport,  Nov.  7,  1873,  by  Edwin  Thompson, 
Deputy  of  the  National  Grange,  Patrons  of  Husbandry,  with 
twenty-seven  charter  members,  which  has  been  increased  to 
sixty  members,  its  present  number.  Its  officers,  in  1874  and 
I87^,  were, — Master,  Isaac  A.  Reed;  Secretary,  Simon  A. 
Tenney  ; — in  1S76  and  1S77,  Master,  Simon  A.  Tenney ;  Sec- 
retai-y,  Lorenzo  L.  Cutts  ; — in  1S78,  Master,  Frederick  L.  Lit 
tie;  Secretary,  Charles  A.  Silsby. 


246 


HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 


The  following  farm  statistics  have  been  gathered  from  vari- 
ous sources : 


Year. 

Horses. 

Cattle. 

Sheep. 

Stock  in 
trade. 

Money  at 
interest. 

1794 

72 

703 

1802 

287 

1125 

$760 

$410 

1825 

333 

1852 

792 

12,150 

5,400 

1850 

373 

2066 

2753 

i5'45o 

40,632 

1876) 
i877i 

486 

1479 

1356 

76,820 

111,613 

In  1S70,  the  census  showed  18,533  ''^cres  of  improved  land, 
317  horses,  1,843  cattle,  1,372  sheep,  371  swine;  value  of  live- 
stock, $137,501,  Total  amount  of  farm  products,  as  given  by 
the  U.  S.  census,  $148,156; — wheat,  S56  bushels;  rye,  398; 
corn,  10,807;  barley,  14,520;  wool,  8,140  pounds;  beans,  322 
bushels  ;  potatoes,  30,170  ;  apples,  $7,299  worth  ;  butter,  67,979 
pounds;  cheese,  11,326;  milk,  10,880  quarts  ;  hay,  4,998  tons  ; 
maple  sugar,  33,290  pounds;  value  of  slaughtered  animals, 
$26,294. 

In  1872  the  number  of  polls  was  636;  valuation,  $1,711,668  ; 
stock  in  trade,  $70,650  ;  stocks  and  money  at  interest,  $95,604  ; 
saving  bank  deposits,  $118,283  ;  town  debt,  $100,060. 

In  1S76,  the  selectmen  reported  as  follows:  The  town  has 
produced  3,940  tons  of  hay  ;  29,600  bushels  of  potatoes  ;  7,690 
bushels  of  shelled  corn  ;  650  bushels  of  wheat ;  12,940  bushels 
of  oats  ;  290  bushels  of  rye  ;  2,200  bushels  of  barley  ;  790  bush- 
els of  India  and  buckwheat ;  245  bushels  of  pease  and  beans  ; 
63,635  quarts  of  milk  sold  or  used  as  milk  ;  64,475  pounds  of 
butter  ;  30,000  dozen  eggs ;  34,000  pounds  of  poultry  ;  73,750 
pounds  of  maple  sugar;  5,800  pounds  of  wool. 

In  1878,  the  selectmen  report, — Whole  inventory  of  the  town, 
$1,196,440  ;  increase  over  the  year  previous,  $27,485  ;  per  cent, 
of  taxation,  $1.82  ;  highway  tax,  17  cents  on  $100;  number  of 
horses,  496:  cattle,  1,448;  sheep,  1,458;  hogs,  421  ;  dogs,  166. 

The  New  Hampshire  Board  of  Agriculture  has  held  several 


AGRICULTURE.  247 

sessions  in  this  town,  which  have  been  full  of  interest,  and 
have  been  very  profitable  to  the  agricultural  portion  of  the 
community. 

Capt.  Joel  Nettleton  kept  a  full-blooiled  Durham  bull  in  1827 
for  the  improvement  of  stock. 

Paul  J.  Wheeler  in  1S60  raised  an  xMderney  calf  which  at  six 
months  old  weighed  600  pounds,  which  he  sold  to  the  Enfield 
Shakers  for  $100. 

John  Endicott  took  the  first  premium  at  the  state  fair  in  1S54 
for  the  best  fat  ox.  It  was  four  years  old,  and  weighed  2,590 
pounds. 

William  H.  Sprague  slaughtered  a  hog  in  1863  which  weigh- 
ed 714  pounds  ;  Emerson  &  Booth  one  in  1855,  which  weighed 
825  pounds;  and  Britton  &  Wiggin  one  in  1877,  which  weigh- 
ed, after  being  dressed,  1,025  pounds. 

James  Baker,  in  1868,  produced  and  sold  1,407  dozen  eggs, — 
kept  160  hens. 

Wm.  F.  Newton,  Esq.,  in  one  year  produced  and  sold  100 
bushels  of  strawberries.  Other  parties  have  since  engaged  in 
the  business. 

A  cow  owned  by  N.  B.  Hull,  Esq.,  had  five  calves  in  two 
years. 


CHAPTEE   XXXV. 


SPORTING 

'  I  ^HE  first  settlers  in  town,  coming  from  the  region  bordering 
-^  on  Long  Island  Sound,  were  accustomed  to  all  kinds  of  fish- 
ing sports,  and  felt  the  loss  of  them  here.  As  a  substitute,  they 
were  accustomed,  after  the  planting  season  was  over,  to  go  down 
to  Bellows  Falls  and  spend  several  daj's  in  a  general  good  time, 
catching  shad  and  salmon,  which  in  those  days,  before  the  dams 
were  built  across  the  river  below,  used  to  come  up  thus  far  in 
great  abundance.  This  season  of  sport  and  recreation  was  al- 
wa3'S  looked  forward  to  with  great  interest  by  the  young  men 
and  boys.  Sugar  river  and  its  tributaries  have  always  furnish- 
ed an  ample  field  for  those  sportsmen  who  are  seeking  trout 
and  the  other  varieties  of  the  smaller  fish.  The  interest  in  this 
direction  has  been  greatly  augmented  by  the  introduction  of  the 
black  bass  by  our  fish  commissioners. 

The  Newport  Fishing  Club  was  organized  in  1871.  They 
erected  a  house  on  Big  island,  in  Sunapee  lake,  in  1S74,  where 
they  established  their  head-quarters,  and  to  which  they,  their  la- 
dies and  guests,  make  frequent  excursions  during  the  summer 
months,  spending  time  in  fishing,  boat-riding,  and  social  en- 
joyment. 

Soon  after  the  war  a  party  of  young  men  took  their  teams, 
camp  equipage,  and  a  reporter  for  the  press,  and  spent  several 
weeks  among  the  mountains  and  lakes  in  the  north  part  of  the 
state,  hunting  and  fishing. 

In  Ma}',  1827,  an  eagle  was  captured  on  the  meadows,  which 
measured  from  tip  to  tip  some  six  feet.  A  quill  from  one  of  its 
wings  was  manufactured  into  a  pen,  with  which  the  editor  of 
the   Spectator  i"ecorded  the   incident,  and  which  he  declared 


SPORTING.  249 

imparted  a  special  inspiration  to  his  editorials.  In  May,  1S29, 
Capt.  Oliver  Lund  shot  a  very  large  eagle  upon  the  meadows, 
but  as  nofjuill  reached  the  editor,  only  a  terse  account  of  it  was 
given.  Among  all  the  game  which  has  abounded  in  our  forests, 
the  partridi^e  and  the  pigeon  have  been  the  most  hunted  and  the 
most  enjoyed. 

The  deer,  a  valuable  game,  was  much  hunted  and  enjoyed  in 
the  earlier  days.  The  rabbit  and  grav  squirrel  have  always 
been  plenty,  and  their  meat  has  been  among  the  luxuries.  So 
late  as  the  winter  of  1S27  a  deer  was  discovered  and  shot  in  our 
village. 

In  the  earlier  days  bears  were  comparatively  numerous,  and 
often  captured.  The  wife  of  John  ^Vilmarth,  who  lived  near 
the  Griffin  place,  sent  John  Moore,  a  lad  living  in  the  family, 
to  a  thicket  of  hemlocks  to  procure  boughs  for  a  broom.  He 
soon  came  running  back,  declaring  that  a  big  bear  was  down 
there.  Mrs.  Wilmarth  went  to  the  barn  and  notified  her  hus- 
band, who,  taking  his  gun,  ran  to  explore  the  region.  lie  found 
that  the  bo}'  had  walked  up  a  large  tree  which  had  been  blown 
nearly  down,  for  the  purpose  of  picking  the  boughs,  and  that 
Bruin  had  walked  out  directly  imder  his  feet.  The  neighbors 
were  aroused  and  gave  chase.  The  animal  was  overtaken  and 
captured  near  the  M.  Ilurd  place. 

A  bear  was  caught  on  Coit  mountain  in  1S67.  It  was  first 
seen  by  Mr.  Geo.  Humphrey,  of  Croydon,  crossing  the  road  be- 
tween the  flat  and  the  village.  A  dog  was  set  upon  his  track, 
and  soon  drove  him  into  a  tree.  Several  men,  by  climbing 
into  neighboring  trees,  were  enabled  to  throw  ropes  around  his 
neck,  which  so  strangled  the  animal  that  they  were  able  to  bind 
him  and  carry  him  down  to  the  residence  of  Mr.  Goldthvvaite, 
where  he  was  kept  for  some  time  on  exhibition. 

The  people  of  this  town  have  several  times  joined  with  citi- 
zens of  otlier  towns  in  grand  bear  hunts.  In  April,  1S27,  the 
people  of  this  and  all  the  towns  around  Sunapee  mountain 
joined  in  a  hunt.  They  formed  a  circle  around  the  entire  base 
of  the  mountain.  The  signal  horn  was  sounded  for  starting, 
and  continued  around  the  whole  circle,  which  signal  was  re- 
peated every  half  hour  until   their  arrival  at   the  top.     A   like 

17 


250  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

hunt  on  Croydon  mountain  shortly  after  was  not  more  success- 
fuL     In  both  cases  nothing  but  small  game  was  captured. 

Dea.  Phineas  Chapin  was  a  tithing-man  of  the  town,  and 
performed  his  official  functions  with  such  strictness  as  to  forbid 
young  men  travelling  to  visit  their  sweethearts  on  Sunday.  He 
was  himself  on  one  occasion  overtaken  by  an  embarrassing 
temptation,  which  exemplifies  the  rule  that  the  good  are  often 
the  most  tempted.  One  Sunday  he  discovered  a  large  black 
bear  sitting  upon  its  haunches  in  his  cornfield,  picking  and  eat- 
ing the  ears  of  corn.  The  deacon,  either  forgetting,  through 
the  excitement  of  the  occasion,  his  official  character,  or  remem- 
bering those  passages  of  scripture  which  teach  the  lawfulness 
of  doing  good  on  the  Sabbath,  and  that  "  if  any  provide  not  for 
his  own,  and  especially  for  those  of  his  own  house,  he  hath  de- 
nied the  faith  and  is  worse  than  an  infidel  "  (we  leave  the  read- 
er to  judge  which),  seized  his  favorite  gun,  and  with  deliberate 
aim  sent  a  bullet  through  the  bear's  heart.  He  thus  not  only 
saved  his  corn,  but  the  meat  and  skin  of  the  bear  materially 
added  to  the  family  supplies. 


CHAPTER    XXXYI. 

INDIANS,  IRISH,  FRENCH,  AND   NEGROES. 

INDIANS.  Newport  has  but  little  of  Indian  history.  No 
-*-  Indians  occupied  or  claimed  the  territory  at  the  time  or 
since  the  first  settlement ;  and  few  are  the  traces  which  have 
been  discovered  indicating  that  this  has  ever  been  much  their 
home  or  hunting-ground.  It  has  been  a  conjecture,  the  truth 
or  falsity  of  which  can  never  be  known,  that  Eastman,  the  dar- 
ing and  adventurous  trapper,  the  first  white  man  that  explored 
the  beautiful  meadows  of  Newport,  was  waylaid  and  killed  by 
the  Indians,  who  were  jealous  of  any  infringement  upon  their 
hunting-  and  fishing-grounds.  After  the  French  and  Indian 
War,  a  few  lingered  in  the  valley  of  the  Connecticut  and  around 
the  shores  of  Sunapee  lake,  but  none  here. 

Tradition  says  the  early  settlers  here  experienced  one  alarm, 
only,  from  this  source.  The  Indians  had  been  showing  signs 
of  a  spirit  of  hostility.  They  had  been  attacking  and  commit- 
ting depredations  upon  other  towns,  carrying  away  much  booty 
and  many  prisoners,  the  rumor  of  which  had  reached  this  town, 
and  filled  the  hearts  of  the  settlers  with  alarm.  In  the  midst  of 
this  state  of  feeling,  which  may  have  magnified  the  danger,  a 
band  of  Indians  was  seen  lurking  about  the  forests.  The  peo- 
ple were  greatly  frightened,  expecting  an  immediate  attack. 
The  men  flew  to  arms,  and  gave  them  chase.  The  Indians 
fled  by  way  of  the  Aiken  hill,  and,  eluding  the  vigilance  of 
the  pursuit,  which  continued  all  day,  were  never  overtaken. 
Meanwhile  the  women,  for  safety,  had  fled  in  all  directions,  and 
had  sought  all  manner  of  hiding-places,  where  they  remained 
concealed  all  night.  In  the  morning,  upon  the  return  of  the 
men,  the  signal-gun,  agreed  upon  the  day  before,  was  fired,  and 
all  returned  to  their  homes  unharmed. 


252  ^  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT 

Ruth  Labaree.  a  native  of  Charlestown,  afterwards  wife  of 
Nathan  Hurd,  one  of  the  early  settlers  here,  and  whose  father 
was  taken  prisoner  by  the  same  company  that  captured  and 
carried  away  Mrs.  Johnson,  escaped  sharing  a  similar  fate  by 
hiding  under  a  log.  Several  times,  in  search  of  her,  the  Ind- 
ians passed  over  the  log  under  which  she  was  concealed.  She 
was  often  heard  to  say  that  her  heart  beat  so  loud  she  was 
afraid  the  Indians  would  hear  it,  and  thus  discover  her  hiding- 
place. 

Rev.  Peter  Paul  Osunkhirhine,  an  Indian  clergyman,  of  St. 
Francis,  Canada  East,  visited  this  town  in  April,  1861.  He 
came  to  this  place  some  forty  years  previous,  entirely  unedu- 
cated. Here  he  prepared  for  college,  under  the  tuition  of  Rev. 
Mr.  Wheelock,  the  then  Congregational  minister  of  this  town, 
and  graduated  at  Moore's  Indian  Charity  School,  connected 
with  Dartmouth  college.  For  the  last  twenty-six  years  previ- 
ous to  his  visit,  he  had  been  a  missionary  among  the  Indians, 
and  had  shared  their  fortunes.  He  had  been  in  the  employ  of 
the  British  Fur  Company,  and  was  recollected  while  here  as 
an  expert  at  hunting  and  fishing.  On  one  occasion,  while  at 
school  in  this  town,  seeing  a  squirrel  at  the  door,  he  darted  out 
of  the  school-room,  gave  chase  to  the  animal,  and  was  not  again 
seen  for  several  days.  He  was  at  length  found  upon  Sunapee 
mountain. 

Irish.  Emigrants  from  Ireland  began  to  come  to  this  town 
as  early  as  1835, — since  which  time  they  have  become  compar- 
atively numerous,  and  are  now  among  our  most  industrious, 
thriving,  and  valuable  citizens.  Among  them  were  the  Hei'- 
ricks,  the  Lyons,  the  Whalens,  the  Reardons,  the  Burkes,  the 
Flanagans,  the  Burnses,  the  Cotters,  the  Farrells,  the  Aherns, 
the  Keefes,  the  Kingsleys,  and  the  Learys. 

French.  The  Canadian  French  began  coming  here  during 
the  civil  war. 

Negroes.  Very  early  in  the  history  of  the  town  quite  a 
colony  of  negroes  settled  on  Coit  mountain  and  its  vicinity, 
mainly  on  the  eastern  slope.  Vance  Coit,  one  of  their  number, 
made   his  home  near  its  summit.     The  cellar  wall,  the  rose- 


f 


INDIANS,  ETC.  253 

bush,  and  the  balm  still  remain,  to  attest  the  spot  where  he 
lived.  His  residence  there  gave  the  mountain  its  name.  Tra- 
dition says,  that  in  him  the  moral  sentiment  was  not  always 
predominant,  for  at  one  time  he  was  whipped  at  the  post,  at 
the  Wilcox  store,  at  the  corner  of  Main  and  Maple  streets,  for 
stealing  a  bag  of  meal  at  ClareuKMit.  His  wife,  who  was  a 
white  woman,  was  present  at  the  time,  and  when  the  blood 
began  to  run  down  his  back,  became  very  much  agitated,  and 
rushing  forward,  exclaimed,  "Don't  lick  him  to  death  I  give 
me  a  part  of  the  blows  !"  It  was  thought  that  the  theft  miglit 
have  l)cen  instigated  by  her. 

The  following  incident  is  related  of  him  :  A  neiglibor,  hav- 
ing some  hay  in  a  condition  in  which  it  would  spoil  unless 
taken  care  of  on  the  Sabbath,  applied  to  Vance  for  help,  olVer- 
ing  him  a  pound  of  sugar  if  he  would  assist  in  getting  it  in. 
Vance,  with  much  apparent  indignation,  replied,  '"  Do  you 
think  I  would  have  my  soul  fry  in  hell  to  all  eternity  for  a  pound 
of  sugar?  No!" — then  added,  "Give  me  two  pounds,  and  I 
will  risk  it." 

Tom  Billings,  another  of  the  colony  who  lived  with  Coit, 
deserted  his  wife,  and  ran  away  with  a  white  girl  to  Canada. 
Robert  Nott  and  Salem  Colby  were  also  among  the  number. 

Jesse  Sherburn,  of  a  later  period,  was  a  boot-black.  He 
was  a  veiy  clever  man,  given  to  fun  and  poetry.  Meeting  the 
Rev.  !Mr.  Woods,  one  morning,  he  said,  "Sir,  you  shines  the 
souls  of  men  ;  I  shines  their  uppers  I" 

Charles  Hall  was  once  a  slave  in  Florida.  The  manner  of 
his  escape  was  in  this  wise  :  He  was  headed  up  in  a  sugar  hogs- 
head and  put  on  board  a  vessel,  without  the  knowledge  of  the 
captain,  by  a  brother  of  Dea.  Jonathan  Cutting,  and  smuggled 
to  Boston,  from  which  place  he  was  forwarded  here  to  the 
deacon.  Charley  was  a  jolly  soul,  and  few  ever  plied  him 
with  a  joke  who  did  not  get  back  a  repartee  that  made  them 
willing  to  quit  even. 


CHAPTEE    XXXYII. 

SECESSION. 

NEWPORT,  in  common  with  other  towns  along  the  valley 
of  the  Connecticut  river,  once  seceded  from  New  Hamp- 
shire and  joined  the  state  of  Vermont.  The  following  extracts, 
taken  from  the  town  records,  show  the  action  of  the  town  in  the 
matter.  March  14,  17S1,  in  the  warrant  calling  a  town-meet- 
ing, we  find  the  following  : 

Art.  4.  To  see  if  the  town  will  accept  the  doings  of  the  Convention 
lastly  held  at  Cornish  in  order  to  join  the  State  of  Vermont  and  com- 
ply with  the  requisitions  of  said  convention  in  sending  a  Representative 
to  the  Assembly  to  be  holden  in  Windsor  in  said  state  the  first  Wednes- 
day of  April  next. 

March  29,  1781.  Voted  this  town  of  Newport  join  in  union  with  the 
State  of  Vermont.  Voted  Benj.  Giles,  Esq,  to  be  a  Delegate  to  Repre- 
sent the  town  of  Newport  in  the  General  Assembly  of  Vermont  to  be 
holden  at  Windsor  in  the  state  of  Vermont  the  first  Wednesday  in  April 
next  ensuing.  Voted  that  Aaron  Buell,  Jesse  Wilcox,  and  Josiah  Stev- 
ens be  a  committee  to  give  instructions  to  the  Representative  above 
named  for  his  direction  in  the  General  Assembly  of  Vermont. 

ISIay  2,  1 781,  the  town  was  notified  to  meet,  in  order  to  be 
qualified  as  freemen  of  Vermont,  and  vote  for  judges  of  the 
courts,  sheriff',  judge  of  probate,  and  justices  of  the  peace.  On 
the  14th  of  the  same  month  they  met  and  chose  town  officers, 
in  accordance  with  the  laws  of  Vermont.  The  town,  however, 
soon  returned  its  allegiance  to  this  state;  for  we  find  that  the 
next  annual  meeting,  in  March,  17S3,  was  called  in  the  name 
of  the  state  of  New  Hampshire. 


T 


CHAPTER    XXXVIir. 

MISCELLANY. 

HE  following  incidents  and  anecdotes  were  mainly  gath- 
-*-      crcd  at  the  time  of  the  historical  celebration  in  1S46. 

The  first  blow  struck  in  felling  the  forests  in  town  was  by 
Absalom  Kelsey,  on  the  D.  F.  Pike  farm  at  the  foot  of  Clare- 
mont  hill.  Which  farm  should  have  the  honor  of  the  first  blow, 
had  been  previously  decided  by  lot. 

The  first  cabin  in  town,  the  one  in  which  the  six  young  men, 
who  came  to  town  in  1765  and  commenced  clearing  away  the 
forest,  had  slielter,  stood  on  the  gentle  swell  of  land  a  few  rods 
south  of  the  house  now  occupied  by  Reuben  Ainger  at  the  foot 
ofClaremont  hill.  It  was  covered,  sides  and  roof,  with  hem- 
lock bark,  stayed  in  its  place  between  poles  confined  together  by 
means  of  withes.  They  obtained  their  provisions  at  Charles- 
town,  for  which  they  paid  in  work  during  the  haying  season. 

The  first  apple  raised  in  town  was  by  Benjamin  Bragg,  on 
the  G.  H.  Fairbanks  place.  The  tree  bore  but  one  apple  :  it 
disappeared,  and  what  became  of  it  was  always  a  mystery.  A 
young  lady  residing  in  the  family  at  the  time  was  alwa3S  sup- 
posed to  have  been  in  some  way  accessory  to  the  loss. 

The  first  child  born  in  town  was  a  son  of  Jesse  Wilcox,  born 
Feb.  28,  1768,  and  died  the  March  following.  The  first  female 
bom  was  Lydia  Hurd,  afterwards  wife  of  Reuben  Basconi,  who 
was  born  in  1768,  and  died  in  April,  1847,  aged  79  years. 

Maj.  Uriah  Wilcox  ofiercd  a  crown  to  the  first  woman  that 
should  step  foot  into  Newport.  Mrs.  Benjamin  Bragg  and  Mrs. 
Zephaniah  Clark  were  together  near  the  line  of  the  town,  when 
it  was  said  to  them  that  such  a  tree  was  in  Newport,  when  tliey 
both  ran,  and  so  near  alike  was  their  arrival  that  each  received 
a  crown. 


256  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

Capt.  Ezra  Parmelee,  while  returning  from  Charlestown, 
where  he  had  been  to  mill,  was  overtaken  by  the  dark,  and, 
fearing  he  might  wander  astray  if  he  should  go  further,  stopped, 
hitched  his  horse,  lighted  a  fire,  and  spent  the  night.  In  the 
morning,  to  his  surprise,  he  found  himself  within  a  few  rods  of 
his  own  door. 

Mrs.  Ezra  Parmelee  visited  her  old  home  at  Killingworth, 
Conn.,  on  horseback.  When  about  to  return,  her  father  cut 
from  an  apple-tree  a  twig,  to  be  used  by  her  as  a  riding-stick. 
On  her  arrival,  it  was  grafted  into  a  tree  in  their  orchard  on 
the  Griffin  farm,  now  occupied  by  George  E.  Dame.  Now, 
one  hundred  years  after,  the  graft  is  in  good  condition,  and  bears 
an  abundant  crop  of  apples. 

One  of  the  early  settlers  brought  a  willow-sprout  from  Con- 
necticut, which  he  used  as  a  riding-stick.  On  his  arrival,  he 
stuck  one  end  of  it  into  the  mud,  near  the  former  residence  of 
Dea.  Wilcox,  on  the  Unity  road,  now  occupied  by  Freeman 
Cutting,  whereupon  it  grew  and  became  a  tall  tree. 

Mrs.  Benjamin  Bragg  made  out  the  first  taxes  in  town. 

Mrs.  Robert  Lane  made  the  first  cheese  in  town. 

The  apple-trees  now  standing  alcove  the  brick-yard  on  the 
B.  W.  Jenks  place  were  brought  from  Charlestown  b}-  Aaron 
Buell,  1st,  more  than  one  hundred  years  since. 

Joseph  vSawyer  dug  his  well,  sixteen  feet  deep,  with  a  fire- 
shovel  and  a  hemlock  knot  for  a  pick.  He  also  raised  four 
hundred  bushels  of  potatoes,  and  carried  them  all  into  his  cel- 
lar in  a  sap-trough.  . 

Mrs.  Ebenezer  Merritt  had  a  family  of  sixteen  boarders.  Her 
supplies  consisted  of  the  milk  of  one  farrow  cow, — from  which 
she  made  half  a  pound  of  butter  per  week, — meal  for  porridge, 
and  fish  caught  from  the  river.  The  boarders  were  all  satis- 
fied. 

Matthew  Buell,  3d,  lived,  the  first  summer,  in  his  log  barn. 
His  wife  did  her  cooking  beside  a  pine  stump  near  by.  Her 
mince  pies  were  made  of  pumpkins  and  bear's  meat. 

The  larder  of  Mrs.  Ezra  Parmelee, — the  woman  afterwards  so 
noted  for  her  open-hearted  hospitality,  and  who  was  expected  to 
entertain  the  clergy  and  other  distinguished  visitors, — once  con- 
tained only  a  few  potatoes,  a  bag  of  rye  meal,  and  the  meat  of  a 


MISCELLANY.  257 

small  pif^,  from  which  she  contrived  to  manufacture  a  variety 
of  dishes  which  were  hit^hly  reh'shcd  by  lier  huii<^rv  lio:irders. 

Mrs.  El)enezer  Mcrritt  stayed  alone  in  her  loj^  cabin  several 
weeks,  while  the  other  settlers  were  all  away  from  town  (prob- 
ably at  Charlcstown,  where  the  men  worked  at  haying  to  pay 
for  their  provisions),  a  cow,  a  yoke  of  oxen,  and  a  dog  her  only 
companions.  It  is  said  that  the  dog  notified  her  of  their  return 
by  his  howling  when  they  were  a  long  way  from  the  cabin. 

Three  of  the  men  who  came  in  176S,  having  extra  work  to 
do,  resolved  to  stay  and  finish  it  after  their  companions  had 
left.  At  night  they  went  to  Bragg's  camp,  near  the  present 
residence  of  ISIr.  Fairbanks.  Next  morning  a  severe  snow- 
storm arose,  which  compelled  them  either  to  follow  their  com- 
panions to  No.  4,  now  Charlestown,  or  remain  and  starve. 
While  travelling  through  Unity,  one  of  the  party,  Mr.  Merritt, 
became  so  chilled  and  tired  that  he  thought  he  could  go  no  fur- 
ther, and  so  laid  himself  down  to  die.  Mr.  Kelsey,  who  be- 
lieved in  resorting  to  severe  remedies  when  gentle  ones  were 
inefiectual,  cut  some  sprouts,  and  not  verv  tenderly,  but  merci- 
fully, applied  them  to  Mr.  Merritt's  body.  Mr.  Mcrritt  rose, 
and  with  an  evil  intention,  it  is  supposed,  pursued  Mr.  Kelsey. 
After  running  quite  a  distance  the  passion  of  Mr.  Merritt  sub- 
sided, lie  thanked  his  companion  for  the  castigation,  and  all 
went  on  their  way  rejoicing,  and  reached  their  temporar}- home 
at  Charlestown  in  safety. 

April  19,  1870,  after  a  long  storm,  the  water  in  Sugar  river 
and  its  branches  rose  higher  than  had  ever  before  been  known. 
Mucli  damage  was  done  to  mills  and  bridges,  and  considerable 
alarm  was  felt  lest  Sunapee  lake  should  sweep  away  the  bar- 
riers at  the  outlet,  and  come  down  upon  us. 

S.  Decatur  Gilmore,  son  of  John  Gilmore,  while  on  his  way 
to  San  Francisco  in  18^3,  was  on  board  the  ship  Independence 
when  it  was  burned  oft' the  Pacific  coast.  Wlien  he  found  it 
was  on  fire,  he  lashed  together  his  trunk,  valise,  and  other  bag- 
gage, and  placed  them  in  a  convenient  situation  to  be  thrown 
overboard.  After  rendering  all  the  assistance  in  his  power  to 
those  wdio  were  unable  to  swim,  until  the  flames  forbade  a  lon- 
ger delay,  he  tlirew  his  baggage  into  the  water  and  sprang  in  af- 
ter it.  With  one  hand  upon  it.  he  paddled  with  the  other  to  the 


258  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

shore  some  three  hundred  yards  away.  For  three  days  he  sub- 
sisted on  a  loaf  of  cake  which  his  provident  wife  had  kindly 
packed  in  his  trunk.     His  was  the  only  baggage  saved. 

Jeremiah  Walcolt,  son  of  Col.  James  D.  Walcott,  in  1821, 
slid  from  the  roof  of  the  Baptist  church,  then  in  the  process  of 
erection,  to  the  ground,  but  alighted  upon  an  open  bunch  of 
shingles  which  lay  upon  the  margin  of  one  of  those  deep  bog- 
holes  which  greatly  prevailed  in  the  vicinity  of  that  house  in 
those  days.  He  providentially  escaped  all  material  injury,  but, 
in  the  opinion  of  the  spectators,  had  "rather  a  muddy  look." 

The  Proprietors'  House.  At  the  meeting  of  the  Proprie- 
tors, held  at  the  house  of  Jesse  Wilcox,  Nov.  23,  1772,  Daniel 
Dudle^y,  moderator,  it  was  voted  to  erect  a  building  "  thirty 
feet  in  length  by  twenty  feet  in  width,  with  one  fire-place,"  to 
be  finished  the  July  following.  A  tax  of  fifteen  shillings  was 
levied  on  each  proprietor  to  meet  the  expense.  It  was  to  be 
for  any  public  use, — for  a  school-house  when  needed,  and  for  a 
place  of  religious  worship.  Its  roof  was  four-square,  resem- 
bling the  top  slope  of  a  modern  French  roof.  It  was  located 
just  south  of  the  present  residence  of  Rufus  P.  Claggett, 
on  what  was  then  the  main  street  in  the  prospective  village  of 
Newport.  Rev.  James  Parmelee,  still  living,  remembers  that 
it  was  boarded  up  and  down  with  rough  boards,  like  a  barn. 
The  interior  of  the  building  was  never  finished.  A  few  boards 
were  nailed  upon  the  beams  overhead,  and  around  the  sides. 
This  served  to  increase  the  capacity  of  the  house,  for  when  the 
lower  part  was  full,  the  youngsters  would  climb  up  and  sit  up- 
on the  beams  and  boards  overhead.  When  they  became  noisy, 
as  they  sometimes  would,  the  tithing-man,  with  his  stern,  sol- 
emn Sunday  face,  would  rap  upon  the  sides  of  the  house  with 
his  wand  of  office,  and  point  upward,  when  perfect  silence 
would  ensue. 

California  Gold.  During  the  excitement  occasioned  by 
the  discovery  of  gold  in  California,  a  company  known  as  the 
"California  Trading  and  Mining  Company"  was  formed,  with 
a  capital  stock  amounting  to  some  $30,000,  which  capital  was 
divided  into  shares  of  $300  each.  The  company  purchased  a 
vessel  known  as  the  "  Harriet  Rockwell,"  and,  loading  it  with 


) 


MISCELLANY.  259 

articles  of  merchandise,  provisions  for  tlie  voyage,  and  all  tlie 
various  implements  thought  necessary  to  successful  mining,  set 
out  for  the  land  of  gold,  dreaming  of  a  glorious  future  crowned 
with  wealth  and  luxury.  Several  prominent  men  of  Croydon 
were  shareholders  and  memhers  of  this  company.  Among  those 
who  joined  the  company  from  this  town  were  Shubael  Ilawes, 
who  was  chosen  captain  of  the  vessel,  Austin  Stockwell,  Bela 
W.  Jenks,  and  Jeremiah  Ladd.  Other  young  men,  not  possess- 
ing the  means  to  purchase  shares,  were  sent  out  by  capitalists, 
who  agreed  to  divide  the  profits  ;  and  still  others,  not  connected 
with  the  company,  went  out.  The  enterprise  did  not  prove  so 
succcst^ful  as  was  hoped. 

Coal.  The  use  of  coal  was  introduced  here  in  the  autumn 
of  1S72,  on  the  opening  of  the  railroad,  since  which  time  its 
use  has  been  steadily  increasing. 

Reception  of  Gen.  Lafayette.  This  young  Frencliman, 
thousands  of  miles  away  across  the  broad  Atlantic  at  the  com- 
mencement of  our  Revolutionary  struggle,  saw  our  perils  and 
our  needs.  His  sympathies  were  awakened,  and  he  at  once  es- 
poused our  cause  ;  and  by  his  incessant  labors  at  home,  in  pro- 
curing men  and  means,  and  by  his  perils  in  the  field,  side  by 
side  with  Washington,  had  aided  in  achieving  our  independ- 
ence. Now,  after  the  lapse  of  half  a  century,  he  returned  to 
witness  the  glorious  fruits  of  his  labors.  Never  was  the  tri- 
umphal march  of  hero  or  conqueror  more  grand  or  glorious. 
Wherever  he  journeyed,  millions  of  warm  hearts,  filled  with 
grateful  remembrance  of  his  noble  deeds  and  sacrifices,  rose  up 
to  do  him  homage. 

On  Monday  evening,  June  27,  1S25,  our  village  was  honored 
with  the  presence  of  this  distinguished  guest.  He  was  on  his 
way  from  Concord,  where  he  had  received  the  grand  welcome 
of  the  state,  to  Montpelier,  where  he  was  to  receive  a  like  wel- 
come from  Vermont.  A  committee  of  our  citizens,  accompa- 
nied by  a  long  cavalcade,  met  the  General  at  Sunapee  and  es- 
corted him  into  town,  where  a  very  large  concourse  of  people 
had  assembled  to  greet  his  arrival.  He  and  his  suite  alighted 
at  the  residence  of  Col.  William  Cheney,  amid  the  acclama- 
tions of  the   multitude,  the  waving  of  banners,  the  ringing  of 


260  HISTORY   OF   NEWPORT. 

bells,  and  the  booming  of  cannon.  Col.  Cheney  met  him  at 
the  door,  and  bade  him  welcome  in  a  brief  but  most  cordial 
and  appropriate  address ;  after  which  he  was  introduced  to  the 
soldiers  of  the  Revolution,  and  ladies  and  gentlemen.  After 
partaking  of  the  hospitalities  of  the  house,  the  general  was  es- 
corted by  the  artillery,  committee  of  arrangements,  and  citizens 
to  the  residence  of  James  Breck,  Esq.,  by  whom  he  was  hand- 
somely entertained ;  after  which  he  took  his  departure  for 
Claremont,  where  he  was  to  spend  the  night.  A  beautiful  tri- 
umphal arch  was  erected  at  the  village  bridge,  over  which  the 
General  was  to  pass,  and  also  over  the  gateways  at  the  resi- 
dences of  Mr.  Cheney  and  Mr.  Breck.  Bright  eyes  and  wav- 
ing handkerchiefs  greeted  him  from  every  window  as  he  passed. 
As  he  left,  all  hearts  followed  him  with  benedictions. 

Dress.  The  clothing  of  the  early  settlers  was  almost  entire- 
ly homespun.  The  men  raised  the  wool  and  the  flax,  and  their 
wives  and  daughters  carded,  spun,  wove,  dyed,  and  manufac- 
tured them  into  garments.  In  nearly  every  house  was  to  be 
found  all  the  machinery  necessary  to  that  purpose.  The  men 
wore  frocks  and  breeches,  the  latter  coming  to  the  knee,  where 
they  were  met  by  long  stockings,  to  which  they  were  fastened 
by  a  buckle.  In  winter  the  lower  limbs  were  enveloped  by  leg- 
gings, which  met  the  breeches  likewise  at  the  knee. 

At  a  later  period,  for  church  and  other  "  fix  up  "  occasions, 
they  had  ruffled  shirts,  cocked  hats,  velvet  or  deerskin  breeches, 
and  wore  powdered  wigs,  or  did  up  their  hair  m  a  cue  behind. 
After  Reuben  Bascom  set  up  his  clothing  mill,  the  cloth  de- 
signed for  men's  wear  was  usually  dressed  by  him,  and  was 
manufactured  into  garments  by  tailoresses,  who  plied  their  oc- 
cupation from  house  to  house. 

The  ladies  wore  woollen  gowns,  aprons,  and  stockings,  and 
thick  shoes  in  winter,  and  tow  and  linen  garments,  and  thinner 
shoes  in  summer.  Their  plain,  simple  dresses  were  in  striking 
contrast  with  the  elaborate  display  of  their  daughters  in  modern 
times. 

Maps  of  the  Village.  The  first  view  of  the  village  was 
engraved  by  Henry  E.  Baldwin,  as  early  as  1833,  on  wood.  In 
1 85 7,  L.   H.   Bradford  &  Co.  made  a   lithograph  of  the  vil- 


MISCELLANY.  26 1 

lage,  from  a  sketch  by  II.  1'.  Moore.  Anotlier  view  of  tlie  vil- 
lage, lithograph,  was  published  by  Mr.  Fowler  in  1S77.  A 
view  of  the  town  and  village  was  included  in  the  map  of  Sulli- 
van county,  engraved  by  H.  F.  Walling,  of  New  York,  in  1S60, 
and  published  by  Smith  &  Morley. 

Population.  The  population  of  the  town,  as  given  by  the 
Colonial  Record  in  1767,  was, — males  unmarried,  between  16 
and  60,  16;  boys,  3;  married  men,  5;  married  women,  5; — 
whole  number,  29. 

In  February,  1769,  as  stated  by  Gov.  Wentworth  in  extend- 
ing the  charter  of  the  town,  there  were  15  families  here.  In 
1775  the  population  was  157  ;  in  1790,  7S0  ;  in  1S30,  1,679  >  "^ 
1850,  2,020;   in  1S60,  2,077;  "^  ^870,  2,163;  '"  1S7S,  2,556. 

The  census  takers  belonging  to  this  town  were, — in  1S40, 
John  B.  Stowell ;  in  1S50,  Matthew  Harvey;  i860,  Edward 
Wyman  ;   1S70,  Lyman  J.  Brooks. 

Our  State  tax,  1S57,  $422.10;  1S77,  $3,352.04.  County  tax, 
1857,  $  641.10;   1S77,  $3,581,84. 

Altitudes.  The  following  table  of  altitudes  was  furnished 
by  Richard  S.  Howe,  Esq.,  civil  engineer,  of  this  town  : 

Sunapee  lake,  above  mean  tide  water  at  Boston,  1,103  feet. 
Sill  front  door  new  court-house,  Newport,  above  mean  tide 

water  at  Boston,  822     " 

Top  Colt  mountain,  Newport,  above  mean  tide  water  at 

Boston,  1,588 

Croydon  mountain,  above  mean  tide  water  at  Boston,  2,789 

Sunapee  mountain.             "                            "  2,683 

Ascutney  mountain,           "                             "  3,iS6 

Kearsarge  mountain,         "                             "  2,942 


CHAPTER    XXXIX. 

VILLAGE,    COMMON,   STREETS,  AND   SIDEWALKS. 

T  /"ILLAGE.  It  is  difficult  to  conceive  of  a  more  charming 
^  spot  than  that  occupied  by  the  main  village  of  Newport. 
Extending  through  the  tow^n  from  north  to  south,  dividing  it  in- 
to two  nearly  equal  parts,  is  a  beautiful  meadow,  several  miles 
in  length,  and  one  half  mile  in  width.  The  Croydon  Branch  of 
Sugar  river,  fresh  from  its  mountain  home,  falls  into  it  at  the 
north  ;  the  Goshen  Branch,  foaming  with  its  white  spray,  leaps 
over  its  granite  falls  into  it  at  the  south  ;  while  on  the  east, 
about  midway  between  the  northern  and  southern  extremities, 
are  poui"ed  in  the  waters  of  Sunapee  lake.  These  waters  unit- 
ing, after  winding  gracefully  about  the  meadows,  often  beneath 
the  wide-spreading  branches  of  the  elms  which  are  scattered  in 
all  directions  about  the  meadow  and  along  the  banks,  flow 
away  to  the  Connecticut.  This  meadow  is  bordered  on  the 
west  by  gently-swelling  verdant  hills,  and  on  the  east  by  a 
slightly  elevated  plain,  which  extends  back  to  the  base  of  Coit 
and  East  mountains.  On  this  plateau,  beneath  these  moun- 
tains, overlooking  such  scenery,  lying  on  either  side  of  the  river 
and  extending  up  along  its  banks,  is  the  village,  one  of  the 
pleasantest  in  the  state.  The  main  sti^eet,  running  parallel 
with  the  east  margin  of  the  meadow,  is  nearly  two  miles  in 
length,  on  either  side  of  which  are  neat  and  attractive  homes. 

The  Common.  The  common,  the  pride  of  our  citizens, 
was  originally  an  alder  swafnp^  "  in  which  the  frogs,  at  cer- 
tain seasons  of  the  year,  gave  free  concerts."  The  older  in- 
habitants remember  jumping  from  bog  to  bog  as  they  crossed 
it,  to  keep  out  of  the  water.  It  was  purchased  of  Col.  William 
Cheney,  in  March,  1S21,  for  the  sum  of  $200.  Tradition  says 
Mr.  Cheney  had  previously  offered  it  to  the  town  on  condition 


VILLAGE,  ETC.  263 

that  they  would  set  out  and  maintain  a  row  of  trees  on  the  east 
side  ;  but  the  rivahy  between  the  ditTerent  ends  of  the  viUage, 
separated  by  Sugar  river,  then  very  animated  and  bitter,  pre- 
vented an  acceptance  of  the  gift,  now  so  vahiable.  The  row  of 
trees  standing  between  tlie  street  and  the  west  sidewalk  was 
set  out  in  1831  by  Joseph  Farnsworth,  Alvin  Hatch.  Amasa 
Edes,  and  Wm.  II.  Cheney.  Those  on  the  inside  of  the  streets 
around  the  common  were  set  out  in  1S66,  mainly  by  Cyril 
Wheeler,  Esq.,  and  paid  for  by  citizens  living  around  the  com- 
mon. The  centennial  tree  at  the  south  end  of  the  common  was 
set  out  by  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  July  4,  1S76.  The 
same  year  the  elm,  on  the  green  plat  where  Ivlaple  street  joins 
Main  street,  was  planted  by  M.  Ilarvcy.  J.  H.  Ilunton,  and 
Wm.  Dunton.  Centennial  trees  were  planted  around  the  Bap- 
tist church  the  same  year. 

A  park  at  the  south  end  of  the  common  was  fenced  in  and 
improved  with  walks,  and  decorated  with  shrubs  and  flowers, 
in  1S59,  ^y  ^'"*  Thomas  Sanborn,  and  the  Messrs.  Cross,  then 
the  proprietors  of  the  Newport  House. 

The  first  town  common,  reserved  and  used  many  years  by 
the  early  settlers,  was  on  the  Unity  road,  and  occupied  the 
table-land  between  the  Call  hill  and  the  A.  Pease  house. 

Sidewalks.  The  grading  of  sidewalks,  now  so  attractive 
a  feature  of  the  village,  originated  in  1S5S  with  Dea.  Jonathan 
Cutting,  Edmund  Wheeler,  Matthew  Harvey,  and  A.  and  S.  H. 
Edes.  The  work  was  commenced  on  the  then  narrow^,  unpleas- 
ant part  of  Main  street,  south  of  the  bridge.  Mr.  Cutting  was 
one  of  the  selectmen,  and  contracted,  as  such,  that  when  the  job 
was  done  the  town  should  pay  one  half  of  the  expense. 

Village  Streets.  At  the  annual  meeting,  in  March,  1S75, 
a  committee  was  appointed  to  name  the  streets  and  erect  suita- 
ble signs.  The  following  report,  submitted  by  them  to  a  spe- 
cial meeting  of  the  citizens  called  for  that  purpose,  was  unani- 
mously adopted,  soon  after  which  the  signs  were  put  up : 

REPORT    OF    COMMITTEE    FOR     NAMING    THE    STREETS    IN    NEW- 
POUT    VILLAGE. 

The  committee  to  whom  was  referred  the  matter  of  naming 


264  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

tlie  streets  in  Newport  village,  having  duly  considered  the  sub- 
ject, submit  the  following  report : 

The  principal  street,  running  north  and  south  through  the  vil- 
lage, shall  be  called  Main  street. 

The  street  running  east  from  the  Newport  House  shall  be 
called  Sunapee  street. 

The  street  running  from  the  Eagle  and  Wheeler's  blocks  to 
the  residence  of  Nathan  Mudgett  shall  be  called  Central  street. 

The  street  running  east  by  the  Diamond  mills  to  the  saw-mill 
shall  be  called  River  street. 

The  street  running  east  from  the  residence  of  J.  H.  Hunton 
and  Matthew  Harvey  shall  be  called  Maple  street. 

The  street  running  west  from  the  residence  of  Edmund 
Wheeler  shall  be  called  Elm  street. 

The  street  running  north,  by  the  residence  of  Charles  H.  Lit- 
tle, shall  be  called  Laurel  street. 

The  street  on  the  east  north  side  of  the  common  shall  be  call- 
ed Park  street. 

The  street  running  north  from  the  residence  of  P.  S.  Coffin 
shall  be  called  Cheney  street. 

The  street  running  between  Park  street  and  Cheney  street, 
by  the  residence  of  Charles  T.  Lathrop,  shall  be  called  Cedar 
street. 

The  street  running  from  Main  street  to  Cheney  street,  by  the 
residences  of  E.  C.  Converse  and  Jacob  Robinson,  shall  be  called 
Crescent  street. 

The  street  running  from  Main  street  to  Cheney  street,  from 
the  residence  of  Mr.  S.  L.  Crane,  snail  be  called  Grove  street. 

The  street  running  from  Main  street,  at  the  residence  of  B- 
R.  Allen,  by  the  residences  of  T.  W.  Gilmore  and  L.  F.  Dodge, 
shall  be  called  Oak  street. 

The  street  running  west  from  Main  street  to  the  Boardman 
place  shall  be  called  Pleasant  street. 

The  street  running  west  from  Main  street,  by  the  residences 
of  Dexter  Richards  and   H.  G.  Carleton,  shall  be  called  Pearl 

street. 

The  street  running  west,  between  the  Richards  and  Cheney 
blocks,  shall  be  called  Depot  street. 


VILLAGE,  ETC.  265 

The  way  between  Richards  block  and  E.  S.  Chase's  build- 
ing shall  be  called  Corn  alley. 

The  street  running  west  from  Main  street,  by  the  residence 
of  Rufus  S.  Dudley,  shall  be  called  West  street. 

The  street  running  south  from  Elm  street,  by  the  residence 
of  Joseph  Wilcox,  shall  be  called  Spring  street. 

The  street  running  north  from  West  street,  by  the  residence 
of  C.  F.  Pike,  shall  be  called  Ash  street. 

The  street  running  from  Sunapee  street  to  Maple  street,  by 
the  tannery  of  J.  H.  Ilunton,  shall  be  called  Cross  street. 

The  street  running  from  Sunapee  street,  by  the  mills  of  S. 
H.  Edes,  to  Cross  street,  shall  be  called  Canal  street. 

The  street  running  north  from  Sunapee  street,  by  the  old 
brick  school-house,  shall  be  called  Summer  street. 

The  street  running  north  from  Sunapee  street,  between  the 
residence  of  William  Woodbury  and  Summer  street,  shall  be 
called  Beech  street. 

The  street  running  from  Cheney  street,  by  the  residence  of 
Moody  S.  Kempton,  shall  be  called  W"inter  street. 

The  street  running  north  and  east  from  Winter  street,  by  the 
residence  of  R.  C.  Osgood,  shall  be  called  Prospect  street. 

The  place  leading  from  Central  sticet  to  the  grist-mill  shall 
be  called  Mill  place. 

The  place  leading  from  Central  street,  by  the  Forsaith  house, 
to  the  tannery  of  Lyman  Rounsevel,  shall  be  called  Central 
place. 

The  drive-way  between  the  Methodist  church  and  the  New- 
port House  shall  be  called  Church  pass. 

The  street  rumiing  north  from  the  residence  of  Georsfe  H. 
Fairbanks,  by  the  residence  of  Frederick  Aiken,  shall  be  called 
Pine  street. 

The  street  nmning  north  from  Depot  street  to  Pearl  street 
shall  be  called  Railroad  square. 

The  square,  including  the  court-house,  town-house,  and  gram- 
mar-school building,  shall  be  called  Court  square. 

Dexter  Richards, 
Edmunii  Wheeler, 
Frank  A.  Rawson, 

Newport,  Mav  i,  1S75.  Coinntittcc. 

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266  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

Newport  as  a  Summer  Resort.  Few  towns  in  the  state 
offer  more  attractions  to  the  summer  tourist  than  Newport. 
The  character  of  its  soil,  its  elevated  position,  its  bracing  air, 
and  pure  water,  all  combine  to  make  it  one  of  the  most  health- 
ful localities  to  be  found.  Its  good  roads  afford  ample  oppor- 
tunity for  pleasant  drives,  either  along  the  valleys  bordering 
on  the  streams,  or  over  hills  commanding  fine  prospects.  Its 
numberless  streams,  and  the  many  ponds  in  the  adjoining  towns, 
to  which  may  be  added  Sunapee  lake,  afford  abundance  of  fish- 
ing grounds.  The  lovely  view  from  the  dome  of  the  court-house, 
and  the  more  extended  ones  from  Pike  hill  and  Coit  mountain, 
and  Sunapee  and  Croydon  mountains,  —  all  of  Avhich  com- 
mand some  of  the  finest  views  in  the  state,  and  are  near  at 
hand, — must  gratify  the  lover  of  charming  scenery.  Unity 
Springs,  with  its  fine  hotel  and  varied  attractions,  is  but  a  few 
miles  away,  aftbrding  an  agreeable  drive.  The  two  hotels,  new 
and  commodious,  the  social  character  of  the  citizens,  and  our 
church  privileges,  are  also  among  the  attractions.  It  has  been 
estimated  that  more  than  a  thousand  ^^ersons  spend  more  or  less 
of  their  summers  here,  thus  showing  that  its  merits  have  been 
in  some  measure  appreciated. 

Business  Buildings.  The  "Tontine,"  in  its  day,  was  the 
most  fiunous  structure.  It  stood  upon  the  east  side  of  the  com- 
mon, on  the  spot  now  occupied  bv  the  Methodist  chapel  and 
the  two  residences  at  the  north  of  it.  It  was  one  hundred  and 
fifty  feet  long,  and  four  stories  high.  It  had  twenty-four  nine- 
teen-foot rooms,  besides  almost  a  countless  number  of  back 
rooms,  bed-rooms,  etc.  It  had  five  huge  stacks  of  chimneys, 
with  large  ovens  in  each  story.  The  front  roof  projected  sev- 
eral feet,  forming  a  sort  of  awning,  which  was  supported  by 
pillars.  It  was  built  in  1818,  by  Col.  William  Cheney,  for 
stores  and  mechanics'  shops,  with  tenements  above.  It  was 
considered,  at  the  time  of  its  erection,  the  most  magnificent 
building  in  this  portion  of  the  state,  and  in  its  earlier  days  was 
occupied  by  the  more  fashionable  people.  In  1S51  it  was  taken 
down,  and  the  materials  were  wrought  into  the  buildings  that 
occupy  its  former  site. 

The  Whittemore  &  Hurd  block  was  built  by  Amos  Little, 


RICHARDS'     BLOCK. 


VILLAGE,  ETC.  26/ 

Esq.,  for  a  hat  shop,  ami  was  enlarged  by  the  present  owners  ; 
the  biiihling  now  occupied  by  Fairbanks  &  Ro3xe,  by  John 
Euss,  for  a  shoe-shop  and  store  ;  Burke's  block,  by  James  Breck, 
about  1836,  for  a  store  ;  Wliitney  store,  by  Simon  Brown,  for  a 
printing-oflice  ;  Woodbury's  block,  by  Amos  O.  Woodbury, 
1S71  ;  barbers' shop,  by  Rufiis  P.  Dudley,  1S70;  Brown's  office, 
by  A.  O.  Woodbury,  for  a  jewellers'  store  ;  Stowell's  building, 
by  Farnsworth  &  Hatch,  for  a  store  ;  Chase's  building,  by  John 
B.  Stowell  ;  Richards  block,  by  Dexter  Richards,  in  1S74; 
Cheney  block,  by  Col.  William  Cheney,  for  a  dwelling, — en- 
larged and  refitted  by  Dexter  Richards  in  1S73  ;  the  Nettleton 
block,  by  B.  Nettleton  and  F.  W.  Lewis  ;  Bowers's  office,  by 
S.  L.  Bowers  ;  Wheeler's  block,  by  Edmund  Wheeler,  in  1S5S  ; 
Eagle  lilock,  by  James  Breck  and  Josiah  Forsaith,  in  1825,  for 
a  hotel ;  the  Hub])ell  block,  by  William  W.  Hubbell,  in  1872. 
For  county  buildings,  see  County. 

Post-Office.  The  first  post-ofiice  establislied  in  town  was 
in  iSio,  and  Dr.  Arnold  Ellis  was  appointed  postmaster.  Pre- 
vious to  this  there  were  no  regular  mails  in  town.  The  letters 
were  left  at  the  stores,  and  were  carried  by  whomsoever  first  jour- 
neyed in  the  desired  direction.  In  this  way  the  comparatively 
small  number  of  letters  written  were  sent  to  and  from  Connecti- 
cut and  Massachusetts,  where  were  the  friends  and  early  homes 
of  the  first  settlers.  An  interesting  incident  in  the  postal  his- 
tory of  tlie  town  is  related  :  In  the  family  of  Mr.  Thomas  Carr, 
who  lived  on  the  farm  now  occupied  by  B.  F.  Carr,  his  grand- 
son, was  a  large  black  dog,  which  he  brought  with  him  from 
Washington  when  he  came  to  town.  Mr.  Carr  would  write  a 
letter,  and  when  it  was  evening,  so  that  the  dog  might  not  be  mo- 
lested or  tlie  mail  robl)cd,  tic  it  upon  the  dog's  neck,  and  send 
him  away.  The  next  morning  he  was  always  at  the  door  of 
the  friend  in  Washington,  ready  for  the  delivery  of  his  message. 
He  would  feed  the  dog,  keep  him  through  the  day,  and  at 
night  send  him  away  with  a  return  mail. 

As  early  as  1790,  The  Farmers^  Museum,  printed  at  Wal- 
pole,  at  that  time  the  metropolis  of  this  region,  was  carried  by 
a  post-rider  on  a  circuit  tlirough  Charlestown,  Claremont,  New- 
port,  Unity,   Lcmpster,   and  Acworth,  to  Alstead.      He  was 


268  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

loaded  with  parcels  from  family  to  family,  and  was  made  wel- 
come to  the  hospitalities  of  all  the  homes  along  his  route. 

Since  the  removal  of  Mr.  Ellis  from  town,  the  following  per- 
sons have  been  postmasters  :  Erastus  Baldwin,  Lucy  C.  Bald- 
win, Aaron  Nettleton,  Jr.,  Bela  Nettleton,  Seth  Richards,  Cal- 
vin Wilcox,  John  B.  Stowell,  Sawyer  Belknap,  David  W.  Wat- 
kins,  Sarah  M.  Watkins,  Sam  Nims,  and  George  W.  Nourse. 

A  post-office  was  opened  at  Northville,  in  January,  1878, 
called  tlie  North  Newport  post-office,  and  Ezra  T.  Sibley  was 
appointed  postmaster. 

The  Telegraph.  The  telegraph  was  put  up,  and  in  run- 
ning order,  the  last  week  in  July,  1S66,  just  one  hundred  years 
from  the  settlement  of  the  town.  The  citizens  of  the  village 
contributed  $1,000  towards  its  establishment.  E.  C.  Converse 
was  the  first  operator.  The  first  telegram  was,  "The  Atlantic 
cable  has  been  laid,  and  is  working  finely  ;"  and  the  afternoon 
mails  confirmed  the  trutli  of  the  telegram.  It  was  extended 
through  to  Claremont  in  October,  1873.  Early  in  1875,  a  pri- 
vate telegraph  was  erected  by  "  our  young  folks,"  with  lines  in 
various  directions  about  the  village.  In  July  of  the  same  year 
it  was  extended  to  Northville,  and  in  1876  to  Sunapee  Harbor. 

Telephone.  The  telephone  was  first  introduced  into  this 
town  in  July,  1877.  by  J.  K.  Pierce,  a  carriage-maker.  It  ex- 
tended from  his  shop,  on  River  street,  to  his  residence  on  Ma- 
ple street. 

Signal  Stations.  Two  U.  S.  signal  stations, — the  one  on 
Coit  mountain  and  the  other  on  Pike  hill, — were  located  in 
town,  Oct.  I,  1875. 

Engine  Companies.  Engine  Company  No.  i  w^as  formed 
Nov.  17,  1833.  Jonathan  Cutting,  David  B.  Chapin,  Naylor 
Starbird,  David  Harris,  and  others  organized  the  company,  un- 
der the  general  act  for  incorporations.  The  engine  had  been 
previously  purchased  by  individual  subscriptions.  The  engine 
"Newport,"  now  in  use,  was  purchased  at  the  Hunniman  es- 
tablishment in  Boston,  for  the  use  of  this  company,  in  1S51. 
"  The  Rapid,"  a  new  engine  from  the  same  establishment,  with 
hose,  carriage,  and  all   the   modern   improvements,  was  pur- 


VILLAGE,  ETC.  269 

chased  in  September,  1S73,  at  a  cost  of  more  than  $2,000,  and 
a  new  conipaiiv.  No.  3,  forniecl  to  talvu  charge  of  it.  The  old 
company,  with  new  uniforms,  in  1S60,  was  in  a  very  flourish- 
ing condition  under  Capt.  J.  II.  Cross,  who  was  fond  of  mili- 
tary show,  and  joined  in  all  public  parades.  The  engine-hfjuse 
cost  some  $^00;  the  new  house  cost  about  $1,200. 

Charles  II.  Watts  has  for  several  years  been  chief  of  the  fire 
department.  Alexis  J.  Graves,  S.  H.  Edes,  Dexter  Richards, 
Perley  S.  Coffin,  F.  W.  Lewis,  E.  Wheeler,  P.  S.  Adams, 
Sawyer  Belknap,  David  Harris,  Isaac  A.  Reed,  Nathan  Mud- 
get,  Abiathar  Richards,  B.  F.  Haven,  Wallace  L.  Dow, 
S.  L.  Bowers,  and  W.  E.  Moore  have  been  among  the  fire 
wards. 

B.  B.  French,  David  Harris,  George  jSIuzzy,  Truman  L. 
Heath,  W.  W.  White,  and  Martin  L.  Whittier  have  been 
captains  of  Co.  No.  i  ;  and  John  B.  Cooper  and  Arthur  W. 
Wallace,  captains  of  No.  2. 

Reservoirs.  The  reservoir  in  the  park  at  the  south  end  of 
the  common  was  built  in  1S60,  the  town  paying  $200,  and  the 
remainder  being  contributed  by  individuals  in  its  neighborhood. 
The  one  at  the  north  end  of  the  common,  built  in  December, 
1871,  was  done  wholly  by  private  subscriptions.  The  one  at 
the  soutii  end  of  the  village  was  built  in  the  fall  of  1874,  also  by 
private  subscriptions. 

Aqueducts.     The  water  from  Cold  Spring  Grove  was  firs 
introduced  into   the  village   by  Samuel  H.  Edes,  in  1856.    The 
wood  aqueduct  first  employed  was  replaced  by  one  of  iron  and 
cement  in  1S62. 

Town  Clock.  The  town  clock  was  purchased  in  1839,  ^^ 
an  expense  of  $300.  It  was  removed  from  the  Unitarian  chap- 
el, where  it  was  first  placed,  to  the  tower  of  the  comity  and  town- 
hall  building,  in  1S75. 


T^ 


CHAPTER   XL. 

REPORT  FIXING  VALUES,  1777. 

^HE  following  report  will  be  interesting  as  showing  the  val- 
-^  lies  placed  upon  things  at  that  early  da}-, — also  as  show- 
ing that  all  money  transactions  were  then  reckoned  in  pounds, 
shillings,  and  pence,  instead  of  dollars  and  cents  as  now.  Cur- 
rency of  all  kinds  was  so  scarce  and  so  depreciated  that  the 
people  were  obliged  to  use  produce  as  a  substitute  for  it  in 
their  traffic.  They  built  their  bridges  and  their  meeting-houses, 
and  paid  their  minister's  salary  and  their  taxes,  in  produce. 
So  general  was  the  practice  and  so  urgent  the  need,  that  a  law 
was  passed  that  a  committee  be  appointed  to  regulate  the 
prices : 

Cheshire  County  ss     Newport  July  y"^  lo''^  A.  D.  1777. 

We  the  Subscribers  being  a  Committee  Chosen  and  under  Oath  in 
and  for  the  Town  of  Newport  in  the  State  of  New  hampshire  Pursuant 
to  an  act  in  addition  to  an  act  Intitled  an  act  for  the  Regulating  the 
Prices  of  Sundry  Articles  therein  passed  the  10"*  Day  of  April  A.  D. 
1777.  And  that  the  Rates  and  Prices  of  the  Goods  and  the  Several  ar- 
ticles herein  after  Enumerated  be  and  are  hereby  limmited  within  this 
Town  of  Newport  aforesaid  as  follows — viz — 

Good  Marchantable  wheat  p''  Bushel ^o-  6-0 

Good  wheat  flower  p""  b 0-18-0 

Good  Marchantable  rye  p''  bushel o-  4-0 

Good  Indien  Corn  p''  bushel o-  3-0 

Good  Barly  and  Early  Malt  p"'  bushel o-  4-0 

Good  Marchant  Oats  p''  bushel o-  1-8 

Good  Peas  p''  bushel o-  6-0 

Good  Beens  p''  bushel o-  6-0 

Chese  of  the  best  Sort  p''  lb   o-  0-6 

Butter  of  the  best  Sort  p'  lb o-  0-9 

Potatoes  of  the  best  sort  in  the  fall  p''  bushel o-  o-io 


REPORT    FIXING    VALUES,  1 877.  27 1 

Nor  at  any  Season  of  the  year  Exceeding  p'  bushel o-  1-3 

Pork  weighing  from  5  to  7  Scores  p''  lb o-  0-4 

Pork  weighing  from  Seven  to  ten  Scores  p''  lb o-  0-4^ 

All  pork  weighing  above  Ten  Scores  p'  lb o-  0-5 

Salt  pork  by  the  Barrel  of  the  best  Sort  containing  Two  hun- 
dred and  Twenty  Pounds  p""  Barrel 5-  0-0 

Grass  fed  Beef  of  the  Best  Sort  p""  pound o-  0-3 

Good  Tryed  Tallow  p""  pound o-  0-7^ 

Mutton  p""  pound o-  0-3 

Veal  p''  pound o-  0-3 

Raw  Hide  p''  pound o-  0-3 

Good  Soal  leather  p""  pound o-   1-6 

Mens  neat  Leather  Slioes  of  the  best  Sort 0-8-0 

Other  Shoes  in  proportion  According  to  their  Quallity 

Good  Maple  Sugar  p^  pound o-  0-7 

Good  Maple  Molasses  p'  Gallon o-  4-0 

Good  well  dressed  tlax  p'  pound o-  o-io 

Good  iMarchantable  Sheeps  wool  p''  pound o-  2-2 

Mens  good  yarn  Stockings  p"'  pair o-  6-0 

and  in  that  proportion  for  those  of  an  Inferior  Quality. 

Good  yard  wide  Checked  Flannels  p""  yard 0-3-9 

And  other  Flannels  in  proportion  According  to  their  widths  and 

Quallity  and  other  woollen  Cloaths  in  like  proportion. 
Good  Woollen  Plain  cloath  Mens  ware  well  dressed  three  Quar- 
ters wide  p'  yard o-  8-0 

Good  yard  wide  tow  Cloath  p'  3'ard o-  2-3 

Course  Linnens  yard  wide  pr  yard o-  4-0 

Good  Bar  Iron  pr  hundred 2-  0-0 

Mens  Labour  in  the  Month  of  Dec.  and  Jan.  p''  day 0-1-6 

In  the  Months  of  Feb.  Mar.  and  Nov.  p''  day o-  2-0 

In  the  Months  of  May  June  and  Sept.  p'  day o-  2-6 

And  in  the  Months  of  July  and  Aug.  p""  day 0-3-0 

Carpenters  and  House  Joiners  p''  day o-  4-0 

Millwrights  and  Masons  p''  day o-  4-6 

Mens  Labour  in  the  Months  of  Dec.  and  Jan.  p'  Month i-  0-0 

In  the  Months  of  Feb.  Mar.  and  Nov.  p""  Month i-  4-0 

In  the  Months  of  April  and  October  p''  Month 1-15-0 

In  the  Months  of  May  June  and  September  p'  month 2-10-0 

In  the  Months  of  July  and  August  p""  month 3-0-0 

Mans  Labour  p""  year 20-  0-0 

Good  English  Hay  well  made  in  the  cock  in  the  field  p''  hund*!  o  -1-6 
Good  English  Hay  after  Secured  in  the  Barn  or  Stack  p""  hun- 
dred   o-  2-0 


2/2  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

Pasture  for  a  horse  p''  week o-  2-0 

Pasture  for  a  Yoak  of  Oxen  p"^  week 0-2-6 

Pasture  for  a  Cow  p''  week  at  the  best  rate o-  i-o 

For  keeping  a  horse  in  the  winter  by  hay  at  the  best  rate  p^ 

week o-  3-0 

For  keeping  a  Yoak  of  Oxen  by  hay  at  the  best  rate  p'  week. .  o-  4-6 

For  keeping  a  Cow  by  hay  at  the  best  rate  p''  week , 0-2-0 

TAVERNERS  AND  OTHER  ENTERTAINERS 

For  keeping  a  horse  a  night  by  hay o-  i-o 

For  keeping  a  horse  by  grass  p''  night o-  0-8 

For  keeping  a  yoak  of  Oxen  by  hay  p'"  night o-  1-6 

For  keeping  a  yoak  of  Oxen  by  grass  p"'  night o-  i-o 

For  keeping  a  Cow  by  hay  p'  night 0-0-7 

For  keeping  a  Cow  by  grass  p"  night 0-0-5 

and  in  like  proportion  for  other  Cattle 

For  baiting  a  Yoak  of  Oxen 0-0-5 

For  baiting  a  horse  or  a  mess  of  Oats o-  0-3 

For  a  meel  of  Victuals o-  o-io 

For  Lodging  p''  night o-  o-^ 

For  boarding  a  man  p^  week o-  6-0 

For  the  hire  of  a  horse  p''  Mile o-  0-2.^ 

For  the  hire  of  a  yoak  of  Oxen  p'"  day o-  1-6 

For  Transporting  Salt  by  land  every  Ten  mile  p''  bushel o-  i-o 

Flaxceed  of  the  best  Sort  p''  bushel 0-6-0 

Shoemakers  for  making  a  pair  of  Mens  Shoes  at  their  Own 

Shops  p''  pair o-  3-0 

And  all  other  Sort  in  proportion 

Swine  alive  p''  pound o-  0-2I 

Turnips  p""  bushel o-  i-o 

Combing  Woosted  p'  pound o-  o-io 

And  all  other  Labour  of  Tradesmen,  Such  as  Weavers,  Cooppers,  Black- 
smiths, Setwork,  cooppers  Plowmakers  Rakemakers  Taylors,  Shop- 
joiners,  And  also  Womens  work  Such  as  Girls  by  the  week  Nursing 
and  Spinning,  or  doing  housework  or  making  Shirts  Knitting  Stocings, 
or  any  other  work  of  Mens  or  Womens  whatsoever  not  herein  men- 
tioned to  bare  the  Same  prices  with  other  things  herein  mentioned  in 
proportion  as  they  Use  to  be  Before. 

Aaron  Buel       ^    Committee 
JosiAH  Stevens  >for  the  Town 
Jere.miah  Jenks}    of  Newport 
Recorded  p''  Josiah  Stevens  Town  Clerk 


TAXATION. 


273 


Taxation.  The  followinff  list  shows  the  amount  of  the 
highest  taxes  paid  in  town  at  each  successive  period  of  ten 
years,  and  also  by  whom  they  were  paid  : 


1795- 

Uriah  Wilcox •'5i3-95 

Jeremiah  Jenks 12.50 

James  White 1 1.20 

Christopher  Newton 10.70 

Jesse  Wilcox 10.36 

Ezra  Parmelee 9.96 

Daniel  Dudley,  Jr 9.46 

Stephen  Hard 9.31 

Samuel  Hard 9.22 

Nathan  Call 9.1 1 

1802. 

Jeremiah  Jenks ^19.92 

Erastus  Newton 16. 19 

Ezra  Parmelee 15-58 

James  White   ij-ZS 

Uriah  Wilcox i3-05 

James  Corbin 12.02 

Abiathar  Bowman 11.85 

Caleb  Atwood 1 1-59 

David  Allen ii-55 

Daniel  Chapin 11 .34 

1812. 

Sylvanus  Richards 819.40 

James  Corbin 19-35 

Uriah  Wilcox 16.95 

Phineas  Chapin 16.30 

Abiathar  Bowman 16.05 

Mercy  Wakefield '4-55 

Daniel  Chapi  n '3-45 

Josiah  Heath 12.67 

Oliver  Jenckes 12.60 

Reuben  Bascom 12.20 

1820. 

James  Breck §31 .80 

James  Corbin 28.20 

Erastus  Newton 23. 3S 

A.  &  J.  D.  Nettleton 23.38 

Daniel  Chapin 20.56 


Reuben  Bascom $20.30 

Uriah  Wilcox 19.45 

Matthew  Buel.  Jr 19.28 

Abiathar  Bowman 19-25 

Wm.  Cheney 22.28 

1830. 

Wm.  Cheney  &  Son S48.40 

James  Breck  &  Co 33-4° 

Moses  P.  Durkee 23.38 

Joel  Nettleton 20.68 

Charles  Corbin 19-38 

Oliver  Jenckes 18.10 

James  D.  Walcott 17.63 

Ephraim  Fletcher 16.29 

Joseph  Sawyer i5-9^ 

John  Webster 15 -03 

1840. 

James  Breck S29.08 

Thomas  W.  Gilmore 24.93 

Samuel  F.  Chellis 23.57 

Hatch  &  Newell 22.08 

Austin  Corbin 21 .26 

Erastus  Newton 21.15 

Walter  Phelps 20.64 

Josiah  Forsaith 20.05 

Ruel  H.  Keith 18.63 

Timothy  B.  Rossiter 1S.13 

1850. 

Thomas  W.  Gilmore §62.22 

Timothy  B.  Rossiter 43-62 

Josiah  Stevens 37-82 

Thomas  A.  Twitchell 36.84 

Chester  Phelps 33-9^ 

Jonathan  M.  Wilmarth 33-66 

Aaron  Matson 30.76 

Ralph  Metcalf. 30.44 

Joseph  Wilcox 30.16 

Stephen  Call 27.90 


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HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 


i860, 

Thomas  W.  Gilmore 8124.08 

Paul  J.  Wheeler 1 10,40 

Edmund  Burke 64.70 

Jonathan  M.  Wilmarth. ...      63.86 

Edmund  Wheeler 60.36 

Dexter  Richards 57- 18 

Richards  &  Co 56-52 

Orpha  Keith 56.10 

J.  &  J.  O.  Endicott 51.96 

Stephen  Call 50.38 

1870. 

Dexter  Richards i?952.oo 

Granite  State  Mills 386.00 

Samuel  H.  Edes 248.37 

Thomas  W.  Gilmore 202.00 

Solomon  Dean 168.44 


Edmund  Burke $130.40 

Edmund  Wheeler 129.80 

Elbridge  L.  Putney 127.00 

Ezra  T.  Sibley 11 1.20 

Frederick  W.  Lewis 1 10.24 

1877. 
Dexter  Richards  &  Son.  .^1,379.13 

Dexter  Richards 848.93 

Coffin  &  Nourse 756-99 

Samuel  H.  Edes 309-50 

Elbridge  L.  Putney 298.21 

Estate  Mason  Hatch 294.75 

Lyman  Rounsevel 272.93 

Frederick  W.  Lewis 264.18 

Edmund  Wheeler 254.05 

Edmund  Burke 238.55 

Freeman  Cutting 228.16 


CHAPTER   XLI. 

CELEBRATIONS. 

HISTORICAL  CELEBRATION,   1846. 

THE  eightieth  anniversary  of  the  settlement  of  the  town  was  ob- 
served by  a  celebration  on  the  Fourth  of  July,  1846.  A  procession 
was  formed,  and  marched  to  the  South  church,  where,  after  the  usual 
preliminaries,  the  physical,  civil,  literary,  religious,  and  miscellaneous 
histories  of  the  town  were  read  by  the  chairmen  of  the  several  commit- 
tees appointed  to  prepare  them  ;  after  which  an  eloquent  oration  was 
delivered  by  Rev.  Baron  Stow,  D.  d.,  of  Boston,  and  an  original  hymn, 
written  for  the  occasion  by  Mrs.  Sarah  J.  Hale,  was  deaconed,  after  the 
ancient  style,  a  line  at  a  time,  and  sung  by  the  congregation  to  the 
tune  of  Old  Hundred.  The  procession  was  re-formed  and  marched 
back  to  the  common,  where  a  large  bower  had  been  erected  and  a  free 
dinner  had  been  provided,  of  which  a  large  number  partook,  after  which 
came  music,  sentiments,  and  responses. 

CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION— FOURTH  OF  JULY,  1876. 

At  a  preliminary  meeting  of  the  citizens  of  Newport,  duly  called  for 
the  purpose  of  considering  the  project  of  celebrating  the  Centennial 
Fourth  of  July,  Francis  Boardman,  Esq.,  was  chosen  president,  and 
Hon.  George  E.  Dame,  secretary.  At  this  meeting  it  was  unanimously 
resolved  to  have  such  celebration,  and  that  the  citizens  of  the  neigh- 
boring towns  be  invited  to  participate.  Accordingly  a  committee  of 
arrangements,  consisting  of  Edmund  Wheeler,  Dexter  Richards,  Mat- 
thew Harvey,  Leander  F.  Dodge,  and  George  F.  Whitney,  were  ap- 
pointed, with  instructions  to  arrange  such  a  programme  as  in  their 
judgment  would  be  most  appropriate  to  the  occasion,  and  to  appoint 
the  officers  and  committees  necessary  to  carry  out  such  programme. 
At  a  subsequent  meeting  their  arrangements  were  approved. 

OFFICERS. 

President — Hon.  Levi  W.  Barton. 

Vice-Presidents — Alvin  Alden,  Calvin  Call,  Jonathan  Emerson,  Gid- 
eon Gould,  Mason  Hatch,  James  Hall,  William  Haven,  Reuben  Haven, 


276  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

Erastus  Huntoon,  Cyrus  B.  McGregor,  Nathan  Mudgett,  Lemuel  Os- 
good, Chauncy  Wakefield,  Jonathan  M,  Wilmarth,  Joseph  Wilcox,  Par- 
menas  Whitcomb. 

Chaplain — Rev.  Ira  Person. 

Reader  of  iJie  Declaration — John  McCrillis. 

Toast-masters — Nathan  E.  Reed,  Herbert  J.  Barton. 

Chief  Marshal — Capt.  John  B.  Cooper. 

Aids — E.  A.  Whipple,  Seth  M.  Richards,  Ashley  C.  Chase,  George 
B.  Lear. 

COMMITTEES. 

Co7nmittee  of  Arrangements — Edmund  Wheeler,  Dexter  Richards, 
Matthew  Harvey,  George  F.  Whitney,  Leander  F.  Dodge. 

Sentiments  and  Responses — Matthew  Harvey,  Edmund  Wheeler,  Al- 
bert S.  Wait. 

Finance— "P.  S.  Coffin,  Geo.  H.  Fairbanks,  E.  AL  Kempton,  A.  W. 
Rounsevel. 

Ringing  bells — C.  H.  Puffer,  Edward  Stearns,  Clarence  Pike,  O.  S. 
Hutchinson,  Armoni  Sweet. 

Firing  salutes— C.U.Whitnty,  T.  L.  Heath,  Chas.  H.  Watts,  H. 
M.  Ingram,  C.  H.  Little,  Frank  Dudley. 

AIjisic—V>.  R.  Allen,  Charles  Partridge,  Wm.  H.  Belknap,  George 
Pressey. 

Seats  and  Stand — Francis  Boardman,  Perley  S.  Coffin,  Leander  F. 
Dodge,  Richard  S.  Howe,  George  H.  Fairbanks,  Wm.  Dunton,  G.  B. 
R.  Watkins. 

Fire--works — Henry  Tubbs,  W.  F.  Dow,  E.  P.  Fisher,  E.  C.  Con- 
verse, O.  P.  Baston. 

Ladies  representing  States — Mrs.  G.  S.  Little,  Minnie  Harvey,  Sarah 
Dodge,  Lizzie  Barton. 

Sunday-schools — The  Superintendents. 

Teams — Eugene  A.  Pollard,  Charles  J.  Cutting,  F.  P.  Meserve,  F.  P. 
Rowell. 

Cavalcade — Geo.  E.  Dame,  F.  W.  Lewis,  Abiathar  Richards,  A.  W. 
Rounsevel,  F.  A.  Sibley,  E.  M.  Hunton. 

Antiqjiities — Charles  Emerson,  Benj.  F.  Haven,  F.  H.  Goldthwaite, 
Wm.  H.  Perry. 

Town  Hal'l^Wm.  Woodbury,  P.  S.  Coffin,  Granville  Pollard. 

Horribles — Bela  Nettleton,  Ransom  Huntoon,  A.  W.  Rounsevel, 
Wallace  W.  White,  Geo.  Tilton,  W.  A.  F.  Ladd. 

A  large  crowd  of  spectators  were  amused,  during  the  morning  hours 
of  the  clay,  by  the  burlesque  performance  of  a  com23any  of  men  known 
in  the  language  of  the  times  as  "  Horribles,"  who,  with  bands  which 
seemed  to  embody  the  "  flute,  harp,  sacbut,  dulcimer,  and  all  kinds  of 
music,"  made  their  appearance  in  costumes  that  outstripped  Falstaff's 
Ragged  Regiment,  in  vehicles  unique  and  variegated.  After  parading 
the  main  streets,  they  formed  a  hollow  square  around  the  Centennial 
Tree  on  the  common,  and  were  addressed  by  an  individual  represent- 
ing Patrick  Henry,  in  a  style  more  marked  for  its  grandiloquence  than 
for  its  classic  finish. 


CELEBRATION'S.  2/7 

At  midday,  a  grand  Centennial  Procession  was  formed  in  front  of 
the  Town  Hall.  It  was  headed  by  the  Chief  Marshal,  Cornet  Hand, 
Grand  Army,  firemen  in  uniform,  and  ladies  on  horseback  clad  in  white, 
with  elal)orate  floral  decorations,  representing  the  states ;  and  then 
came  a  long  train  of  citizens,  from  this  and  the  neighboring  towns,  on 
horseback,  in  carriages,  and  on  foot,  making  by  far  the  largest  and 
most  beautiful  procession  that  ever  marched  our  streets.  After  parad- 
ing the  more  important  thoroughfares,  they  returned  to  the  hall,  where 
the  subsequent  proceedings  took  place. 

The  President  of  the  day,  the  Hon.  Levi  W.  Barton,  on  calling  the 
assembly  to  order,  delivered  an  eloquent  and  appropriate  speech.     Af- 
ter prayer,   music,  and  reading  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence 
came  the  following  sentiments  and  reponses  : 

1st  toast.  The  Fourth  of  July — The  perpetual  monument  which 
brings  to  us  recollections  of  noble  men,  and  shall  transmit  to  latest 
times  the  memory  of  noble  deeds. 

Responded  to  by  Geo.  R.  Brown,  Esq. 

2d  toast.  The  Coitstttutton  of  the  Unitea  States — The  noblest  leg- 
acy of  our  fathers. 

Responded  to  by  Amasa  Edes,  Esq.  : 

The  Constitution  of  the  United  States  differs  from  those  of  the  nations 
of  the  Eastern  continent  in  being  wholly  a  written  one.    By  it  the  legis- 
lative, executive,  and  judiciary  departments  of  the  government  are  estab- 
lished, their  several  powers  designated,  limited,  and  defined,  prescribing 
the  modes,  limits,  rules,  and  regulations,  and  the  modes  by  which  eacn 
department  shall  perform  its  functions.     It  was  not  formed  at  once,  at 
the  birth  of  our  nation,  but  was  developed  during  the  twelve  or  more 
succeeding  years.     It  was  formed  by  the  people  of  the  United  States, 
and  ratified  l)y  the  several  states.     By  it  the  United  States  is  a  nation, 
to  e.xercise  forever  all  the  powers  given  it  by  that  instrument,  as  limited 
therein ;  and  the  several  states  have  all  the  powers  of  a  separate  na- 
tion not  conferred  on  the  general  government,  or  limited  or  prohibited 
by  the  constitution.     These  separate  jurisdictions  should  be  jealously 
guarded  by  the  people.     It  was  the  theory  of  the  wise  men  who  formed 
our  constitutions,  that  all  matters  of  a  purely  national  nature,  such  as 
intercourse  with  foreign  nations,  war  and  peace,  commerce  and  naviga- 
tion, import  and  duties  on  importations,  regulation  of  the  currency, 
&c.,  should  be  delegated  to  the  general  government,  and  all  matters  ot 
a  local  nature  should  remain  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  several  states. 
We  of  New  Hampshire  would  be  poor  judges  to  decide  on  the  local 
matters  of  California,  and  tliey  would  be  so  of  ours.     We  cannot  but 
admire  the   wisdom  displayed  in  the  formation  of  our  Constitution, — 
the  house  of  representatives  coming  every  two  years  fresh  t'rom  the 
people,  apportioned  to  each  state  according  to  its  population ;  the  sen- 
ate, apportioned  two  to  each  state  for  six  years,  aiming  at  the  stability 


278  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

of  the  monarchical  principle  without  its  other  evils  ;  the  president, 
chosen  indirectly  by  the  people,  and  liable  to  be  impeached  for  viola- 
tion of  his  duties  ;  and  a  judiciary  as  independent  as  any  in  the  world. 
No  law  can  be  made  or  executed  without  the  concurrence  of  all  these 
branches,  representing  in  so  many  ways  the  voice  of  the  people.  The 
ballot  lies  at  the  foundation  of  these  free  institutions  and  of  the  Con- 
stitution ; — destroy  it,  and  they  fall ;  preserve  it  pure,  and  they  will 
stand.  This  is  the  palladium  of  liberty,  and  palsied  be  the  hand  or 
tongue  that  would  violate  or  corrupt  it ! 

3d  toast.  The  Press — The  bold  and  fearless  champion  of  liberty 
a  hundred  years  ago,  and  the  oracle  of  progress  and  freedom  to-day. 
May  it  never  become  the  slave  of  faction,  or  the  mouth-piece  of  despots. 

Responded  to  by  H.  G.  Carleton,  Esq. : 

In  responding  to  the  above  sentiment  in  behalf  of  the  Press,  I  must 
repeat  what  is  well  known,  that  it  is  the  greatest  moral  power  in  the 
country,  at  the  present  time,  in  its  action  upon  the  popular  mind,  and 
in  all  probability  will  continue  to  be  hereafter.  In  the  days  of  the  Rev- 
olution there  were  but  few  papers  in  the  country,  and  these  were  pub- 
lished in  the  principal  cities  of  the  then  Confederate  States,  having  but 
a  small  circulation  and  limited  influence.  But  that  influence,  although 
small,  was  exerted  in  behalf  of  the  rights  and  liberties  of  the  people. 
After  independence  from  the  British  Crown  was  secured,  and  a  new  and 
popular  system  of  government  established,  they  continued  to  increase 
in  numbers  and  influence  until  they  have  become  by  far  the  greatest 
power  in  the  country  for  forming,  organizing,  and  controlling  public  opin- 
ion. Their  rapid  growth  and  influence  are  no  doubt,  in  a  great  measure, 
owing  to  the  free  institutions  of  the  country  and  the  general  intelligence 
of  the  people. 

Every  important  measure  of  government  is  discussed  by  the  Press  be- 
fore it  becomes  a  law,  and  its  action  upon  the  vast  interests  of  the 
country  well  understood.  It  is  the  great  vehicle  of  information,  not 
only  in  every  part  of  our  own  country,  but  of  every  enlightened  nation 
throughout  the  world.  A  large  and  influential  class  of  people  read  but 
little  beside  the  newspapers  of  the  day.  They  instruct  them  in  poli- 
tics, in  religion,  in  business,  in  science,  in  the  current  news,  as  well  as 
in  all  the  important  events  which  are  transpiring  upon  the  great  theatre 
of  public  affairs  in  every  part  of  the  civilized  world. 

While  their  influence  is  upon  the  increase,  it  is  pleasing  to  know  that 
they  are  daily  becoming  more  independent  of  all  cliques  and  combina- 
tions of  men,  and  consequently  tar  better  exponents  than  heretofore  of 
the  rights,  interests,  and  welfare  of  the  people,  who  are  their  great  reli- 
ance and  support,  and  whose  interests  and  welfare  they  should  ever 
labor  to  defend  and  maintain.  In  concluding,  I  will  ofter  the  following 
sentiment : 

A  Free  Press— The  corner-stone  of  a  free  government  and  a  free 
people.  While  its  continuance  will  insure  their  safety,  its  overthrow 
would  be  their  destruction. 

4th  toast.     7he  Judiciaiy. 
Responded  to  by  Albert  S.  Wait,  Esq. : 


CELEBRATIONS-  2/9 

When  the  Union  under  the  Articles  of  Confederation  was  seen  to 
have  failed,  principally,  if  not  wholly,  for  the  reason  that  it  possessed 
no  other  force  or  efficiency  than  a  mere  treaty  amont;  the  states  as  so 
many  independent  powers,  and  when  it  was  determined  to  institute  a 
Union  so  fundamentally  different  as  that  it  should  be  a  government  of 
the  people  individually,  and  not  an  agreement  among  states,  it  became 
apparent  that  all  its  sanctions  must  be  applied  and  enforced  by  tribu- 
nals of  its  own,  whose  process  should  reach  to  the  individual  people  of 
the  nation ;  in  short,  that  indispensable  to  the  success  of  the  new 
plan  was  a  judicial  system  for  the  Union,  whereby  the  constitution  and 
the  laws  could  be  enforced  without  resort  either  to  state  legislatures  or 
state  courts. 

As  experience  had  shown  that  a  fundamental  law,  resting  upon  tra- 
dition only,  or  subject  to  change  by  the  legislature,  was,  in  the  altered 
circumstances  of  the  people  upon  this  continent,  no  longer  appropriate, 
but  that  it  ought  to  be  clearly  embodied  in  a  written  constitution,  it 
was  obvious  that  the  preservation  of  this  constitution,  as  well  as  the 
just  administration  of  the  laws,  would  require  that  they  should  be  with- 
drawn from  the  control  both  of  the  legislative  and  the  executive  branches 
of  the  government.  Hence  it  was  provided  in  the  constitution,  that 
"The  judicial  power  of  the  United  States  shall  be  vested  in  one 
supreme  court,  and  in  such  inferior  courts  as  the  congress  may  from 
time  to  time  ordain  and  establish  ;"  that  "  The  judges,  both  of  the  su- 
preme and  inferior  courts,  shall  hold  their  offices  during  good  behavior, 
and  shall,  at  stated  times,  receive  for  their  services  a  compensation 
which  shall  not  be  diminished  during  their  continuance  in  office." 

Thus  the  judicial  power  was  withdrawn  from  all  the  other  branches 
of  the  government,  and  vested  exclusively  in  the  courts;  and,  effectual- 
ly to  secure  it  from  encroachment,  the  tenure  of  office  of  the  judges  was 
made  practically  for  life,  and  not  subject  to  control  or  undue  influence. 

The  question  soon  arose  as  to  the  legitimate  province,  power,  and 
duty  of  the  court,  in  case  congress  should  transcend  its  proper  functions 
by  the  passage  of  acts  not  warranted  by  the  constitution.  The  court 
held  that  the  constitution  was  the  paramount  law. — in  fact,  the  supreme 
law  of  the  land  ;  that  any  act  of  the  legislative  branch  of  the  govern- 
ment in  conflict  with  it  was  of  no  force;  that  it  was  the  duty  of  the 
court  to  uphold  the  constitution  as  the  paramount  law,  and  to  decline 
to  enforce,  and  to  declare  void  and  inoperative,  any  legislative  act  in- 
consistent with  its  provisions. 

This  was  a  new  view  of  the  province  of  the  Judiciary.  In  England, 
whence  all  our  traditions  were  derived,  where  the  constitution  was  un- 
written, and  but  a  body  of  traditions  which  might  be  changed  at  the 
will  of  the  king  and  parliament,  no  such  power  had  ever  been  claimed 
for  or  assumed  by  the  courts.  It  was  strenuously  denied  and  long  re- 
sisted by  able  and  distinguished  statesmen,  and  was  the  subject  of  much 
controversy.  The  courts,  however,  remained  firm  in  their  earliest  view, 
until  it  has  finally  become  the  settled  law  of  the  land  ;  and  no  one  now 
presumes  to  question  its  correctness. 

Thus  have  the  courts  come  to  be  recognized  as  the  great  conservative 
branch  of  our  government.  Manv  times  in  our  history  have  parties,  in 
the  flush  of  temporary  success  and  in  the  pursuit  of  partisan  ends,  at- 
tempted legislation  inconsistent  with  the  plain  provisions  of  the  consti- 
tution ;  and  the  executive  has  not  always  been  a  stranger  to  illegal  and 


280  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

unconstitutional  acts,  destructive  of  our  fundamental  law.  The  courts, 
constituted  as  they  generally  are,  not  affected  by  partisan  views,  and 
not  accessible  to  partisan  intiuences,  judge  impartially  of  the  rectitude 
of  all  such,  by  the  light  of  the  fundamental  law,  holding  the  scales 
even  between  all  parties  and  all  men,  enforcing  or  declining  to  enforce, 
or  even  resisting  legislative  or  executive  acts,  as  they  are  or  are  not  con- 
sistent with  this  supreme  law. 

The  Judiciary  has  thus  become  the  great  fortress  of  the  constitution, 
defending  it  from  the  assaults  of  power  and  the  disintegrating  influences 
of  corruption.  It  is  truly  the  great  key-stone  which  supports  the  whole 
structure  of  the  American  government.  Remove  it,  and  nothing  will  re- 
main but  the  discretion  of  the  legislature,  or  the  arbitrary  will  of  the  ex- 
ecutive. The  great  landmarks  of  liberty  owe  their  permanency  to  the 
judicial  institution.  Maintain  that  in  its  integrity,  and  the  assaults  of 
power  will  fall  harmless  at  its  feet,  while  it  will  remain  the  sure  pilot 
which  shall  guide  us  through  the  tempestuous  seas  of  ambiiion  and  of 
strife, — the  anchor  which  shall  moor  us  in  safety  within  the  peaceful 
harbor  of  free  and  republican  institutions.  Remove  this,  or  lay  it  open 
to  the  corrupting  influences  of  the  partisan  politician,  and  we  shall  have 
abandoned  the  rock  of  our  safety  and  the  anchor  of  our  hope. 

Let  me  close  by  giving  you  this  sentiment : 

The  Judicial  branch  of  our  Government — The  citadel  of  the  Ameri- 
can constitution — the  embodiment  of  the  spirit  of  justice — the  rock  of 
our  defence — the  anchor  of  our  hope — the  key-stone  which  supports  the 
arch  ot  American  liberty.  Let  the  scales  of  even  justice  never  fall  from 
its  hands. 

5th  toast.  Schools — Among  the  earliest  institutions  of  our  fathers. 
iVlay  they  be  the  last  to  fade  from  the  attention  of  coming  generations. 

Responded  to  by  Rev.  E.  E.  P.  Abbott : 

At  the  time  when  our  Independence  as  a  nation  was  declared,  and 
afterwards  when  the  constitution  was  finally  adopted,  there  were  many 
who  believed  that  a  written  constitution  would  be  the  panacea  for  all 
political  evils.  John  Adams  was  so  sanguine  as  to  declare  that  a  gov- 
ernment, with  so  many  checks  and  balances  of  power  as  ours,  could  be 
safely  entrusted  to  highwaymen. 

We  have,  indeed,  reason  to  rejoice  to-day  that  we  have  so  good  a 
government ;  but  the  experience  of  the  last  century  has  taught  us  that 
its  permanence  depends  less  upon  the  outward  form  than  upon  the 
national  heart.  In  our  late  Rebellion  we  demonstrated  what  constitutes 
a  state.  It  was  not  the  form  of  government  that  saved  us,  but  the 
inward  spirit — the  intelligence,  the  integrity,  the  noble  patriotism  of 
the  people. 

Within  a  few  years  the  United  States  have  ventured  upon  a  daring 
experiment.  We  have  put  the  ballot  into  the  hand  of  the  slave  just 
liberated  from  the  yoke  of  bondage.  We  have  unbounded  faith,  as  a 
people,  in  our  power  to  assimilate  and  elevate  the  foreigner — the  lowest, 
it  may  be,  in  the  social  scale  of  European  nations.  We  are  committed 
to  the  doctrine  of  universal  suffrage.  It  is  impossible  now  to  take  a 
step  backwards.  What,  then,  is  our  only  safety?  We  must  educate 
our  rulers.     For  our  own  preservation  we  must  make  much  of  our 


CELEBRATIONS.  28 1 

public  schools.  We  must  insist  that  every  child  in  the  land  shall  be 
trained  in  the  elementary  branches.  One  tyrannical  autocrat  is  to  be 
feared,  but  not  so  much  as  a  million  tyrants  in  arms,  a  brainless  mob, 
led  by  unprincipled  demagogues.  This  is,  I  am  aware,  a  day  for 
congratul.uions.  But  while  I  gladly  recognize  the  broad  foundations 
our  fathers  laid  for  popular  education,  and  the  liljeral  things  they  de- 
vised, I  ask  you,  seriously.  Has  there  been  that  relative  advance  in  our 
public  school  system  the  past  century  which  we  had  a  rigiit  to  expect? 
It  is  so  difficult  '•  to  get  the  floor  "  before  such  an  audience,  that  I 
cannot  lose  the  opportunity  of  putting  the  question,  Considering  how 
much  is  at  stake,  are  we  interested  enough  in  our  Common  Schools? 
Only  to  mention  the  South,  where  the  sad  neglect  must  be  recognized 
by  all;  passing  by  New  York  and  Pennsylvania,  where  more  men  like 
Clinton  were  needed,  until  recently,  to  convince  the  people  of  their 
neglect  in  this  particular; — in  our  own  New  England  the  Common 
School  is  indeed  our  glory,  but  it  is  also  our  shame, — our  glory,  that 
every  district  can  boast  of  its  school ;  our  shame,  that  these  schools  are 
not  made  more  effective.  How  many  teachers  are  altogether  unqualified 
to  teach,  much  less  to  quicken,  the  young  mind?  Yet  who  of  you  ever 
heard  of  an  uprising  among  the  people?  Amid  all  these  fierce  political 
e-xcitements.  can  you  tell  me  when  the  parents  have  risen,  with  genuine 
enthusiasm,  and  demanded  that  their  children  must  be  better  taught? 

Mr.  Abbott  alluded  to  the  more  encouraging  signs,  the  interest  taken 
by  learned  men  in  methods  of  education,  and  the  bright  career  we 
might  expect  for  our  schools  in  the  coming  century.  He  closed  with 
Lord  Brougham's  words :  "  Let  the  Soldier  be  abroad,  if  he  will;  he 
can  do  nothing  in  this  age.  There  is  another  personage,  less  imposing 
in  the  eyes  of  some,  perhaps  insignificant ; — the  Schoolmaster  is  abroad, 
and  I  trust  to  him,  armed  with  his  primer,  against  the  soldier  in  full 
military  array." 

6th  toast.  Vermont  and  New  Hampshire  in  the  Revolution — Stark 
and  Allen. 

Responded  to  by  Alexander  V.  Hitchcock,  Esq. : 

j\[r.  President  and  Fellow-Citizois  :  At  the  name  of  Vermont  and 
New  Hampshire,  when  coupled  with  the  events  of  the  Revolution,  the 
hearts  of  their  sons  kindle  with  just  pride  at  the  honorable  and  patriotic 
part  taken  by  the  citizens  of  these  states  in  behalf  of  civil  and  religious 
liberty  in  our  own  country,  and  which  liberty  is  permeating  and  shaking 
the  monarchical  governments  of  the  world.  When  we  remember  Stark 
and  Allen,  and  their  comrades,  leaving  wives,  children,  friends,  home, 
and  all  they  held  most  dear,  and  follow  them  on  the  weary  march,  the 
bivouac,  and  into  the  fierce  battles  against  the  usurper's  troops,  which 
were  superior  in  numbers,  equipage,  and  discipline,  and  snatcliing  vic- 
tory from  seeming  defeat,  we  are  led  to  exclaim.  These  men  were  armed 
with  more  tiian  human  strength  ;  that  the  God  of  battles  heard  the  sup- 
plications of  an  oppressed  people,  and  caused  the  banner  of  the  free  to 
be  unfurled  amid  the  rejoicings  of  the  people.  This  liberty,  I  believe, 
will  ever  be  cherished  and  defended  as  long  as  Gen.  Stark's  words  at 


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HISTORY    OF   NEWPORT. 


the  battle  of  Bennington  shall  be  remembered:  "  See,  men!  there  are 
the  red-coats.  We  must  beat  them  to-day,  or  Molly  Stark 's  a  widow  !" 
— or  the  laconic  answer  of  Col.  Allen  to  the  commander  of  Fort  Ticon- 
deroga:  "I  demand  the  surrender  of  the  fort,  in  the  name  of  the 
Great  Jehovah  and  the  Continental  Congress  !"  The  sayings  and  the 
deeds  of  these  patriots  shall  ever  live  in  the  hearts  of  their  countrymen. 
In  later  wars,  the  sons  of  these  noble  men  have  shown  equal  bravery, 
courage,  and  valor,  as  did  Vermont  and  New  Hampshire,  Stark  and 
Allen,  in  the  Revolution. 

7th  toast.  _  Ireland— Utr  sons,  identified  with  all  our  industries, 
have  shared  in  all  our  wars,  and  ever  proved  true  to  the  American  flag 
and  the  American  constitution. 

Responded  to  by  Timothy  Whalan,  a  native  of  Ireland. 

8th  toast.     Ou)-  Revolutio7ia7y  Heroes. 

Responded  to  by  Hon.  Harvey  Huntoon,  of  Unity : 

Heroes  of  1776 !  On  this  memorial  day  we  would  again  lay  the  laurel 
on  your  graves.  Your  labors  were  not  in  vain.  This  great  Republic, 
the  foundations  of  which  were  cemented  with  your  blood,  shall  stand 
when  the  monarchies  of  the  old  world  shall  crumble  in  dust. 

At  the  head  of  the  list  of  the  eminent  heroes  of  the  Revolution  stands 
the  name  of  Washington,— the  greatest  of  them  all ;  the  most  consum- 
mate general,  statesman,  and  patriot ;  one  of  the  few  who  have  been  great 
without  being  criminal.  With  such  a  leader,  what  could  his  country- 
men be,  but  just  and  brave  and  true?  Every  man  who  took  a  commis- 
sion under  the  then  rebel  government,  or  signed  the  Declaration  of  In- 
dependence, realized  the  fact  that  in  case  of  failure  he  was  putting  a 
halter  about  his  own  neck  ;  which  led  Franklin  to  say,— "  If  we  don't 
hang  together  now,  we  shall  all  hang  separate,  by  and  by." 

I  will  not  attempt  to  give  you  a  list  of  even  the'names  of  those  heroes 
whose  deeds  adorn  the  annals  of  our  country,  for  they  would  fill  a  vol- 
ume. 

Our  heroines,  too,  were  numerous,  and  not  surpassed  by  those  of 
Greece  or  Rome.  They  were  ever  ready  to  sacrifice  their  all  on  the 
altar  of  liberty,  to  jeopardize  life  and  friends  for  freedom.  When  the 
mother  of  Gen.  Greene,  who  was  a  Quakeress,  was  taking  leave  of  her 
son  for  the  war,  she  said,—"  Nathaniel,  it  would  grieve  me  much  to  hear 
that  an  enemy's  ball  had  hit  thee  in  the  back."  Such  heroes  and  her- 
omes  have  cast  a  bright  halo  of  glory  over  our  whole  land.  We  are  to- 
day enjoying  the  fruit  of  their  labors.  Let  this  and  after  generations 
follow  their  example,  and  the  stars  and  stripes,  the  symbols  of  freedom, 
will  continue  to  wave  over  this  land. 

9th  toast.  The  State  and  the  Church— Boih  necessary  to  the  wel- 
fare of  men,  and  each  independent  in  its  functions. 

Responded  to  by  Rev.  Halsey  C.  Leavitt. 

loth  toast.     Agricii/ture-The  basis  of  a  nation's  wealth. 
Responded  to  by  Dr.  Isaac  A.  Reed  : 


CELEBRATIONS.  282^ 

Mr.  President :  We  have  met  here  to-day  to  celebrate  the  centen- 
nial anniversary  of  our  country,  and  to  me  has  been  assi;;ned  the 
agreeable  duty  of  saying  a  word  in  behalf  of  Agriculture.  And  first, 
I  would  say.  Agriculture  was  the  earliest  occupation  of  man.  Whether 
we  consult  inspiration  or  mytliology,  both  alike  attest  that  long  before 
the  human  mind  had  conceived  of  literature,  the  arts,  or  of  governments, 
it  had  been  practised.  It  is  not  only  the  earliest,  but  by  far  the  most 
important  calling;  and  this  is  evident  alii<c,  whether  we  consider  the 
numbers  employed,  or  the  grand  products  of  their  labors. 

Agriculture  bears  upon  its  roll  of  honor  some  of  the  proudest  names 
on  record.  Cincinnatus  left  the  plow  to  vindicate  the  liberties  of  his 
country;  Washington,  who  one  hundred  years  ago  drew  his  sword 
and  led  his  country  on  to  freedom,  delighted  in  the  broad  acres  of 
Mont  Vernon;  Silas  Wright,  the  great  statesman  of  New  York,  died 
with  his  hand  upon  his  plow;  and  Daniel  Webster,  the  intellectual 
giant  of  the  world,  died  upon  his  farm  at  Marshficld,  with  a  last  re- 
quest that  his  remains  be  borne  to  their  final  resting-place  by  the  hands 
of  God's  noblemen,  the  farmers. 

As  we  are  to-day  commencing  on  a  new  century,  it  is  well  to  turn 
our  thoughts  backward,  and  see  what  we  have  achieved  in  the  past.  I 
am  sure  ihe  retrospect  would  be  most  flattering.  A  century  ago  Agri- 
culture was  confined  almost  wholly  to  the  Atlantic  slope,  a  few  pioneers 
just  peering  over  the  Alleghanies  into  the  valley  beyond.  To-day  she 
occupies  the  great  basin  of  the  Mississippi,  with  resources  almost  suf- 
ficient to  feed  a  world  Not  only  this,  but  she  has  overleaped  the 
Rocky  Mountains,  and,  with  the  setting  sun  of  to-day,  the  waters  of  the 
Pacific  shall  reflect  back  the  shadows  of  the  golden  harvests  which  are 
now  waving  upon  the  broad  fields  of  California  and  Oregon.  The 
ways  of  Agriculture,  also,  have  made  as  satisfactory  a  progress  during 
the  same  time.  The  scythe,  then  borne  on  by  weary  hands,  has  given 
place  to  the  mowing  machine,  which,  like  a  triumphal  chariot,  is 
driven  over  the  fields.  The  flail  has  vanished  before  the  modern 
thresher.  We  have  now  cultivators,  gang-plows,  and  endless  other 
like  improvements.  In  short,  allow  me  in  closing  to  repeat,  that  Ag- 
riculture is  by  far  the  most  important  calling  of  man.  It  feeds  the 
world,  it  clothes  the  world,  it  employs  the  world,  it  preserves  the 
world.     It  is  the  grand  base  upon  which  rests  all  our  industrial  glory. 

nth  toast.     Hancock  and  Adants. 

Responded  to  by  Matthew  Harvey,  Esq. : 

In  contemplating  the  men  of  the  Revolution,  two  eminent  statesmen 
stand  in  the  foreground  of  all  its  councils.  Their  purposes  being  iden- 
tical, their  action  was  in  concert  at  all  stages  of  the  great  struggle.  Like 
the  two  brazen  pillars,  Jachin  and  Boaz,  guarding  the  sacred  temple 
which  a  Jewish  king  dedicated  to  God,  John  Hancock  and  Samuel 
Adams  were  the  pillars  of  strength  that  guarded  the  temple  of  liberty 
which  the  men  of  '76  were  about  to  dedicate  to  Independence. 

In  John  Hancock,  we  at  this  moment  see  a  massive  figure,  an  expan- 
sive brow,  and  a  ruddy  cheek. — all  indicating  a  man  of  about  thirty 
years.  He  loved  learning,  and  (^Id  Harvard's  diploma  certified  that  he 
had  obtained  it.     He  had  sought  wealth,  and  already  procured  it  by 


2d>2b  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

mercantile  enterprise.  He  loved  his  quiet  home,  and  his  blooming 
young  wife  and  children.  But  his  country  had  interests  at  stake  which 
he  loved  better  than  all  these.  He  told  what  they  were,  when,  a  hun- 
dred years  ago  to-day,  he  placed  that  bold,  defiant  signature  upon  the 
Declaration  of  Independence. 

Samuel  Adams  was  an  older  man  than  Hancock,  his  peer  in  intellect, 
and  his  inferior  in  nothing  save  wealth.  They  stood  side  by  side  in  all 
forums  where  American  Independence  was  the  theme  of  discussion.  As 
orators,  the  palm  would  have  been  awarded  to  either,  had  the  other 
been  away.  Their  speeches  were  echoed  across  the  ocean :  and  the 
King  of  Great  Britain  undertook  to  silence  their  tongues  by  bribery.  To 
effect  this  purpose,  he  authorized  a  British  officer  to  offer  them  any  posi- 
tion of  honor  within  the  gift  of  the  throne,  if  they  would  resume  their 
allegiance  to  it.  The  message  was  delivered,  and  this  their  answer: 
''  Tell  His  Majesty  that  there  are  not  diamonds  enough  in  his  croivn,  or 
gold  enough  in  his  kingdom,  to  purchase  the  treachery  of  John  Hancock 
and  Sajnuel  Adams^  Then  followed  the  King's  proclamation  of  par- 
don to  all  concerned  in  the  rebellion  except  these  two  insolent  leaders. 
Thus  proclaimed  outlaws  by  the  King,  the  people  made  them  their 
idols.  Each  in  turn  was  subsequently  elected  Governor,  after  the  col- 
ony of  Massachusetts  had  become  a  state,  and  the  stones  that  were  re- 
jected were  thus  made  the  head  of  the  corner. 

Time  completes  the  full  circle  of  a  century  to-day,  since  these  •'  no- 
blest Romans  of  them  all  "  embalmed  their  fame  by  a  bold  stroke  of  the 
eagle's  quill.  The  inimitable  signature  of  Hancock,  among  the  "  im- 
mortal fifty-si.x,"  never  looked  more  defiant  than  it  does  to-day  ;  and  to- 
day, also,  the  stalwart  form  of  Samuel  Adams,  embalmed  by  the  artist's 
chisel  in  imperishable  marble,  takes  a  conspicuous  place  in  the  Nation- 
al Museum,  there  to  remain  through  future  centuries  of  the  American 
Republic. 

1 2th  toast.  Statesjnen—Thty  have  reared  a  grand  superstructure, 
having  for  its  foundation  liberty  and  equal  rights. 

Responded  to  by  Samuel  H.  Edes,  Esq. 

13th  toast.  The  Past  Century— li?>  beginning  witnessed  a  nation's 
birth  ;   its  end  sees  its  glory. 

Responded  to  by  Edmund  Wheeler,  Esq. : 

It  is  with  the  profoundest  satisfaction  that  we  on  this  Centennial  Day 
turn  our  thoughts  backward  over  the  past  hundred  years,  and  recall  the 
wonderful  progress  our  country  has  made  during  that  brief  period. 

Look,  first,  at  our  Territory.  Then  we  had  thirteen  colonies,  lying 
mainly  along  the  Atlantic  slope,  comprising  in  all  only  some  300,000 
square  miles.  Now  our  territory  reaches  from  the  Gulf  of  Me.xico 
almost  to  the  north  pole,  and  from  east  to  west  it  spans  the  entire  conti- 
nent. It  now  embraces  nearly  four  million  square  miles,  and  has 
more  than  fifty  states  and  territories.  Among  all  the  nations  of  the 
earth,  two  only  lead  us  in  amount  of  territory. 

Next,  contemplate  our  Population.  Then  we  had  a  little  more  than 
three  millions :  now  we  have  more  than  forty-four  millions,  and  in 
population  rank  among  the  leading  nations  of  the  world. 


CELEBRATIONS.  282C 

In  AgriculUire,  compare  the  rude  efforts  and  still  ruder  imple- 
ments of  1776,  and  the  modest  results  of  their  labor,  with  the  science 
of  modern  farming,  with  its  planters,  its  reapers,  its  mowers,  its  thresh- 
ers, etc.,  by  means  of  which  it  produces  more  than  a  thousand  million 
bushels  of  corn  annually,  and  other  grains  and  stock  in  proportion. 

Take  Coniincrce.  Our  trade,  then  small,  was  carried  on  mainly  in  a 
few  British  ships.  Now  our  vessels  whiten  every  sea,  and  reach  every 
harbor  on  the  habitable  globe. 

Turn  for  a  moment  to  Manufactures.  A  hundred  years  ago  our  man- 
ufactures were  few,  of  the  rudest  kind,  and  mainly  by  hand.  Since 
then,  mammoth  factories,  filled  with  all  kinds  of  the  most  improved  ma- 
chinery which  the  prolific  genius  of  man  can  invent,  working  in  brass,  in 
iron,  in  wood,  in  cotton,  and  in  wool,  have  sprung  up  all  over  the  land, 
and  are  flooding  the  world  with  the  products  of  their  labor. 

Mark  the  change  in  our  Military  condition.  Contrast  for  a  moment 
the  humble  band,  with  flint-lock  guns,  poor  in  everything  save  pluck 
and  patriotism,  which  achieved  our  independence,  with  the  million  sol- 
diers of  our  late  war,  with  their  breech-loading  rifles  and  iron-clad  mon- 
itors. 

Look  at  the  Telegraph.  Then  electricity  was  a  fierce  monster,  roam- 
ing wild  whithersoever  it  pleased  among  the  clouds,  and  sending  its 
fearful  bolts  upon  whatsoever  and  whomsoever  it  would.  To-day  modern 
science  has  harnessed  that  monster,  and  with  it  has  almost  annihilated 
time  and  space. 

Look  at  Traiiel  and  Transportation.  Railroads  were  then  undreamed 
of.  Our  grandmothers  rode  on  pillions  behind  our  grandfathers,  or  on 
ox-sleds,  or  in  ox-carts,  for  such  were  almost  the  only  means  of  travel 
in  those  days,  and  they  went  over  illy  wrought,  tedious  roads.  Trans- 
portation of  goods  was  then  by  the  slow  progress  of  teams.  To-day, 
seated  in  palace-cars,  we  are  whirled  with  lightning  speed  all  over  the 
civilized  world  ;  and  the  long  trains  of  heavy  merchandise,  rushing  in 
all  directions  night  and  day,  are  in  proud  contrast  with  the  transporta- 
tion of  other  days. 

Stea/n,  in  its  wonderful  resources,  then  comparatively  unknown,  is  to- 
day the  great  propelling  power  of  the  earth.  Besides  countless  railroad 
trains  and  an  untold  amount  of  machinery,  it  is  driving  unnumbered 
boats  and  ships  over  all  the  rivers,  lakes,  and  oceans  of  the  world. 

Once  more,  the  Printing-Press.  Then  there  were  scarcely  thirty  in 
the  whole  country,  and  those  so  clumsy  as  to  be  able  to  turn  off  but  a 
few  hundred  copies  a  day  at  best.  Now  our  mammoth  presses  will 
print  and  fold  a  morning  edition  of  a  hundred  thousand  copies  before 
breakfast. 

These  are  but  specimens  of  the  vast  strides  our  country  has  made  in 
all  directions  during  the  last  hundred  years.  Such  has  been  the  Past 
Century,  to  which  we  bid  adieu  to-day.  Now,  in  conclusion,  let  us  ask. 
May  we  not  hope  that  the  sun  of  American  Liberty,  which  has  dawned 
so  auspiciously  upon  our  country,  scattering  sunshine,  progress,  and 
blessing  all  around  us,  will  ride  onward  and  upward  to  its  glorious  me- 
ridian, and  illumine  the  whole  broad  earth,  and,  if  it  descend  at  all,  go 
placidly  down  in  the  west  only  when  time  shall  cease? 

14th  toast.  The  Coming  Century — Its  dawn  gilded  by  the  bow  of 
promise. 


282d  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

Responded  to  by  Rev.  Charles  Peabody,  of  Chicago,  III.,  a  native  of 
Newport : 

I  have  just  come  on  to  this,  my  native  town,  from  the  deep  bosom  of 
the  great  West,  to  get  a  little  rest  among  these  old  hills,  and  find  my- 
self to-day  suddenly  snapped  up  to  reply  to  the  toast,  "■T/ie  Coming 
Century?^  1  am  no  prophet  or  son  of  a  prophet.  You  require  me  to 
lift  the  dark  curtain  of  the  future,  and  tell  what  lies  beyond.  I  am  to 
rehearse  what  the  next  hundred  years  will  bring  forth.  At  first,  I  thought 
it  was  a  hard  and  impossible  task  ;  but,  looking  at  it  again,  it  seems  not 
so  difficult  after  all.  We  will  lay  down  our  measuring-rod  over  the  Past 
Century,  marking  along  upon  it  the  progress  that  has  been  made,  the 
changes  that  have  taken  place,  the  improvements  in  agriculture,  in  man- 
ufactures, in  art,  in  learning,  in  invention,  in  science,  and  in  morals,  and 
then,  reversing  our  measuring-rod,  we  will  thrust  it  into  the  dark  future. 
It  will  reach  down  through  the  coming  years  to  the  year  1976.  It  is 
fair  to  conclude  that  the  same  progress  will  be  made  during  the  Coming 
Century  as  has  been  made  during  the  past.  Human  nature  is  the  same; 
man's  restless  activity  is  the  same.  His  passions  never  die  out  in  the 
wear  of  centuries.  Calculate,  then,  if  possible,  the  amount  of  progress 
in  the  last  hundred  years,  and  estimate  by  this  the  progress  of  the  Com- 
ing Century.  Along  our  measuring-rod  you  will  find  marked,  in  the  sep- 
arate decades,  with  tolerable  exactness,  the  events  which  will  transpire. 
Here  and  there  will  be  bloody  wars.  In  another  place  will  come  out 
a  great  invention,  which  will  far  exceed  the  power  of  steam,  and  throw 
Watt  and  Fulton  far  into  the  shade.  Before  one  fourth  of  these  com- 
ing hundred  years  have  passed,  men  will  begin  to  navigate  the  air,  and 
then  our  railroad  stock  will  be  worthless.  There  will  be  a  ticket-office 
in  Richards  block,  where  tickets  will  be  sold,  by  balloon,  for  San  Fran- 
cisco. Then  this  invention  of  Prof.  Morse — the  electric  telegraph — 
will  be  improved  and  extended,  and  instead  of  a  few  wires  running 
along  railroad  tracks  between  city  and  city,  the  whole  country, — 
towns,  villages,  and  farms, — will  be  crossed  and  recrossed  with  wires, 
like  a  spider's  web  in  a  dewy  morning.  Men  and  women,  boys  and 
girls,  will  freely  talk  with  each  other  by  the  Morse  alphabet,  ten, 
fifty,  and  a  hundred  miles  away.  Young  men  and  maidens  will  do 
their  courting  by  telegraph.  There  is  a  man  in  Chicago,  where  I 
live,  —  and  he  has  never  been  to  college,  —  who  has  discovered  a 
method  by  which  musical  sounds  are  sent  over  the  wires  instead  of 
the  click  which  you  hear  from  the  instrument.  If  musical  sounds 
can  thus  be  transmitted,  why  not  the  tones  of  the  human  voice?  I 
have  no  doubt  that  within  the  lifetime  of  some  of  these  young  persons 
before  me,  men  will  be  able  to  talk  to  each  other  over  the  wires  fifty  or 
a  hundred  miles  off",  as  freely  as  face  to  face.  These  improvements  will 
go  on,  and,  before  half  the  century  has  passed,  the  people  of  Newport 
will  be  able  to  sit  in  their  quiet  parlors  of  a  Sunday  morning,  and  listen 
to  their  favorite  preacher  in  Boston  or  New  York.  Not  only  over  the 
land,  but  beneath  the  ocean  waves,  along  the  cables  on  the  bottom  of 
the  sea,  will  travel  the  tones  of  the  human  voice.  If  you  and  I,  Mr. 
President,  could  live  long  enough,  we  should  be  able,  within  this  Com- 
ing Century,  to  sit  in  our  own  homes  and  listen  to  the  stormy  debate? 
of  the  French  assembly  at  Versailles,  or  hear  from  her  own  lips  the 
Queen's  speech  to  Parliament. 


CELEBRATIONS.  282^ 

15th  toast.  The  Men  of  the  Present  Time — Of  those  to  whom  much 
is  given,  much  is  required. 

Responded  to  by  Rev.  O.  H.  Jasper,  D.  D. : 

Mr.  President :  I  am  to  speak  of  the  gifts  of  the  past  to  the  com- 
ing century,  tlie  first  to  the  second  ;  and  I  have  just  five  minutes  to 
perform  this  pleasant  duty  in.  I  tliink  all  must  be  impressed  by  the 
greatness  of  the  undertaking.  One  miglit  as  well  attempt  to  compress 
the  ocean  into  a  nutshell,  or  all  time  into  a  day.  With  this  more  than 
Herculean  task,  I  shall  not  be  required  to  even  name  any  of  the  purely 
negative  gifts — such  as  our  immense  indebtedness  in  nation,  state, 
county,  municipalities,  and  private  accounts;  nor  to  dwell  on  our  man- 
ufacturing enterprises,  diffused  as  they  are  through  the  entire  range  of 
the  industrial  arts;  nor  to  refer  to  our  shipping  interests;  nor  to  even 
think  of  our  war  material  and  preparations  for  defence ;  nor  of  the 
e.xperienced  commanders  in  war,  all  covered  with  glory  and  waiting 
for  more  worlds  to  conquer.  Nor  shall  I  be  expected  to  dwell  on  that 
gigantic  social  force,  commonly  known  among  us  as  the  "  rum  power." 
Whatever  it  may  have  been  at  the  beginning  of  the  first  century,  we 
pass  it  along  to  the  second  as  a  fifteen-hundred-million-dollar  power 
of  positive  evil,  whose  only  harvest  is  60,000  deaths  per  annum,  and  a 
liberal  furnishing  of  occupants  to  our  prisons,  almshouses,  asylums, 
and  victims  for  the  gallows, — making  500.000  drunkards,  raising  to 
beggary,  ignorance,  and  crime  100,000  children,  and  sending  to  prison 
100,000  persons  every  year!  And  we  must  pass  to  our  children  the 
task  of  estimating  the  accompaniment  of  sorrows  to  this  fearful  be- 
quest. Nor  can  I  even  glance  at  the  array  of  historic  names  which  pass 
along  as  the  great  lights  of  the  coming  century.  Our  lists  are  full  in 
all  the  departments — of  statesmanship,  literature,  law,  medicine,  and 
divinity;  and  we  can  only  say  to  the  coming  generations.  Look,  and 
learn.  But  to  the  solid  and  the  generally  accepted  and  recognized 
gifts  I  may  briefly  refer.  And  first  of  all,  our  experience  is  worth  some- 
thing, and  not  alone  to  our  successors,  but  to  the  whole  human  race. 
Ours  has  been  an  apprenticeship  in  self-government,  which  ought  not 
to  be  lost  by  our  sons.  They  may  grow  wiser  than  their  fathers  were, 
but  they  will  find  it  safe  to  hold  fast  to  the  first  principles  of  the  re- 
public. Population  is  one  of  the  elements  of  strength.  And  of  this 
item  we  pass  to  the  second  century  40,000,000  of  people,  in  the 
place  of  3,000,000  at  the  beginning.  In  a  territorial  view  we  have  ex- 
panded from  300,000  square  miles  to  3.000,000  square  miles,  and  no 
doubt  there  is  more  to  follow.  And  on  this  territory  we  have  laid  olf, 
in  useful  lines,  150,000  miles  of  railroads,  at  a  cost  of  $12,000,000,000. 
Over  the  same  territory  we  have  stretched  200,000  miles  of  telegraph. 
How  many  steamships  float  on  our  rivers,  lakes,  and  oceans,  I  have  not 
inquired.  15ut  those  last  three  items  are  new.  Our  fathers  had  none 
of  these  to  start  their  century  with.  And  these  are  invaluable  gifts, 
and  a  commensurate  return  will  be  expected.  And  these  are  not  all : — 
sewing  machines,  knitting  machines,  &c.,  swell  the  list,  till  it  seems 
full,  and  leaves  nothing  more  to  do.  And  these  are  material.  But  the 
religious  bequests  are  still  more  important,  and  not  less  rich.  We  fur- 
nish to  our  population  of  40,000,000,  22,000,000  of  church  sittings, 
which  is  all  that  are  called  for  at  present.  There  are  7,500,000  church 
communicants ;  there  are  55,000  ministers  in  the  country ;  and  church 


282/  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

property  amounting  to  $355,000,000.  We  spend  in  the  cause  of  be- 
nevolence the  sum  of  $7,000,000;  we  pay  to  the  support  of  the 
Christian  ministry  a  little  less  than  $50,000,000 ;  and  for  other  current 
church  expenses  perhaps  an  equal  sum, — while  we  spend  $700,000,000 
annually  for  intoxicating  liquors. 

In  summing  up,  it  is  a  pleasure  to  be  able  to  say,  that  as  a  nation  we 
occupy  a  position  among  the  nations  of  the  earth  second  to  none  and 
before  many.  And  this  position,  so  proudly  ours  to-day,  has  been 
reached  by  the  wisdom  and  toil  of  the  men  of  the  first  century.  They 
began  small  and  poor,  but  they  have  made  their  mark.  This  position 
with  all  its  prestige,  we  pass  along  to  our  sons  and  successors.  And 
with  this  view,  hurried  and  imperfect  as  it  is,  of  the  gifts  of  the  first 
to  the  second  century  of  our  history,  we  shall  not  be  regarded  un- 
reasonable if  we  expect  a  rich  return.  We,  who  stand  between  the 
two,  with  farewells  to  the  first  and  salutes  to  the  second,  with  the 
pride  of  the  fathers  and  the  hope  of  the  sons  swelling  our  hearts,  may 
be  excused  if  we  expect  great  things.  If  the  one  talent  of  our  fathers 
has  produced  five,  surely  the  five  we  pass  to  the  sons  should  not  yield 
less  than  ten. 

After  music  by  the  band,  and  a  vote  to  adjourn  to  the  Fourth  of  July, 
1976,  the  meeting  closed  with  three  cheers  for  the  Past  Century  and 
three  for  the  new. 

Thirteen  guns  were  fired  at  sunrise,  one  hundred  at  noon,  and  at  sun- 
set one  for  each  of  the  states  and  territories,  accompanied  by  the  ring- 
ing of  all  the  bells. 

In  the  evening  there  was  a  splendid  display  of  fireworks  on  the  com- 
mon, and  the  town  hall,  public  houses,  and  several  private  residences 
were  brilliantly  illuminated. 


GENEALOGY, 


{} 


GENEALOGY. 


Abbreviations:  b.,  born;  m.,  married;  unm.,  unmarried;  d.,  died; 
s,,  son;  dau.,  daughter;  ch.,  child,  children;  r.,  resides,  resided, 
residence. 


ABBOTT. 


Epiiraim  E.  p.  Abbott  was  b.  in  Concord,  N.  II.,  Sept. 
20,  1S41.  When  he  was  five  years  of  age,  his  father,  Theodore 
T.  Abbott,  removed  to  Manchester,  N.  H.  In  that  city  lie 
passed  through  the  various  grades  of  the  public  schools,  grad- 
uating from  the  high  school  in  1S59.  In  the  autumn  of  the 
same  year  he  entered  Dartmouth  college.  He  graduated  from 
college  in  1S63  ;  taught  the  academy  in  Mclndoe's  Falls,  Vt., 
one  year ;  studied  two  years  in  the  Theological  Seminary  in 
New  York  city ;  graduated  from  Andover  Theological  Sem- 
inary in  1S67.  Soon  after  his  graduation,  Mr.  Abbott  was 
called  to  the  Congregational  church  in  Meriden,  N.  H.  He 
was  ordained  May  6,  1S6S;  was  m.  June  30,  1S6S,  to  Caroline 
Harvey,  dau.  of  Alexander  Harvey,  of  Barnet,  Vt.  In  1S73 
Mr.  Abbott  resigned  his  charge  in  Meriden,  and  spent  one  year 
in  Germany.  Upon  his  return,  he  accepted  a  call  to  settle  over 
the  Congregational  church  in  Newport.  He  began  his  work 
Jan.  I,  1874;  was  formally  installed  March  24,  1S75. 

ADAMS. 

Jeremiah  Adams,  b.  Sept.  S,  1797,  at  Alstead,X.  H. ;  came 
to  Newport  in  1S17,  and  settled  at  Northville.  He  was  absent 
from  town  a  few  years,  at  Concord,  Vt.  ;  now  lives  at  Milford, 


286  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT, 

Mass. ;  m.,  in  1S19,  Lucy  Wakefield,  b.  Aug.  17,  1795,  d.  Feb. 
4,  1S67  ;  m.,  2d,  Sept.  15,  1S47,  Lavina  Walker,  of  Worcester, 
Mass. 

Ruth  lF.,h.  Feb.  26,  1820;  m.,  1840,  Philander  J.  Ladd,  of  Unity,  d. 
at  Wisconsin,  Nov.  2,  1875. 

Olive  M.,  b.  Dec.  27,  1821. 

Hiram  B.,  b.  Nov.  25,  1823  ;  a  shoe  manufacturer  and  dealer  at  Worces- 
ter, Mass.  ;  m.,  Jan.  i,  1846,  Jane  D.  Ames. 

Harrison  S.,  h.  Apr.  24,  1826;  m.,  1847,  Betsey  Ladd,  of  Unity.  He 
was  a  soldier  during  the  Rebellion — was  in  the  6th  Vt.  Regt. ;  he 
reenlisted,  and  served  during  the  war;  r.  at  Marshall,  Wis. 

Charles  H.,  b.  Mar.  26,  1S30;  m.,  1854,  Sarah  Johnson,  of  Norwich, 
Vt. ;  r.  in  Pompanoosuc,  Vt. 

George  S.,  b.  June  16,  1833 ;  was  a  soldier  in  the  25th  Mass.  Regt.  dur- 
ing the  Rebellion,  and  was  at  the  battles  of  Newbern  and  Roanoke; 
m.  Hannah  B.  Ames,  of  Worcester,  Mass.,  where  they  now  reside. 

John  (J.,  b.  Apr.  19,  1836.  Upon  the  firing  upon  Fort  Sumter,  he  left 
Milford,  Mass.,  his  home,  and  joined  the  40th  New  York  Regt.  at 
N.  Y.  city.  He  was  appointed  sergeant,  and  served  until  his  death, 
which  occurred  at  Alexandria,  Va.,  Nov.  22,  1861.  His  funeral,  at 
Milford,  was  attended  by  a  large  concourse  of  people  ;  and  his  re- 
mains were  borne  to  their  final  resting-place,  under  the  stars  and 
stripes. 

Paul  S.  Adams,  b.  May  5,  1813  ;  came  to  this  town,  in  1851, 
from  Georgetown,  Mass.,  and  was  settled  as  pastor  over  the 
Baptist  church.  He  has  been  a  moderator  and  a  superintend- 
ing school  committee,  and  in  i860  and  1S61  was  a  county  school 
commissioner  of  Sullivan  county  ;  m.  Susan  Linscott,  of  Bruns- 
wick, Me.,  b.  June  20,  1821. 

Edgar  E.,  b.  Feb.,  1843.     [See  Rebellion.] 

Sel/na  E.,  b.  Aug.  14,  1844;  m.  Matthew  Adams,  Portland,  Me. 

E>ora  L.,  h.  Jan.  26,  1846;  m.  George  Godfrey,  Gardiner,  Me. 

Helen  S.,  b.  May  21,  1847  ;  m.  Arthur  W.  Cla'rk. 

Osman,  b.  Apr.,  1853, — a  clerk  at  Portland,  Me. 

Bell,  b.  Jan.  10,  1836.  Bertina,  b.  Feb.  12,  1859. 

AIKEN. 

Andrew  Aiken,  a  native  of  Bedford,  b.  Dec.  26,  1770; 
came  to  this  town  in  1S13  ;  spent  most  of  his  life  at  the  F. 
Aiken  place  on  Pine  street ;  m.  Martha  McAllister,  b.  Dec.  25, 
1774,  a  sister  of  William. 

Frederick,  b.  Dec.  28,  1798. 

IVilliajn,  b.  Dec.  10,  1800;  a  mason  in  Boston;  m.  Elizabeth  Locke; 
m.,  2d,  Margaret  Nichols. 


GENEALOGY,  28/ 

Sarah,  b.  July  28,  1803;  m.  Jeremiah  Newell. 

A7in  A'.,  b.  Sept.  5,  1805;  m.  Naylor  Starbird. 

Martha  M.,  b.  Nov.  29,  1807;  m.,  1831,  Sawyer  Belknap. 

Margaret  A.,  b.   Sept.  12,  1813;  m.  Jonathan   W.   Clement;  m.,  2d, 

Leonard  Kimball;  m.,   3d,    Frederick   Ijissell,   of  Louisiana;  ch., 

Jay  W.,  b.  Jan.  31,  1839;  Frederick  W.  B.,  b.  April  2,  1854.    She 

r.  in  Boston. 
Caroline,  b.  Jan.  13.  1816. 
James  />'.,  b.  June  23,  1818;  a  merchant  in  Boston;  m.  Jane  Perkins, 

of  Boston. 

Fredeuick  Aiken,  son  of  Andrew  Aiken,  was  for  several 
years  engaged  in  the  mercantile  bnsiness,  in  the  store  of  James 
Breck.  He  ultimately  took  the  old  homestead  on  Pine  street, 
where  he  was  a  prosperous  farmer,  and  where  he  remained 
until  his  death,  Dec.  i,  1875.  M.,  Jan.  31,  1856,  Almira  Carr, 
dau.  of  David  Carr. 

AddieJ.,  b.  Nov.  15,  1857;  d.  Nov.  30,  1875. 
Frederick  W.,  b.  Feb.  17,  1862. 

ALEXANDER. 

George  E.  Alexander,  son  of  Elkanah  M.  Alexander,  b. 
Dec,  27,  184S,  at  Lenipster ;  came  to  this  town  in  187^  He 
has  most  of  his  life  been  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  rakes, 
and  is  a  tine  workman.  AI.,  July  3,  1875,  Arabella  Merrill,  of 
Sunapee. 

ALLEN. 

David  Allex,  son  of  Gideon  and  Patience  Allen,  was  born 
May  13,  1S77,  at  Killingworth,  Conn.  He  lived  on  the  J.  Page 
place,  on  the  Goshen  road,  where  he  had  a  large  farm,  kept  a 
hotel,  and  was  a  popular  landlord  there  as  long  as  the  old 
Croydon  turnpike  was  the  great  thoroughfare  for  business.  He 
was  a  selectman  eight  years,  a  representative  in  1823  and  1S26, 
and  high  sherifl'five  years.  He  d.  Dec.  27,  1S40.  He  m.  Han- 
nah Wilcox,  dau.  of  Uriah  Wilcox,  who  d.  Oct.  13,  1850,  aged 
69  years. 

Ebenezer,  b.  April  8,  1804;  graduated  at  Dart.  Coll.  in  1826;  studied 
law  a  part  of  the  time  in  the  oftice  of  Amasa  Edes,  of  this  town, 
and,  after  being  admitted  to  the  bar,  went  to  Orono,  Me.,  where  he 
was  for  several  years  engaged  in  the  practice  of  his  profession.  He 
then  went  to  Texas,  where  he  became  secretary  of  state  under  Gen. 
Sam  Houston,  and  where  he  continued  his  profession.  He  m. 
Sylvia  Morse,  of  Skowhegan,  Me. 


288  HISTORY    OF   NEWPORT. 

David,  Jr.,  b.  Dec.  i,  1805.     See  Lawyers. 

Uriah  IV.,  b.  Oct.  g,  1807;  went  to  Stonington,  Conn.,  where  he  spent 
his  life  at  farming;  was  twice  m.,  and  left  one  s..  Albert. 

Alvira,  b.  Nov.  18,  1809;  m.  Philo  Fuller,  a  manufacturer.  Ch.,  Eu- 
gene, Nelson,  Allen,  Ellen,  Edith. 

Nahuni  \V.,  b.  Nov.  6,  1812  ;  went  West  as  a  teacher,  where  he  became 
a  clergyman,  and  where  he  d.     Ch.,  Harriet. 

Hannah  Cordelia,  b.  Dec.  i,  1814;  m.  Gilbert  Beach,  a  merchant  at 
Perrysburgh,  O.     Ch.,  Anna,  Mary.  Edmund,  Eugene. 

Roxana,  b.  Feb.  19,  1817;  m.  J.  Manning  Hall,  a  merchant  at  Perrys- 
burgh, O.     Ch.,  Harriet  A.,  Frank  N. 

Sa7nuel  J.,\i.  Jan.  4,  1819. 

Harriet,  b.  April  26,  1821  ;  m.  Dr.  Thomas  Sanborn.     See  Physicians. 

Albert  G.,  b.  Nov.  12,  1823;  a  merchant;  d.  at  Perrysburgh,  O.,  aged 
22. 

William,  b.  Oct.  20,  1825;  a  farmer;  d.  July  i,  1858. 

Samuel  J.  Allen,  s.  of  David  Allen,  b.  Jan.  4,  1S19,  was 
educated  at  Newport  and  Unity  academies,  studied  medicine 
in  the  office  of  Dr.  J.  L.  Swett,  graduated  at  the  Castleton 
Medical  College,  in  1S43,  and  received  an  honorary  degree  at 
Dart.  Coll.  in  1S70.  He  commenced  practice  at  Hartford, 
Conn.,  but  spent  most  of  his  life  at  Hartford,  Vt.  He  was 
a  surgeon  in  the  army  during  the  Rebellion,  He  m..  June  4, 
1844,  Mary  J.  Lyman,  dau.  of  Lewis  L3'man,  of  White  River 
Junction,  Vt. 

Samicel  J.,  b.  April  30,  1845,  ^^  Woodstock,  Vt. ;  a  graduate  at  Dart. 

Coll.  ;  a  physician;  is  a  surgeon  in  the  army. 
Frederick  L.,h.  ]\Ay  y,   1848,   at  Hartford,   Vt  ;  a  graduate  at  Dart. 

Coll.,  in  1874,  where  he  was  awarded   the  highest  prize.     He  is  a 

student  at  Andover  Theological  Seminary. 
Harry  B.,  b.  Sept.  30,  1857,  at  Hartford,  Vt.  ;  a  student  at  Norwich 

University. 

Samuel   Allen,  a  brother   of  David,  lived  on  the  farm  ad- 
joining that  of  his  brother  at  the  north  ;  m.  a  lady  in  Mass. 

Mary,  m.  Augustus  Miller,  of  Brandon,  Vt. 

Marilla,  m.  Asa  Richardson.  Ahnira,  m.  Bela  Buel. 

Mark  W.  Allen  came  from  Hopkinton  ;  lived  on  the  East 
mountain  ;   m.  Betsey  Webber. 

Richard  IV.,  h.  Feb.  8,  1806;  d.  Nov.  21,  1825. 
Seth  Jewett,  b.  Sept.  27,  1809. 

Elizabeth  D.,  b.  March  20,  1812;  m.  Joseph  T.  Chase. 
Mark   Washington,   b.  July  13,    1814;    m.   Parthenia  E.    Hurd.     Ch., 
W^ebber,  Caradora. 


GENEALOGY.  289 

Skth  Jrwett  Ali-en,  son  of  Mark  W.  Allen  ;  b.  Sept.  27, 
1809  ;  came  to  this  town  and  settled  on  East  mountain  ;  was  a 
prominent  singer;  d.  April  16,  1S70.  M.,  April  20,  1832,  Bet- 
sey C.  Chase,  a  sister  of  Joseph  T. 

Benjamin  Rush,  b.  May  29,  1833. 

Julia  Augusta,  b.  Dec.  10,  1834  ;  m.,  Sept.  23,  1855,  Richard  A.  Web- 
ber. 
Susan  Arabella,  b.  March  24,  1839. 
Dexter  IT.,  b.  Dec.  13,  1841  ;  r.  at  Atlanta,  Ga. ;  m.  Lizzie  Osgood. 


Benjamin  Rush  Allen,  son  of  Seth  J.  Allen,  is  a  joiner  by 
trade.  He  ha  for  years  been  our  leading  tenor  singer.  He 
has  extraordinary  skill  in  training  voices,  and  has  long  been  a 
leader  of  the  South  choir.  He  has  been  a  teacher  of  music  in 
this  and  other  states.  Married  Mary  Gilmore,  dau.  of  Benj. 
AI.  Gilmore. 

Fred  Jeivett,  b.  Oct.  21,  1857.  Dora,  b.  Oct.  2,  1859. 

William  B.,h.  April   i,   1861  ;  d.  May  28,  1869. 
Addie  F.,  b.  Oct.  10,  1867.  Mary  B.,  b.  Aug.  22,  1870. 

Minnie  M.,  b.  March  6,  1S75. 


Samuel  W.  Allen,  b.  Nov.  7,  1S34,  at  Wells,  Me.,  came 
here  in  August,  1855,  and  worked  in  the  Sil^le}'^  scythe  factory 
until  1S71,  when  he  erected  his  saw-mill  at  Northvillc.  M., 
No\^  3,  1S57,  Amelia  R.  Sibley,  dau.  of  Ezra  T.  Siblev. 

Fred  A.,  b.  March  29,  1858.  Carrie  B.,  b.  Sept.  6,  1859. 

Cora  D.,  b.  Sept.   29,    1861  ;  d.  young. 
George  A.,  b.  July  28,  1863.  Hattie  S.,  b.  May  3,  1866. 

Mary  G.,  b.  May  12,  1871.  Eva  Gertrude,  b.  June  12,  1873. 

yo/in  E.,  b.  Feb.  26,   1876;  d.  young. 

ANGELL. 

Erastus  Angell,  a  farmer,  b.  June  13,  1814,  at  Sunapce  ; 
came  to  this  town  in  1S40,  and  settled  on  the  C.  AIcGregor 
farm,  now  owned  by  Dr.  T.  Sanborn  ;  m.  Fanny  George,  of 
Sunapee  ;  m.,  2d,  May,  1858,  Rosiltha  Sargent,  of  Sunapee,  b. 
Jan.,  1S3S. 

Hiram  S.,  b.  Aug.  14,  1851. 

Jennie  M.,  b.  Feb.  5,  1850;  m.,  Oct.,  1876,  Leon  Caroon,  of  Canada; 

ch.,  Kittie  B.,  b.  Oct.  5,  1878. 
Ai>l>ie  E.,  b.  Nov.  19,  1854;  m.,  Aug.  8,  1873,  Ora  C.  Straw,  of  Clare- 

mont. 

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290  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

Hiram  S.  Angell,  son  of  Erastus,  a  livery  man,  b.  Aug.  14, 
1851  ;  m.,  Oct.  3,  1876,  Sarah  E.  Russell,  of  Watertown,  Ms., 
b.  Sept.  21,  1857,  '"^^  Battle  Creek,  Mich. ;  ch.,  Lillian  Maud, 
b.  Oct.  22,  1877. 

ANGIER. 

Reuben  Angier,  a  brother  of  Needham  L.  Angier,  of 
Georgia,  b.  Sept.  10,  1809;  came  here  from  Acworth  in  1863, 
and  settled  on  Claremont  hill ;  m.  Mrs.  Hannah  M.  Paul,  dau. 
of  Stephen  Call. 

Olive  E.,  b.  June  29,  i860.  Needham  E.,  b.  Aug.  21,  1862. 

R.  Willey,  b.  Jan.  13,  1865. 

AVERTLL. 

Chester  Averill,  b.  Nov,  18,  1812,  at  Windsor,  N.  H. ; 
d.  Sept.  22,  1876;  came  from  Hillsborough  to  this  town  in 
1837.  He  was  for  many  years  stage  proprietor,  and  the  prince 
of  drivers  ;  afterwards  merchant.  He  was  genial  and  gener- 
ous. Married  Robertha  Ray,  of  Unity,  b.  Dec.  27,  1817.  [See 
Travel.] 

Elleti  R.,  b.  June  8,  1841  ;  m.,  Aug.  14,  i860.  Dean  S.  Clement,  b.  July 
26,  1838. 

Tsabell,  b.  Nov.  2,  1842  ;  m.,  Sejjt.  13,  1871,  Henry  Noyes,  of  Lebanon. 

Henry  C,  b.  Mar.  5,  1848;  m.,  Sept.,  1876,  Nellie  Pettis,  of  Frances- 
town. 

Florence  Adell,  b.  July  30,  1858;  m.,  Sept.  20,  1874,  Ira  Stowell. 


HiMAN  A.  Averill,  b.  May  19,  1829,  at  Windsor,  N.  H. ;  a 
brother  of  Chester  ;  came  to  this  town  in  1850 ;  was  stage  pro- 
prietor and  driver,  operating  between  Newport  and  Bradford, 
in  connection  with  his  brother.  His  brother  having  retired,  he 
owned  and  controlled  the  staging,  then  a  very  important  busi- 
ness, vmtil  it  was  discontinued.  As  a  stage  man,  he  was  a 
shrewd  manager,  was  attentive  to  the  wants  of  his  patrons,  and 
had  many  friends.  Since  the  opening  of  the  railroad  he  has  been 
engaged  in  farming  and  various  speculations,  and  is  a  suc- 
cessful business  man.  He  was  a  representative  in  1866,  1867, 
and  1878.  Married  Angelina  Taggart,  who  d.  July  20,  1865, 
aged  38  years;  m.,  2d,  Martha  J.  Hunton,  dau.  of  J.  H.  Hun- 
ton. 


GENEALOGY.  29 1 


ATWOOD. 

Stki'IIRN  Atwood  came  to  this  town  from  Weaie,  in  1797, 
and  settled  on  the  E.  D.  W'liipple  farm  ;   m.  Fanny  .Steele. 

Polly,  b.  Nov.  23,  1796.  Amos,  b.  Apr.  17,  1799. 

Jesse,  b.  July  20,  iSoi.  Mehitable,  b.  Sept.  2,  1803. 

Stephen,  b.  May  29,  1S05.  Fanny,  b.  July  17,  1S07. 

Luke,  b.  July  29,  1S09.  Alexander  B.,  b.  Dec.  20,  181 1. 

BADGER. 

William  Badgku,  b.  June  6,  1799;  came  from  Kingston  in 
1812;  lived  on  Thatcher  hill;  m.,  Feb.  2,  1S26,  Hannah  D. 
Reddington,  of  Sunapce. 

Loanda  A.,  b.  Jan.  2,  1827  ;  d.  at  10. 
Ann  M.,  b.  Aug.  11,  1829;  d.  1852. 
Marcia  A/.,  b.  Apr.  22,  1833;  d.  1837. 
Stephen,  b.  Mar.  17,  1837;  d.  1837. 
Lois  Maria,  b.  Apr.  22,  1840;  d.  1843. 
\  Henry  //'.,  b.  May  4,  1842. 


Henry  W.  Badger,  s.  of  William  Badger,  a  joiner  and  arch- 
itect. He  has  been  an  important  and  active  worker  in  the  wood 
factory  of  W.  L.  Dow  &  Co.  since  its  establishment.  Married, 
Dec.  It,  1S69,  Mary  E.  Woodbury,  b.  Mar.  13,  1S43,  in  Boston. 

Anna  \V.,  b.  Mar.  i.  1871.  John  IV.,  b.  July  22,  1873. 

Vina  Zalifo,  b.  Nov.  16,  1875. 

BAILEY. 

Jessk  Bailey,  m.  Sarah  Thurston,  .Sept.  13,  1775,  at  New- 
port.    I  find  no  further  account  of  this  fltmily. 

Amanda,  b.  Mar.  25,  1777.  Jesse,  Jr.,  b.  Feb.  9,  1779. 

Elizabeth,  b.  Mar.  12,  1781,  J'hineas,  b.  July  13,  1783. 


Eliphalet  Bailey,  a  native  of  Unity,  lived  in  the  south 
part  of  the  town,  on  the  Unity  road,  on  the  place  now  occu- 
pied by  N.  Brown  ;  m.  Celinda  Clement,  of  Unity,  sister  of  J. 
W.  Clement;  m.,  2d,  Artemesia  Locke,  of  Charlestown.  He 
il.  in  the  autumn  of  187S. 

Elmira,  b.  Sept.  6,  1817;  m.  Calvin  IL  Pike. 
Mandana,  b.  Oct.  21,  1823;  m.  Henry  F.  Pike. 
Martha  J.,  ni.  Ira  M.  Perry,  of  Charlestown. 


292  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

John  Bailey,  b.  Oct.  9,  1765,  at  Lunenburg,  Mass.;  came 
to  this  town  from  Warner  in  1S12,  and  settled  in  the  south- 
west corner  of  the  town,  where  he  d.  at  the  age  of  94  years  ; 
m.  Phoebe  Whittemore. 

Benjamin,  b.  Dec.  8,  1793;  m.  Julia  McGay ;  went  to  Montreal. 

Roxana,  b.  Apr.  5,  1795. 

Josiali,  b.  Apr.  21,  1797.     He  remained  at  the  homestead  until    his 

death  ;  was  a  selectman  in  1847. 
Fanny,  b.  Sept.  29,  1799.  Rebecca,  b.  Feb.  11,  1800. 

Fhabe  IV.,  b.  May  12,  1803. 

BAKER. 

James  Baker,  b.  Mar.,  1796;  d.  Feb.  27,  1875.  He  came 
to  this  town  from  Goshen,  when  12  years  of  age,  and  lived  in 
the  west  part  of  the  town.  He  manufactured,  for  many  years, 
'' Baker's  Water-Proof  Leather  Preserver."  Married  Sophia 
Chapin,  d.  Dec.  24,  1S39,  aged  44;  m.,  2d,  Priscilla  Osgood,  d. 
Jan.  6,  1S70,  aged  79.  He  was  the  first  man  in  town  to  keep 
a  large  stock  of  fowls.  Hens  of  the  White  Leghorn  breed  were 
his  favorites.  He  furnished  a  large  amount  of  poultry  and  eggs 
for  the  market. 

Elizabeth,  b.  Jan.  20,  1822. 

Emily,  b.  Apr.  27,  1823  ;  m.,  June  15,  1849,  Abijah  W.  Tenney. 

Pamelia,  b.  Feb.  28, 1825;%.,  Jan.  24.  1850,  George  V.  Baker,  of  Unity. 

James,  b.  Mar.  23,  1827  ;  m.,  July  28,  1851,  Anna  M.  Dimond,  of  Rox- 
bury,  Mass. 

Mary,  b.  Feb.  12,  1829;  d.  Oct.  31,  1832. 

Abiah  C.,h.  May  12,  1831  ;  m.,  Feb.  10.  1864,  Rev.  William  H.  Bar- 
rows, of  Mansfield.  Conn.  ;  r.  at  Hampton,  Iowa. 

Martin,  b.  Apr.  27,  1833;  m.,  Sept.  24,  1856,  Charlotte  L.  Wood,  of 
Lebanon;  r.  at  Lebanon. 

BALDWIN. 

Eleazer  Baldwin,  a  miller,  the  father  of  the  Baldwins, 
came  from  Killingworth,  Conn.,  first,  to  Claremont,  and  thence 
to  Newport,  bringing  with  him  five  ch.,  viz.,  Worcester.,  Eras- 
tus.,  Philander,,  Eleazei',  and  Barbara.  Worcester  m.  Miriam 
Wilcox,  dau.  of  Jesse,  and,  with  most  of  the  family,  removed 
to  Crown  Point,  N.  Y. 


Erastus  Baldwin,  s.  of  Eleazer,  b.  May  2,  1790;  m.,  July 
3,  iSii,  Lucy  S.  Church,  b.  June  3,  17S6.     He  was  a  merchant 


RESIDENCE     OF     HON      DEXTER     RICHARDS 


GENEALOGY.  293 

and  town-clerk.  He  was  social,  a  line  penman,  and  a  popular 
merchant.  lie  took  the  old  Church  homestead,  which  stood 
upon  tlic  site  now  occupied  by  Wheeler's  block,  where  he  re- 
mained until  his  death,  and  which  was  subsequently  occupied 
for  man\'  \-cars  by  his  widow  during^  her  lite. 

Erastus  S.,  b.  Mar.  31,  1812.  Martha  C,  b.  Feb.  20,  1814. 

\  Henry  JC,  b.  Dec.  19,  18 [5.  ]  Samuel  C,  b.  Sept.  15,  1817. 

Martha  /.,  b.  Sept.  29,  1819.  James  P.,  b.  Sept.  6,  1821. 


Henky  E.  Baldwin,  s.  of  Erastus,  b.  Dec.  19,  1S15  ;  served 
an  apprenticeship  in  the  Argus  oltice  :  was  for  several  years 
editor  and  proprietor  of  the  paper,  and  afterwards  was  editor 
and  proprietor  of  the  Lowell  Advertiser.  He  filled  the  otKces 
of  register  of  deeds  and  of  probate  for  Sullivan  county  ;  was 
clerk  of  the  N.  H.  senate,  and  for  four  years  an  officer  in  the 
Boston  custom-house.  He  was  private  secretary  to  President 
Pierce.  He  took  a  deep  interest  in  the  welfare  of  his  native 
town.  He  was  a  designer  and  engraver.  His  social  nature, 
agreeable  manners,  anil  uniform  courtesy  won  for  him  many 
friends.  He  d.  at  Washington,  D.  C,  I"eb.  12,  1S55,  aged  41 
years  ;  m.  Marcia,  dau.  of  Thomas  W.  Gilmore.  [See  Litera- 
ture.] 


vSamukl  C.  Baldwin,  s.  of  Erastus,  b.  Sept.  15,  1S17,  was 
connected  with  his  brother  (Henry  E.)  in  the  publication  of  the 
Argils^  antl  also  in  the  publication  of  the  Lowell  Advertiser. 
He  went  to  Plymouth,  Mass.,  in  1S44,  where  he  revived  the 
Plymouth  Rock.,  and  while  there  was  twice  elected  a  represent- 
ative to  the  legislature  of  that  state.  He  afterwaids  went  to 
Meredith,  in  this  state;  was  editor  and  proprietor  oi\X\Q.  Netv 
Hampshire  Democrat .,  and  was  clerk  for  the  county  of  Bel- 
knap ;  d.  there  Dec.  3,  1S61,  aged  44  years.  [See  Literature.] 
He  m.,  Jan.  16,  1840,  Sarah  S.  Hatch,  dau.  of  Dr.  Mason  Hatch. 

Emma  //.,  b.  July  17,  1S43;  m.  Cliarles  Partridge. 

Lucv  A.,  b.  Oct.  I,  1845  ;  m.  Charles  W.  Moore,  of  Concord;  r.  in  AI- 

'bany,  N.  Y. 
Mason  //..  b.  Sept.  13,  1847;  m.  Carrie  Flint;  r.  in  Iowa. 
Marcia  G.,  b.  July  18,  1849;  ^-  ■^P'"-  -6.  'S64. 
Fiances,  b.  Oct.  5,  1852. 

Arthur  //.,  b.  Oct.  14,  1854;  a  graduate  of  the  Scientific  Department, 
Dartmouth  college. 


294  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 


BARTON. 


Levi  W.  Barton.  [See  Lawyers.]  Married  Mnry  A.  Pike, 
1S39;  m.,  2d,  Aug.  25,  1S52,  Lizzie  F.  Jewett,  of  Nashua. 
Tlieir  silver  wedding  occurred  Aug.  25,  1877,  ^"  ^'^^  presence 
of  a  large  circle  of  friends.  They  received  an  elegant  silver 
service,  the  Hon.  Edmund  Burke  making  an  appropriate 
presentation  speech  in  behalf  of  the  donors. 

Ira  McL.^  b.  March  11,  1840;  d.  Jan.  19,  1876.     [See  Lawyers.] 

Herbei't  J.,  b.  Sept.  27,  1853. 

Charles  Frent07it,  b.  Oct.  19,  1856. 

Ralph  Winter,  b.  July  22,  1859;  d.  Sept.  13,  1863. 

Leajider  A/.,  b.  March  28,  1862;  d.  Sept.  26.  1863. 

Florence  Frances,  b.  April  8,  1865.     Natt  Lincoln,  b.  Aug.  28,  1867. 

Jessie  Maston,  b.  Jan.  21,  1870. 


Herbert  J.  Barton,  son  of  L.  W.  Barton  ;  b.  Sept.  27, 
1S53.  Had  his  preparatory  training  at  the  N.  H.  Conference 
Seminary  at  Tilton,  and  was  graduated  at  Dartmouth  college 
in  the  class  of  1S76,  standing  among  the  highest  in  his  class. 
He  is  a  successful  and  popular  teacher.  He  taught  several 
terms  at  Providence,  R.  L  ;  was  principal  of  the  high  school  in 
Union  district,  in  this  town,  two  years  ;  is  now  principal  of 
a  high  school  at  Waukegan,  111.,  where  he  has  charge  of  all  the 
departments.  M.,  Aug.  21,  1S77,  Sarah  L.  Dodge,  dau.  of 
Leander  F.  Dodge,  of  this  town. 


HosEA  B.  Barton,  a  native  of  Croydon,  a  printer  and  farm- 
er ;  b.  March  5,  181 2  ;  came  to  this  town  from  Concord,  where 
he  had  been  engaged  in  printing,  in  185S.  Married  Sarah  C. 
Austin  ;  m.,  2d,  Frances  R.  Brown.  He  purchased  the  farm 
on  the  Goshen  road  now  occupied  by  his  son,  where  he  re- 
mained luitil  his  death. 

Catharine  F.,  b.  Sept.  11,  1844.  William  H.,  b.  May  25,  1846. 

Charles  A.,  b.  Oct.  31,  1848.  George  E.,  b.  Nov.  i,  1850. 

Adelia  J.,  b.  April  17,  1854.  Mary  E.,  b.  Nov.  10,  1856. 

John  C,  b.  Dec.  25,  1859.  ^'^^^i'^  S.  A.,  b.  Feb.  18,  1863. 
Lemuel  R.,  b.  Aug.  31,  1869. 


Martin  A.  Barton,  a    deputy  sheriff'  and   jailor,   son   of 
Peter  Barton,  of  Croydon;  b.  Aug.  22,  1S13  ;  came  here  from 


GENEALOGY.  295 

his  native  town,  where  he  was  a  merchant,  and  where  he  had 
been  a  selectman,  and  a  representative  in  1869.  M.,  Aug.  22, 
1844,  Elizabeth  Hook,  of  Springfield. 

Charles  Wilson,  b.  Jan.  28,  1847;  m.    Ida  E.Walker,   of  Grantham. 

Ch.,  Ralph  iM.,  b.  July  21,  1875. 
Frank  A.,  b.  Aug.  17,  1849;  d.  May  28,  1858. 
Elizabeth  S.,  b.  Oct.  2,  1853. 


Cyrus  Barton.  [See  The  Press.]  IMarried  Hannah  Hale, 
of  Keene,  a  sister  of  Salma  Hale,  of  Kcene,  and  David  Hale,  of 
this  town. 

George  S.     [See  Lawyers  and  Literature.] 

BARNARD. 

Jonathan  Barnard,  a  merchant,  son  of  Thomas  Barnard  ; 
b.  April  28,  1819,  at  Warren,  N.  H.  ;  came  here  in  1870; 
commenced  trade  with  Jeremiah  Carter.  He  was  a  selectman 
at  Orange  in  1845,  ^"<^'  '^  representative  from  Canaan  in  1S67. 
Married  Mary  A.  Wells,  of  Plymouth  ;  m.,  2d,  Oct.  S,  1S78, 
Mrs.  Urena  Mudgett,  of  Goshen. 

Clara  A.,  b.  Oct.  20,  1850;  ni.  Alvah  S.  Chase. 

Georgia  A.,  b.  Feb.  26,  i860;  a  graduate  of  Newport  high  school. 

BARRETT. 

Joseph  Barrett,  a  farmer,  son  of  Benjamin;  b.  Jan.  13, 
1813  ;  came  from  Fitchburg,  Mass.  ;  was  a  soldier  in  the  Union 
army.     Married  Louisa  Newton,  a  daughter  of  Erastus. 

Mary  C,  b.  Nov.  9,  1847.  Charles  B.,  b.  Oct.  24,  1849. 

Frank  E.,  b.  July  12,  1851.  Jennie  E.,  b.  Dec.  27,  1853. 

Helen  L.,  b.  March  28,  1855. 


Whitney  D.  Barrett,  s.  of  Ezra,  b.June  12,  1836;  came 
to  this  town,  from  Brattleborough,  Vt.,  in  1864,  and  settled  at 
Northville  ;  has  been  for  many  years  a  successful  writing-mas- 
ter ;  m.,  Nov.  16,  1856,  Louisa  A.  Bellamy,  of  Townshend,  Vt., 
b.  Mar.  20,  1835.     Her  family  is  noted  for  its  literary  taste. 

Whilney  David,  b.  Jan.  30,  1858;  a  scythe-maker ;  m.,  "SVm.  9,  1S76, 

Emma  G.  Fletcher. 
Hattie,  b.  July  8,  i860;  d.  Apr.  3,  1861. 
xMarv  C,  b.  Feb.  22,  1862;  d.  Dec.  15,  1863. 
Lizzie  C,  b.  Sept.  23,  1863.  EUa  J/.,  b.  June  10,  1870. 


296  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT 


BARTLETT. 

Wilder  L.  Bartlett,  b.  June  12.  181 1  ;  came  from  Suna- 
pee  in  1848,  and  purchased  the  farm  at  Northville  now  owned 
by  Albert  D.  Bartlett,  and  there  spent  the  remainder  of  his  life. 
Married  Susan  Emerson,  dau.  of  Jonathan  Emerson,  2d. 

Lucina  Antoinette,  b.  Sept.  17,  1845;  ^  graduate  at  Meriden ;  a  suc- 
cessful teacher. 


Albert  D.  Bartlett,  son  of  Joshua  Bartlett,  of  Sunapee  ;  b. 
March  9,  1819;  came  here  in  1S73,  and  settled  on  the  W.  L. 
Bartlett  place,  at  Northville,  where  he  is  a  laborious  and  thriv- 
ing former.  M.,  Sept.  7,  1840,  Sarah  T.  Cook,  of  Bradford,  b. 
Nov.  7,  1818. 

Maria  A.,  b.  March  30,  1842;  m.,  May  10,  1866,  John  Batchelder;  r. 

at  Haverhill,  Mass. 
Georgia  A.,  b.  Dec.  22,  1854. 


George  E.  Bartlett  came  to  this  town  from  Unity  in  1S60  ; 
was  in  trade  with  Chester  Averill,  in  Wheeler's  block,  for  several 
years  ;  was  subsequently  in  trade  for  himself  at  the  same  place. 
He  returned  to  Unity,  where  he  is  now  engaged  in  farming. 
Married  Maria  M.  Buckminster,  of  Unity.  He  was  elected  a 
representative  in  1878,  from  Unity,  under  the  I'evised  consti- 
tution, for  1879  and  '80. 


J.  Monroe  Bartlett,  a  joiner,  came  from  Unity,  and  learn- 
ed his  trade  with  Benj.  M.  Gilmore.  Married  Caroline,  dau.  of 
Abner  Kellev. 

Afay,  b.  May  28,  i860;  m.  Woodbury  Prescott. 

BASCOM. 

Elias  Bascom  came  from  Northfield,  Mass.,  prior  to  177S, 
and  settled  on  the  H.  Spooner  farm  on  the  Unity  road.  He 
brought  with  him  six  sons, — Elias^  Reuben^  Joseph^  Zeri^ 
Arthnedorus^  and  Elisha.  They  all  went  to  Vermont — mostly 
to  Orwell — except  Reuben.  William  F.,  a  son  of  Artimedorus, 
graduated  at  Middlebury,  studied  law,  Avas  a  member  of  the 
constitutional   convention,  and  a  professor  in  Howard  Univer- 


GENEALOGY.  297 

sity.  Elislia  was  a  judge,  and  a  member  of  the  legislature  ;  and 
his  third  son,  William  TuUcy,  a  lawyer,  published  the  Ohio 
State  yourttal^  and  afterwards  the  Zenia  TorcJdi^ht.  Ira^  b. 
at  Newport,  in  17S3,  graduated  at  Middlebury  college  in  1S07  ; 
was  principal  of  the  Rutland  Grammar  School,  at  Castleton, 
Vt.,  and  a  professor  in  Howard  University  in  181Q-11  ;  studied 
medicine,  and  practised  at  Whitehall,  N.  Y..  and  at  Orwell, 
Vt.,  and  d.  at  the  latter  place,  Dec.  6,  1S20.  He  was  scholarly, 
and  was  winning  in  his  ways. 


Elias  Bascom,  s.  of  Elias,  came  from  Northfield,  Mass., 
with  his  father;  m.,  May  12,  17S2,  Rebeckah  Stevens,  of  Kil- 
lingworth,  Conn. 

Rosalinda,  b.  Apr.  25,  1783 ;  d.  July  9,  1783. 

Rosaliiuta,  b.  May  5,  1784.  Josiah,  b.  Mar.  7,  1786. 


Joseph  Bascom,  s.  of  Elias,  b.  Mar.  30,  176S  ;  lived  on  the 
J.  Sweet  place,  now  occupied  by  H.  Spooner,  on  the  Unity 
road;  m.,  in  1795,  Esther  Slack,  at  Hopewell,  N.J.  ;  m.,  2d, 
June  5,  1S14,  Lucretia  Farnum,  of  Benson,  Vt.  He  was  a  sur- 
veyor, well  educated,  and  an  active  business  man.  He  was  a 
deacon  at  Benson,  Vt.,  to  which  place  he  removed  in  1S14,  and 
where  he  d.,  Feb.  12,  1S52. 

Elias,  b.  at  Hopewell,  N.  J.,  Feb.  23,  1796. 

ElizabdJi,  b.  at  Newport,  Feb.  26,  1798. 

Joseph,  b.  Feb.  22,  1800.  Edmond,  b.  Feb.  14,  1S02. 

Sibyl,  b.  Jan.  16,  1804.  Brnjaiitin,  b.  Feb.  12,  1806. 

Matilda  l).,  b.  Jan.  18,  1808.  Horace,  b.  Mar.  14,  1810. 

/ra,  b.  Apr.  2,  1812.  Abigail,  b.  Oct.  11,  i8i6. 


Reuben  Bascom,  a  farmer  and  clothier,  s.  of  Elias,  b.  Apr. 
22,  1763,  came  here  with  his  father  in  1779,  and  settled  on  the 
L.  Bascom  farm  on  the  Unity  road.  He  was  a  selectman  ;  m., 
in  17S6,  Lydia  Hurd  (the  first  female  born  in  town),  b.  June  7, 
176S.     He  d.  Apr.  7,  1S39  '■>  she  d.  Mar.  24,  1847. 

Asenath,  h.  May  18,  1787;  ni.  Amos  Xoyes  ;  m.,  2d,  Chalker  Buell. 
\  Reuben,  b.  Apr.  17,  1790.  f  Elihii,  b.  Nov.  21,  1792. 

Eunice,  b.  Dec.  10,  1794;  d.  Nov.  7,  1813. 
Loren,  b.  Oct.  6.  1796;  ni.   Eunice  Buell;  ch.,  Lucy  S.     He  d.  Feb. 

25.  1826. 
t  Elisha,  b.  Oct.  28,  1798.  Lvdia.  b.  Sept.  21.  1800. 

Almira,  b.  Sept.  22,  i«o2  ;  m.,  Nov.,'  1834,  Joel  Wright.     She  d.,  July, 

1 859. 


298  HISTORY   OF    NEWPORT. 

Caroline,  b.  Feb.  18,  1807;  m.,  Nov.,  1833,  Moses  Hurd ;  r.  at  Spring- 
field, Vt.  Ch.,  Asenath  L.,  b.  Oct.,  1834;  m.,  Nov.,  1856,  Daniel 
E.  Carr. 

Eliza,  b.  Sept.  28,  1808;  unmarried;  r.  at  the  old  homestead. 

Cynthia  P.,  b.  July  16,  1812  ;  m.,  Apr.  25,  1836,  Erastus  Hurd,  who  d. 
Sept.  II,  1842;  m.,  2d.,  Sept.  20,  1843,  Simeon  Whittier. 


Reuben  Bascom,  s.  of  Reuben,  a  clothier  and  farmer;  m. 
Philomela  Chapin  ;  m.,  2d,  Elizabeth  Chapin.  He  spent  most 
of  his  life  on  his  farm,  near  the  school-house  in  District  No.  13, 
now  occupied  by  his  son  William. 

Carlos  L.,  b.  July  2,  1820;  m.  Emily  Sanborn,  of  Knoxville,  111.     Ch., 

Mary  A.,  b.  Aug.  9,  1848;  Emily,  b.  Dec.  9,  1849;  Henry,  b.  July 

31,  1853 ;  Frank. 
Henry  J/.,  b.  Sept.  24,  1821  ;  d.  at  Geneseo,  111.,  Nov.  23,  1S42. 
Philontela,  b.  Sept.  i,  1823:  m.,  Nov.  25,  185 1,  Rev.  Glen  Wood,  of 

Chicago;  d.  May  6,  1866. 
Elizabeth^C,  b.  July    19,  1828;  d.  Aug.  15,  1878. 
William,  b.  Dec.  24,  1830.     He  remains  at  the  old  homestead,  is  fond 

of  books,  and  is  an  active  member  of  the  Congregational  church. 
Mary  L.,  b.  Sept.  9,  1833;  m.  Lyman  M.  Fletcher. 


Elihu  Bascom,  s.  of  Reuben  ;  b.  Nov.  21,  1792  ;  m.  Hannah 
Tenney.  He  was  a  farmer,  and  spent  most  of  his  life  at  the  A 
Babb  place,  in  the  east  part  of  the  town,  on  the  Sunapee  road  ; 
d.  Sept.  3,  1S61. 

Ruel  G.,  b.  Mar.  14,  1827;  m.   Sophia  Kempton.     Ch.,  Emma  J.,  b. 

Feb.  28,  184S;  Ada  S.,  b.  Jan.  21.  1866;  Ruel  L. ;  Frederick  E. 

d.  Jan.  10,  1863;  Charles  K.,  b.  June  10,  1862. 
Ellen  M.,  b.  Feb.  5,  1831  ;  m.,  July  18,   1858,   Nelson  Chase.     Ch. 

Clement  B.,  b.  July  14,  i860;  Myrtia  May,  b.  July  2,  i-s66. 
Elias  B.,  b.  Jan.  7,  1833.     R.  at  Lansing,  Iowa;   was  a  captain  during 

the  Rebellion  ;  was  for  a  while  an  inmate  of  Libby  prison  ;  m.  Mary 

Rogers.     Ch.,  Mary  J.,  b.  Sept.  3,  1856;  Alice  J.,  d.,  1862  ;  Alice, 

b.  Mar.  23,  1866;  Ada,  b.  Jan.,  1870. 
Horace  Sanford,  b.  Sept.  25,  1834:  a  sharpshooter  in  1864.     He  is  a 

joiner.     M.,  May  11,  1878,  Luella  Haven. 
Alice,  b.  Sept.   29,  1837;  m.,  Aug.  22,  1859,  Benjamin  F.  Carr.     Ch., 

Fred  Porter,  b.  June  15,  1861  ;  Nellie,  b.  Oct.  16,  1863. 
Harriet,  b.  Jan.  9,  1841  ;  m.,  June,  i,  1861,  Moses  Hoyt.    Ch.,  Frank 

E.,  b.  Apr.  21,  1863. 


Elisha  Bascom,  s.  of  Reuben,  m.,  Aug.  2, 1823,  Temperance 
Tenney,  b.  July  20,  1S03  ;  he  d.  Sept.  21,  1S66.  He  was  a  cloth- 
ier, and  lived  at  the  H.  Chapin  place,  now  occupied  by  the 
sons  of  Calvin  Pike,  at  Southville. 


GENEALOGY.  299 

Catharine,  h.  Nov.  18.  1823;  m.,  Sept.,  1848,  Hubbard  Cooper,  of 
Croydon;  she  cl.  Apr.,  i"868.  Ch.,  Ada  L.,  b.  Feb.  9,  1851;  Etta 
E.,  b.  1058,  d.  1859;  Bertha  .M.,  b.  June  11,  1863. 

Morton,  b.  Aug.  13,  1826;  m.,  Sept.,  1851,  Lovina  Pike.  Ch.,  Imo- 
gene,  b.  Aug.  17.  1853;  Flora  M.,  b.  Sept.,  1857;  Edgar  iM.,  b. 
Mar.,  1859;  James  W.,  b.  Oct.  3,  1863. 

Wallace,  b.  Jan.  29,  1831  ;  m.,  Jan.,  1853,  Ellen  Kelsey.  He  was  in 
the  2d  Mass.  Regt.,  and  was  shot  through  the  heart  at  the  battle  of 
Gettysburg,  July  3,  1863.  Ch..  Charles  W.,  b.  1854;  Kate  L;  Fred- 
erick, b.  Dec,  i860;   Emma  K.,  b.  July,  1862. 

Ellen,  b.  Oct.  5,  1833;  m.,  Dec.  13,  1853,  Sullivan  H.  Brown,  of  Croy- 
don.    Ch.,  Frank  D.,  b.  Jan.  8,  1859;  Herbert  E. 

Marian,  b.  Feb.  18,  1837;  d.  Oct.  i.  1865;  unmarried. 

Abby,  b.  Feb.  11,  1839;  m.,  Apr.  18,  1861,  Leonard  T.  .Moody.  Ch., 
Wallace  E..  b.  Oct.  3,  1863. 

James  P.,  b.  Mar.  30,  1841  ;  he  was  in  the  9th  Regt.  ;  d.  at  Falmouth, 
V'a.,  Dec.  25,  1862. 

Henry,  b.  June  2,  1843. 

Emma,  b.  June  23,  1846;  d.  Oct.  17,  1865;  unmarried. 

BASTON. 

O.  P.  Baston,  a  photographer,  b.  Feb.  12,  1842,  at  Welling- 
ton, Me. ;  learned  his  art  in  Boston,  and,  after  practising  a  while 
in  Lebanon  and  Nashua,  settled  here  in  1S66,  where  he  remain- 
ed until  187S.  He  is  a  hue  artist.  He  operated  in  Richards 
bloci<. 

BATCHELDER. 

John  Batcheldek,  a  carriage-maker,  came  from  Beverly, 
Mass.     Married  Eliza  Kelsey.     Ch.,   William. 


William  Batchelder,  a  teamster,  son  of  John,  b.  June  28, 
1826.     Married  Olivia  Currier,  of  Sunapee. 

Isabel,  b.  Feb.  12,  1854.  Charles  E.,  b.  June  5,  1855. 

William  //. ,  b.  June  6,  i860. 

BEARD. 

Andrew  Beard,  b.  Jan..  1791,  at  New  Boston,  where  he 
was  a  representative  several  years  ;  came  here  from  Unity  in 
iS37,and  settled  on  the  East  mountain  ;  m.  Rachel  P.  Marshall, 
of  Weare. 

John,  m.  Emily  Marshall,  of  Unity;  r.  in  Kansas. 

Mari^aret  J.,  m.  Hiram  Angell,  of  Sunapee. 

Elisabeth,  d.  young.  Augustus  F.,  b.  Aug.  25,  1S27. 


300  HISTORY   OF    NEWPORT, 

Augustus  F.  Beard,  s.  of  Andrew  Beard,  was  a  farmer.  He 
remained  for  several  years  at  the  old  homestead  on  East  moun- 
tain. Sold  out  and  went  to  the  West ;  m.  Nyrah  Hurd,  b.  May 
23,  1 8 23. 

Hiram  A.,  b.  April  15,  1855.  Ir^uiJi  //.,  b.  May  3,  i860. 

BROCK  WAY. 

Charles  L.  Brockway,  b.  March  17,  1S46;  came  from 
Bradford  in  1S65.  He  was  a  merchant,  and  was  for  several 
years  in  trade,  with  Chester  Averill,  in  Wheeler's  block  ;  m. 
Maria  G.  Long,  dau.  of  Leander  Long. 

Alice  M.,h.  May  31,  1875. 

BECKWITH. 

Jabez  Beckwith,  a  jeweller,  made  the  first  eight-day  clocks 
in  town  ;  came  from  Lempster.     He  was  brother  to  the  wife  of 
Maj.  Erastus  Newton.     Had   two   daughters,  one  of  whom  m. 
Caleb  Kelsey  and  the  other  Harry  Newton. 

BECK. 

Amos  Beck,  b.  Dec.  25,  1S25  ;  a  farmer  ;  came  from  Goshen 
in  1S50;   m.  Mary  Eastman,  of  Sunapee. 

BELKNAP. 

Sawyer  Belknap,  s.  of  Moses  and  Esther  (Webster)  Bel- 
knap, b.  May  24,  1S06  ;  came  from  Atkinson,  his  native  place, 
to  this  town  in  1S25.  He  is  now  a  farmer,  but  has  most  of  his 
life  been  a  manufacturer  of  and  dealer  in  boots  and  shoes.  He 
was  an  officer  in  the  militia,  and  was  always  a  zealous  friend 
of  that  military  system  which  places  the  musket,  the  symbol  of 
national  defence  and  public  liberty,  in  the  hands  of  every  able- 
bodied  man.  He  was  post-master  from  May  1st,  1S52,  until 
Oct.  14,  1861,  and  was  town-clerk  five  years.  He  m.,  1S31, 
Martha  M.  Aiken,  dau.  of  Andrew  Aiken. 

George  Eugene,  b.  Jan.  22,  1832. 

Williani  Hadden,  b.  May  22,  1834,  is  a  boot  manufacturer,  now  in  the 

establishment  of  Ethan  S.  Chase  &  Son,  of  this  town. 
Henry  Sawyer,  b.  Ai)ril  30,   1S36,  is  chief  clerk  in  the  establishment 

of  the  Emerson  Piano  Co.,  Boston,  Mass, 


n  Co  rj  :^ 


302  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

execvitive  officer  iron-clad  frigate  New  Ironsides,  1862-64;  '*'"'  ^7 
engagementSjWith  Forts  Sumter  and  Moultrie,  and  other  defences 
of  Charleston  harbor ;    commanded   gunboat   Seneca    in  latter 
part  of '64;  then  transferred  to  the  command  of  monitor  Canon- 
icus,  and  was  in  two   actions  with   that  vessel,  with    Howlett 
House  battery,  up  James  river,  near  Riclimond,  Dec,  '64,  and 
took  part  in  the   actions  of  Dec,  '64,  and  Jan.,  '65,  which  re- 
sulted in  the  capture  of  Fort  Fisher,  leading  in  and  taking  the 
advanced  position  ;   received   more   hits  from    the  enemy  than 
anv  other  vessel ;    slightly   wounded    from    fragment  of  shot, 
which  broke  to  pieces  on  striking  the  turret;    present  at  the 
evacuation  of  Charleston,  and  fired  the  last  hostile  shot  at  its 
defences  ;  commanded  the  same  vessel  in  the  special  squadron 
which  went  to  Havana  in   quest   of  the  rebel   iron-clad  Stone- 
wall ;  executive  officer   corvette   Shenandoah,  which  sailed  for 
Asiatic  squadron,  December,  '65  ;  promoted  to  commander,  for 
efficient  and  conspicuous  services   during  the  war,  on  the  way 
out,  and  assigned  to  the  command  of  the  flag-ship  Hartford,  on 
arrival  at  Hong  Kong;  commanded  expedition  against  Indians 
on  the  island  of  Formosa,  1S67 — loss,  one  officer  killed  ;  partici- 
pated in  the   ceremonies   incident   to    the  opening  of  the  new 
treaty  ports  in  Japan,  Januar}',   '68  ;    navigation  officer,  navy 
yard,  Boston,  1S69-72  ;  May,  '72,  ordered  to  command  the  cor- 
vette Tuscarora.  and  sailed  for  the  Pacific,  through    the   straits 
of  Magellan,  the  following  month  ;  April,  '73,  landed  a  detach- 
ment of  seamen  and  marines  at  Panama,  to  protect  the  transit 
across  the  isthmus  during  a  revolution  there  ;  May,  '73,  assign- 
ed to  special  duty  in   the   Tuscarora,   having  been  selected  by 
the  secretary  of  the  navy  to  make  deep-sea  soundings  across  the 
North  Pacific,  between  California  and  Japan,  to  determine  the 
practicability  of  that  route  for  the  laying  of  a  telegraph  cable  ; 
took    the     recently    devised    but     comparatively    untried    ma- 
chine  of  Sir    William   Thomson,  of  Glasgow   University,  im- 
proved upon  the  details  of  its  construction,  and  prosecuted  the 
work  with  great   success,  working  an   entire   revolution  in  the 
methods   of  deep-sea   sounding,  getting  more  accurate   results 
than  had  hitherto  been  obtained,  with  a  corresponding  econo- 
my of  labor   and   time  ;  also  invented  three   different  cups,  or 
cylinders,  for  bringing  up  specimens  of  soil  and  water  from  the 


GENEALOGY.  303 

ocean-bed,   which    are    believed    to   be    the    best   yet  devised, 
whether    in    this    country   or    Europe,   and    wliich    have    been 
adoptcti  as   standards  by  the   navy  department ;  got  a  depth  of 
5^  statute  miles  on  the  coast  of  Japan,  being  the  deepest  water 
ever  found  in  the  ocean.     The   work   of  tiie  Tuscarora  excited 
great  interest  among  scientists,  both  in  tiiis  country  and  in  Eu- 
rope.    He  was  detached    from    command  of  the  Tuscarora,  at 
his  own  request,  October,  '75,  having  run  two   lines  of  sound- 
ings across  the  Pacific  ;  was  oflered  the  position  of  hydrograph- 
jc  inspector  of  the  U.   S.  Coast  Survey,  at  Washington,  but  de- 
clined ;  senior  naval  ofHcer  present  at  Honolulu,  the  capital  of 
the  Hawaiian  Islands,  February,  '74,  when  the  riot  occurred  at 
the  election  of  Prince  Kalukana  as  king,  and   landed  a  force  of 
160   officers,   seamen,   and    marines    from    the    Tuscarora  and 
Portsmouth,  and  dispersed   the  rioters,  receiving  the  thanks  of 
the  king  and  the  legislative  assembly  therefor ;  ordered  to  com- 
mand the  U.  S.  S.  Oiiio,   Boston,  January  1,  '75,   and  commis- 
sioned post  captain,  which   grade   in   the  navy  corresponds   to 
that  of  colonel  in   the   army  ;  March,  '75,  owing  to  ill-health, 
due    to  exposure  on  sounding  expedition,  was    obliged    to  go 
South,   and   was  ordererl  as  captain  of  the  yard,   navy  yard, 
Pensacola  ;  June,  '75,  appointed  member  of  the  annual  board  of 
visitors   to   the  naval   academy,  October,  '75  ;  ordered  to  acad- 
emy as  member  of  a  board  to  examine  two  classes  of  midship- 
men for  promotion  ;  member  and   president  of  several  courts- 
martial  ;  recently  elected  a  Fellow  of  the  American  Geographi- 
cal Society  ;    was  awarded  a   silver   medal   by  the  Geograph- 
ical Society  of  France,  at   the   international  geographical  con- 
gress, held  in  Paris,  June,  1S75,  as  a  recognition  of  merit  for 
the  hydrographical  work   of  the   Tuscarora  ;  May,  '76,  placed 
on  special  duty  with  reference  to  deep-sea  sounding ;  author  or 
various  reports  to  navy  department,  of  paper  on  deep-sea  sound- 
ings read   before  the  Asiatic   Society  of  Japan,  and  of  letters 
from  China  and  Siam,  etc.     [See  Literature.]      He  m.,  Dec.  23, 
1S61,   Ellen  D.,  dau.  of  Dr.  Isaac  A.  Reed,  d.  Oct.  2S,  1S65  ; 
m.,  2d,  Dec.  8,  1866,  Fanny  G.  Prescott,  at  Calcutta,  India. 

Alice  Maud,  b.  April  29,  1863.        Prescott  Hartford,  b.  Mar.  16.  1S69. 
Reginald Kowait,  b.  ]\ii\*i  26,  1%-ji.  Grafton    McAllaster,    b.  July   14, 

1875. 


304  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT, 


BENNETT. 


Levi  Bennett,  a  miller  and  farmer,  b.  Oct.  27,  1816,  at 
Canterbury  ;  came  from  Tilton  to  this  town  in  May,  1S69,  and, 
in  connection  with  William  Woodbury,  purchased  the  village 
grist-mill,  the  firm  doing  a  thriving  business.  He  m.,June  2, 
1842,  Eliza  M.  Rogers,  of  Northfield  ;  m.,  2d,  Mar.  2,  1S75, 
Arzelia  Whipple,  dau.  of  Abner  Whipple;  r.  at  the  Whipple 
place  on  East  mountain. 

Ellen  M.,  b.  July  i,  1844;  m.  Dr.  J.  C.  Foster,  of  Canterbury. 
Frank  D.,  b.  Apr.  11,   1846;  m.  Nellie  Currier,  of  GihTianton :  r.  at 

Manchester. 
Emma  F.,  b.  Feb.  17,  1858. 

BINGHAM. 

Allen  W.  Bingham,  b.  Feb.  28,  1825,  at  Lempster  ;  was 
for  several  years  here  engaged  at  tanning  with  Jabez  Thomp- 
son, a  brother-in-law,  at  the  upper  tannery.  He  went  from 
this  town  to  Pottsville,  N.  Y.,  but  returned  to  Lebanon,  in  this 
state;  now  r.  at  Bristol  ;  m.,  Apr.  iS,  1S49,  Elvira  F.  Thomp- 
son, dau.  of  Moses  Thompson,  of  this  town,  b.  Dec.  19,  1S26. 

Edward  Allen,  b.  Jan.  26,  1850;  a  tinsmith;  m.,  Mar.  6,  1878,  Iva  B. 

Underbill,  of  Concord;  r.  at  East  Boston,  Mass. 
Fred  {t\N\n),  b.  July  7,  1852;  a  tinsmith;  m.,  Sept.  i,  1874,  Lizzie  L. 

Morse,  of  Bristol ;  r.  at  Bristol. 
Frank  (twin),  b.  July  7,  1852;  a  harness-maker;  r.  at  Bristol. 
Hatlie  J.,  b.  Jan.  17,  i860.  V.  Mand,  b.  Oct.  2,  1864. 

Mary  E.,h.  May  25,  1868. 

BLAKE. 

Jonathan  Blake,  a  stone-mason,  b.  June  4,  1817,  at  Hamp- 
ton ;  came  to  tliis  town  from  Newburyport,  Mass.,  in  1859  '  '^^* 
Hannah  Thompson  ;  m.,  2d,  Emily  M.  Hay  ;  m.,  3d,  Philinda 
F.  Alexander. 

Fra7ik  P.,  b.  Nov.  ir,  1853.  Annali  L.,  b.  Dec.  26,  1855. 

Horace  B.,  h.  June  10,  1859.  Francis,  b.  Sept.,  i860. 

Emi'ly  M.,  b.  Apr.  18,  1863.  Charles,  b.  Jan.  11,  1S68. 

Ernest,  b.  Nov.  11,  1873;  d.  Feb.,  1876. 


GENEALOGY.  305 


BLOOD. 


Joel  Blood,  a  tanner,  s.  of  Lemuel  Blood,  h.  Sept.  8,  1835, 
at  Goshen  ;  came  to  this  town  in  1858  ;  m.,  Dec.  25, 1854,  ^^' 
lissa  Graves,  dau.  of  Benjamin  Graves,  of  Unity.  His  father 
had  twenty-three  children,  and  his  wife's  father  had  twenty- 
one.  It  may  be  safely  affirmed  that  this  couple  have  more 
brothers  and  sisters  than  any  other  in  town — forty-four  in  all. 

Addie  M.,  b.  July  5,  1859.  Hallie  7.,  b.  Dec.  8,  1867. 

Moody  E.  Blood,  a  joiner,  a  brother  of  Joel,  b.  Nov.  28, 
1837;  came  here  in  1S66;  lives  on  the  C.  C.  Winter  place  in 
the  south  part  of  the  village.  He  had  been  seven  years  in  the 
lumber  trade  in  California.  M.,  Jan.  22,  1S67,  Harriet  L.  Reed, 
dau.  of  Andrew  J.  Reed. 

Willie  A'.,  b.  Sept.  10,  1869.  Carrie  B.,  b.  Aug.  9,  1873. 

BOARDMAN. 

Francis  Boardman,  b.  in  1810,  a  native  of  Lyndeborough  ; 
came  to  this  town,  with  his  family,  from  Francestown,  in  the 
fall  of  1S39.  He  has  been  engaged  in  various  kinds  of  business  ; 
served  as  deputy  sheriff  several  years ;  chairman  board  of  se- 
lectmen six  years, — 1S60-62,  1S64,  1875,  and  1876;  served  as 
assistant  assessor  of  internal  revenue  for  the  third  collection 
district  of  New  Hampshire  eight  years,  and  was  elected  county 
commissioner  in  1876.  ^L^rried  Sarah  E.  Bradford,  dau.  of 
Rev.  Moses  Bradford,  of  Francestov^m,  who  died  in  1845  ;  m., 
2d,  in  1849,  Susan  J.  Hazen,  of  Norwich,  Vt.,  b.  1825.  Had 
two  ch.  by  first  wife. 

James  Henry  Boardman,  s.  of  Francis  Boardman,  b.  Aug. 
6,  1831,  at  Francestown;  was  educated  at  Newport  academy; 
merchant  in  Keokuk,  Iowa  ;  m.  Anna  Kelsey,  of  Chicago,  111.  ; 
has  two  dau<'hters. 


Moses  Bradford  Boardman,  s.  of  Francis  Boardman.  b.  at 
Francestown,  May  35,  1833  ;  fitted  for  college  at  Kimball  Union 
Academy,  and  graduated  at  Amherst  college,  in  the  class  of  i86q  ; 


20 


306  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

studied  two  years  at  the  Union  Theological  Seminary,  New 
York,  and  one  year  at  the  Andover  Theological  Seminary, 
graduating  in  the  class  of  1S63.  Ordained  and  installed  at 
Lynnfield  Centre,  Mass.,  as  pastor  of  the  Evangelical  Congre- 
gational church,  Oct.  i,  1S63  ;  dismissed,  Nov.  7,  1870,  to  ac- 
cept a  call  to  Brimheld,  Mass.,  where  he  was  installed  Dec.  i, 
1S70.  He  afterwards  travelled  in  Europe.  Married  Ellen  E. 
Barbour,  of  Harwinton,  Conn.  ;  had  three  sons  and  one  daughter. 

BOWMAN. 

Abiatiiar  Bowmax,  one  of  our  most  substantial  farmers,  re- 
markable for  his  tenacious  memory  and  sound  judgment,  was  a 
native  of  Lexington,  Mass.,  b.  Feb.  iS,  i759-  At  the  age  of  16 
he  became  a  soldier  in  the  Revolution,  in  company  with  his 
father,  Capt.  Jonas  Bowman.  They  removed  to  Henniker,  N. 
H.,  and  from  thence  Abiathar  came  to  this  town,  Apr.  i,  1796, 
and  settled  on  the  H.  Sprague  farm,  in  the  west  part  of  the  town, 
now  occupied  by  William  O.  Chapin,  where  he  d.  Apr.  3,  1S34. 
He  m.  Thankful  Rice,  of  Henniker,  b.  Mar.  31,  1764,  who  d. 
July  6,  1S34. 

Lovell,  a  clothier,  b.  Aug.  5,  1783;  d.  Oct.  24,  1831;  m.  Betsey  Perry. 

Zadoc,  a  farmer,  b.  Feb.  12,  1785;  d.  Nov.,  1S38;  m.,  Oct.  30,  1807, 
Anna  Hurd. 

Aztiba,  b.  May  2,  1787;  d.  1831  ;  m.  Samuel  Church,  Jr. 

Jabez,  a  farmer;  b.  Oct.  18,  1789;  d.  Dec.  17,  1843. 

Ascnath,  b.  Jan.  24,  1791;  d.  Apr.  20,  1868;  m.  Thomas  Wait. 

Zilpha,  b.  Dec.  6,  1793;  d.  Mar.  12,  1829;  m.  Hon.  Jeremiah  D.  Net- 
tleton. 

f  Brooks,  b.  Aug.  9,  1795  ;  d.  Oct.  28,  1863. 

Abijah,  a  merchant;  b.  Oct.  25,  1797;  d.  June  28,  1831. 

Nobby,  b.  Aug.  20,  1799. 

Bela,  b.  Apr.  6,  1801  ;  d.  Mar.  2,  1828;  a  physician;  studied  his  pro- 
fession with  Dr.  Adams,  of  Barton,  Vt.  ;  graduated  at  Dartmouth 
Medical  College,  and  settled  at  Glover,  Vt. 

Sally,  b.  Apr.  20,  1803. 

Abiathar,  b.  Mar.  6.  1804;  d.  Sept.  28,  1825. 

RuelR.,^  farmer,  b.  Oct.  30,  1806;  m.   Hannah  M.  Goodwin;  r.   at' 
Claremont.     Ch.,  Selwin  R. 


Brooks  Bowmax,  s.  of  Abiathar,  a  physician  ;  studied  his 
profession  in  Canada  ;  attended  Dartmouth  Medical  College,  and 
became  eminent  in  his  profession  in  Canada  and  at  the  West ; 
m.  Eliza  Ward,  of  New  York. 


GENEALOGY.  30/ 

Ahiathar  and  Ruel  R.,  d.  in  early  manhood. 

Mary  A'.,  m.  W.  G.  Miller,  n.  n.,  of  Milwaukee,  Wis.,  a  presiding  elder, 
and  the  author  of  "  Milwaukee  Methodism." 

Laura  K.,  m.  Hon.  Cushman  K.  Davis,  of  St.  Paul.  Minn.,  a  distin- 
guished lawyer,  wlio  was  general's  aid  during  the  Rebellion,  and 
governor  of  the  state  in  1873  ^"d  1874. 


Baxter  Bowman,  a  brother  of  Abiathar,  lived  on  the  J.  Ba- 
ker farm  in  the  west  part  of  the  town  ;   moved  to  Claremont. 

BOWERS. 

SiiKPiiERD  L.  BowEK-s  [see  Lawyers],  m.,  Sept.  28,  1S59, 
Thankful  M.  Newell,  who  d.  Apr.  16,  1S62  ;  m.,  2d,  Dec.  8, 
1870,  Susan  E.  Cofran,  dau.  of  Nathaniel  T.  Cofran,  of  Goshen, 
b.  Dec.  15,  1844. 

John,  b.  Apr.  11,  1862  ;  d.  young.    John  Arba,  b.  Mar.  2,  1S72. 
Lena  May,  b.  June  24,  1874;  d.  Sept.  18,  1875. 
Harry  Natt,  b.  Sept.  21,  1876. 

BOYD. 

Alexander  Boyd  [see  Physicians],  m.,  Dec,  1816,  Mar- 
garet Claggett,  dau.  of  Wentworth  Claggett,  b.  Oct.  19,  1791  ; 
m.,  2d,  Dec.  12,  1S39,  Rebecca  Claggett,  a  sister  of  his  former 
wife,  b.  Nov.  20,  iSoo. 

Alexander,  b.  Sept.  5,  1817;  d.  1836. 
Margaret,  b.  Sept.  8,  1820;  d.  1834. 
Jane,  b.  Jan.  5,  1823;  d.  Nov.  13,  1839. 
Harriet,  b.  Feb.  21,  1840;  d.  Mar.  19,  1841. 

BRECK. 

James  Breck,  b.  at  Boston,  Mass. ;  came  to  Croydon  in 
1804,  and  engaged  in  trade  at  the  Flat,  where  he  had  a  success- 
ful business.  While  there  he  was  one  of  the  most  prominent 
and  influential  citizens  of  the  town.  He  \vas  one  of  the  select- 
men live  years,  and  a  representative  in  1810  and  '11,  and  again 
in  1813  and  '14.  He  came  to  Newport  in  1816,  and  erected  the 
building  now  standing  at  the  south  corner  of  Elm  and  Main 
streets  for  a  store,  where  he  had  a  thriving  business,  "Smd  accu- 
mulated one  of  the  largest  fortimes  then  in  town.  While  here 
he  was  a  leading  man  in  all  public  enterprises,  in  trade,  in  pol- 


308  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT, 

itics,  and  in  the  religious  society  to  which  he  belonged.  He  was 
a  selectman  seven  years,  and  a  representative  in  1823  and  1836. 
He  was  a  trustee  of  the  Newport  academy.  In  connection 
with  Josiah  Forsaith,  he  built  the  Eagle  hotel,  which  for  many 
years  was  the  most  fashionable  house  in  the  county,  and  added 
much  to  the  attractions  of  the  village.  He  was  one  of  the  com- 
mittee in  the  erection  of  the  present  South  Church  edifice. 
From  tliis  town  he  removed  to  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  where  he 
d.  at  an  advanced  age  in  October,  1S71.  In  iSii,  he  m.  Mar- 
tha Burr,  dau.  of  Capt.  Martin  Burr,  of  Croydon.  In  1S61  they 
had  a  brilliant  golden  wedding. 

Martin  Burr,  b.  Oct.  15,  1812,  was  educated  at  the  common  schools 
and  at  Newport  academy,  after  which  he  turned  his  attention  to 
trade.  He  remained  in  his  fathers  store  until  he  had  attained  to 
his  majority.  He  was  afterwards  in  trade  in  Croydon  and  in  Bos- 
ton, but  soon  removed  to  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  where  he  had  a  suc- 
cessful mercantile  career,  and  where  he  remained  until  his  death, 
which  occurred  Oct.  26,  1876.  He  m.,  in  1838,  Mary  Faxon,  of 
Newport,  who  d.  Aug.  22,  1840,  aged  27  years;  m.,  2d,  in  1846, 
Susan  E.  Waters,  of  Rochester.  Had  three  daughters,  one  of 
whom  m.  James  H.  Kelley,  and  another,  David  Hoyt. 

Margaret  Ann,  b.  April  24,  1814;  was  well  educated,  and  had  a  taste 
for  literature.  In  1837,  m.  H.  H.  Perkins,  and  removed  to  St. 
Croix  Falls,  Wisconsin,  where  he  d.  in  1850,  leaving  three  children. 
The  eldest  dau.  m.  W.  D.  Webb,  attorney  at  Minneapolis,  Minn. 
The  son,  James  B.,  graduated  at  the  Rochester  University,  after 
which  he  travelled  in  Europe. 

Williani,  b.  Dec.  14,  1816.  Had  his  preparatory  training  at  Kimball 
Union  Academy,  and  was  graduated  at  Dartmouth  college  in  the 
class  of  1838,  after  which  he  turned  his  attention  to  the  law.  On 
being  admitted  to  the  bar,  commenced  the  practice  of  his  profes- 
sion at  Rochester,  N.  Y.  He  was  appointed  a  consul  to  China  in 
1866,  and  for  several  years,  with  his  wife,  enjoyed  a  residence  in 
the  Celestial  Empire.  On  his  return,  since  the  close  of  the  Civil 
War,  he  has  been  a  planter  in  Miss.  He  m.  a  Miss  Williams,  of 
Boston. 

James  had  his  preparatory  training  at  Kimball  Union  Academy,  and 
was  graduated  at  Dart.  Coll.  in  1842.  He  studied  law,  and  being 
admitted  to  the  bar,  removed  to  Chicago,  111.,  where  he  has  since 
been  in  practice.  He  had  a  taste  for  literature,  and  was  an  ad- 
mirer of  the  older  poets. 

Mary,  the  second  dau.,  r.  at  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Francis,  the  fourth  son.  is  a  successful  merchant  in  Cal.  ;  has  been  m. 
twice  ;  has  one  child. 

Martha,  the  third  dau.,  m.  Wm.  F.  Cogswell,  a  lawyer;  r.  at  Roches- 
ter, N.  Y.  ;  has  five  children. 

Sainuel,  the  fifth  son,  a  merchant  in  Cal. ;  is  m.,  and  has  a  family  of 
six  children. 

Ellen,  the  fourth  dau.,  r.  at  the  homestead  at  Rochester,  N.  Y. 


GENEALOGY.  3O9 

George,  the  youngest  son,  is  the  superintendent  at  the  city  hospital  at 
Rochester,  N.  Y.  ;  m.,  and  has  one  child. 

Einiita,  the  youngest  clau.,  m.  Geo.  W.  Richardson,  a  successful  mer- 
chant in  the  city  of  New  York. 

15RICKETT. 

James  Bkickett,  a  hatter  ;  s.  of  James  and  Anna  (Wheeler) 
Brickett ;  b.  March,  1S06,  came  to  this  town  from  Ilampstead, 
his  native  phice,  and  was  in  business  witli  Amos  Little,  a 
brother-in-law.  He  was  a  successful  business  man.  lie  mov- 
ed to  Claremont,  where  he  d.  in  1S63.  He  m.  Abigail  Emer- 
son, of  Hampstead  ;  m.,  2d,  Mary  Clark  Smitli,  of  Hamp- 
stead.     Had  a  family  of  chihh'cn.  all  of  whom  d.  yoimg. 


MooDV  Hill  Bkickett,  a  brother  of  James,  b.  Oct.  10, 
1S13  ;  came  to  this  town  in  1831,  and  was  engaged  with  Little 
&  Brickett  in  the  hat  business.  He  has  since  been  at  Ware, 
Mass.,  and  Derry,  this  state.  He  now  r.  at  Haverhill,  Mass. 
M.,  March  14,  1S39,  Laura  A.  Putnam,  of  Hampstead. 

yames  Thorndike,  b.   April   5,    1S42;  killed  on  railroad   in  1S77;  m. 

Mary  F.  Parker,  of  Groveland,  Mass. 
Albert  Cushitig,  b.  July  15,  1844;  m.  Anna  R.  Adams,   of  Haverhill, 

Mass. ;  has  two  children. 
Calvin  Webster,  b.  Dec.  24,  1S56;  m.  Anna  Furbush,  of  Elliot,  Me. 

BROWN. 

Da\id  Brown,  b.  Feb.  29,  174S  ;  m.  Abby  P.  Fuller.  Jan.  iS, 
1769,  who  died  Apr.  15,  1796.     He  came  to  town  in  1775. 

Betty,  b.  May  18,  1771.  Catherine,  b.  Dec.  9,  1773. 

Josepli.  b.  Jan.  14,  1775.  Molly,  b.  Apr.  14,  1776. 

David,  b.  July  14,  1779;  d.  young.  Abigail,  b.  July  23,  17S1. 
David,  b.  Mar.  23,  1783.  Amos,  b.  Aug.  6,  1785. 


Jonathan  Brown,  a  native  of  Boscawen,  lived  and  died  on 
the  B.  Reed  fiirm,  on  the  Unity  road,  now  occupied  by  Curtis 
Kelsey  :  m.,  Feb.  19,  1777,  Sarah  Emery,  who  d.  Apr.  17,  1S36. 
He  d.July  26,  1S17.  At  their  wedding  the  whole  town  was 
invited  ;  and  two  sleighs — all  there  were  in  town — and  twenty- 
four  ox-sleds,  conveyed  the  guests. 

Ruth,  1).  Apr.  9,  1778:  m.  Jonathan  Sleeper. 

Mary,  b.  June  16,  1780.  Sally,  b.Jan.  2,  1783. 


310  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT, 

Judith  and  Abigail  (twins),  b.  Nov.  28,  1784;  d.  young. 
Jonathan,  b.  Jan.  12,  1786;  d.  Jan.  24.  1S50;  m.  Irene  Way. 
Abigail,  b.  June  20,  1788;  m.  Leonard  Pike. 
Judith,  b.  Aug.  20,  1790;  m.  Eli.sha  Gee. 
^Nathan,  b.  Sept.  12,  1792. 


Nathan  Brown,  s.  of  Jonathan  Brown,  farmer,  b.  .Sept.  12, 
1792  ;  d.  Oct.  1 1,  1846  ;  lived  at  the  homestead  on  the  Unity  road. 
M.,  Oct.  31,  1816,  Matilda  Chase,  of  Unity,  sister  of  Hon.  Virgil 
Chase,  of  Goshen,  b.  Apr.  13,  179S;  d.  Jan.  27,  1825.  He  m., 
2d,  Mar.  i,  1831,  Mrs.  Sally  Durgin,  of  West  Fairlee,  Vt.,  who 
d.  May  16,  1861,  aged  57. 

Horace  C,  b.  Oct.  17,  1817;  m.  in  Michigan.  Started  for  Oregon, 
overland  ;  not  heard  from  since.  It  is  supposed  he  was  murdered 
by  the  Indians. 

Mary  31.  C.  h.  Oct.  29,  1819;  d.  Oct.  5,  1826. 

Francis,  b.  Feb.  14,  1822;  m.  Mary  J.  Parker,  of  Danville;  r.  at  Low- 
ell, Mass.,  where  he  is  a  painter. 

\  Nathan  T.,  b.  Apr.  2,  1833.  ^Geoige  IV.,  h.  May  10,  1835. 

Alonzo,  b.  May  16,  1837;  d.  Mar.  28,  1840. 

iMa?y  M.,  b.  Apr.  18,  1839;  d.  young. 

Sarah  A.,  b.  Apr.  17,  1842  ;  d.  at  14. 


Nathan  T.  Brown,  s.  of  Nathan  Brown,  b.  x\pr.  2,  1833  ;  a 
tanner  ;  was  a  sergeant  in  the  company  of  Capt.  J.  W.  Putnam, 
of  Cro3-don,  during  the  Rebellion  ;  was  in  the  Burnside  expe- 
dition, and  at  the  fall  of  Vicksburg.  He  was  appointed  mas- 
ter's mate  in  the  navy,  and  ordered  to  the  Mississippi  squadron, 
where  he  served  until  the  close  of  the  war.  jM.,  Aug.  13,  1S60, 
Rhoda  J.  Whittaker,  of  Goshen,  b.  Aug.  3i,  1S38. 

Arthur,  b.  May  26,  1861  ;  d.  young. 

Alice  J.,  b.  July  29,  1862.  Susie  A.,  b.  Aug.  28,  1S70. 


George  W.  Brown,  s.  of  Nathan  Brown,  b.  May  10,  1S35. 
At  15  ran  away,  and  footed  and  begged  his  passage  to  Boston, 
and  there  went  on  board  a  ship  as  cabin-boy.  At  the  end  of 
five  years,  after  filling  various  positions,  was  placed  in  com- 
mand of  a  vessel,  of  three  hundred  tons,  trading  with  South 
America.  In  July,  i860,  having  volunteered,  was  appointed 
master  in  tiie  navy  ;  commanded  a  vessel  during  the  bombard- 
ment of  Forts  Jackson  and  St.  Philip's  ;  was  one  of  the  fleet 
with   Gen.  Sherman   at  Vicksburg ;  conveyed  Gen.  Grant  to 


GENEALOGY.  31  I 

Vicksburg  wlien  he  took  command;  was  with  tlic  Mississippi 
squadron  until  1S64,  when  he  was  ordered  to  the  South  Atlan- 
tic, where  he  remained  until  1S66,  when  he  was  discharged. 
He  was  appointed  assistant  assessor  of  internal  revenue  at 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  June  19,  1S69.  He  fitted  out  several  cargoes 
for  the  Cubans  during  their  strife,  and  a  line  of  steamers  be- 
tween New  York  and  Washington.  Married  Mary  E.  Stain- 
burn,  of  N.  Y. 

George  T.,  b.  Oct.  16,  i860.  Grace  S.,  b.  Nov.  7,  1866. 

John  Buowx,  b.  Sept.  12,  1772,  in  Massachusetts  ;  came  from 
Unity  to  this  town  when  10  years  of  age,  and  spent  tlie  re- 
mainder of  his  minority  with  Christopher  Newton  ;  m.  Phebe 
Wilmarth,  b.  Feb.  7,  1770,  a  sister  of  Daniel,  Sen.,  and  lived 
on  the  M.  Hurd  farm  on  the  Unity  road. 

Eunice,  b.  June  2,  1795  ;  m.  Edward  Hall. 

Olive,  b.  Oct.  16,  1796;  d.  young. 

Richard,  b.  Apr.  6,  1799;  m.  Lucinda  Travers. 

John  Gilbert,  b.  May  20,  1802.         Maria,  b.  June  25,  1804;  d.  at  20. 

Josiah  Dana,  b.  Dec.  21,  1806;  m.  JNIartha  Hall,  of  Croydon. 

\Charles  A'.,  b.  Nov.  22,  1810.  Seth  P.,  b.  Jan.  16,  1815. 


Charles  K.  Brown,  s.  of  John,  m.,  Jan.  19,  1832,  Nancy 
Baker,  b.  July  17,  iSio.  Was  absent  several  years,  residing  in 
Wilmot. 

\Calvin  M.,  b.  Feb.  i,  1833.  Roxana  S.,  b.  Sept.  17,  1834. 

Nathan  H.,  b.  Dec.  5,  1836;  m.,  Dec.  4,   1864,   L.  F.  Harvey;  r.  at 

Wilmot. 
Isabel M.,  b.  Dec.  2,  1849.  Emma  A.,  b.  Aug.  21,  1857. 

Calvin  M.  Brown,  s.  of  Charles  K.  Brown  ;  m..  May  10, 
1S54,  Aura  F.  Gillet;  m.,  3d,  Aug.  24,  1S71,  Isabel  Fraser. 
He  is  a  blacksmith,  and  an  ingenious  mechanic. 

Lora  E.,  b.  Feb.  i,  1856.  Edgar  P.,  b.  Jan.  18,  i860. 

Charles  E.,  b.  Aug.  22,  1863.  EUha  Nona,  b.  June  22,  1873. 

Thomas  Brown,  came  from  Concord,  Mass.,  to  Newport  in 
1797,  and  settled  on  the  Rand  farm.  ISIarried  Anna  Cutler,  of 
Carlisle,  Mass. 

Anna,  m.  Lovell  Wheeler.  Abigail,  ni.  Alden  Chase,  Croydon 

Mary,  m.  John  Fullington,  Cambridge,  Vt. 


312  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

Hial,  m.  Sally  Batchelder,  of  Sunapee ;  ch.,  Martin  V.,  who  m.  Mrs. 

Delia  Webber. 
Edward,  m.  Martha  Blodget,  of  Boston. 
Florilla,  m.  John  Brush,  Cambridge,  Vt. 


Thomas  Brown,  the  second  Baptist  minister,  lived  on  the 
Benjamin  Hastings  fl^rm  ;  came  here  from  Calais,  Vt.,  in  1806, 
and  left  in  1813.  Ch.,  Betsey;  Phebe^  m.  Leonard  Richards; 
Russell;  Lydia^  m.  Chauncy  Wakefield  ;  Lucy ;   Samuel. 


Simon  Brown.     [See  Press,  pages  61  and  62.] 


George  R.  Brown.     [See  Lawyers,  p.  196.] 


James  H.  Brown,  s.  of  Aaron  and  Eadey  (Watts)  Brown, 
b.  Feb.  23,  1840,  at  Acworth  ;  came  to  this  town  in  1871,  and 
was  for  a  time  in  the  hardware  trade  with  Frank  A.  Sibley. 
Having  disposed  of  his  interest  in  this  business,  he,  in  1873, 
purchased  the  Phenix  hotel,  which  had  previously  been  kept 
by  Calvin  H.  Whitney,  where  he  has  since  been  a  successful 
landlord.  The  house  was  nearly  new,  having  all  the  appoint- 
ments of  a  modern  hotel.  Since  its  purchase  he  has  expended 
some  $2,000  in  adding  to  its  accommodations  and  attractions. 
He  was  educated  at  Alstead  and  Marlow  academies,  and  was 
a  successful  teacher  in  Acworth  and  Walpole.  He  is  a  brother 
of  George  R.  Brown. 


'  t>^ 


HoLLis  J.  Brow^n,  s.   of  Nathaniel,  b.   March  26,    1835  ;  a 
farmer  ;  m.  Alary  Davis,  of  Sutton,  N.  H. 

George,  b.  Feb.  11,  1864.  A'ettic,  b.  July  14,  1S67. 

Fred,  b.  Dec.  7,  1869. 

BURKE. 
Edmund  Burke.     [For  sketch   and  family,  see  Lawyers.] 


Martin  W.  Burke,  a  clothing  merchant;  b.  Nov.  23,  1827, 
at  Boston;  came  here  in  1867,  and  bought  out  the  cloth- 
ing department  in  the  Richards  store.  He  subsequently  moved 
his  goods  to  Eagle  block,  where  he  carried  on  business  until 
1878.     He  was  an  active  worker  in  the  Labor  Reform  move- 


GENEALOGY.  3  I  3 

ment,    and   was  a   member  of  Gov.   Weston's  stafl".     Married 
Mary  M.  Richards,  of  Dedluim,  Mass.,  b.  March  3,  1S37. 

Isabel,  b.  May  23,  1857.  Edmund  C,  h.  Aug.  9,  1859. 

Fmnklin,  b.  Nov.  21,  1871  ;  d.  July,  1872. 
Josephine  R.,  b.  July  8,  1875. 

BUELL. 

The  BuELL  race  in  this  country  has  descended  from  Will- 
iam Biiell,  who  came  from  England  to  this  country  in  1630, 
and  went  with  the  Rev.  Mr.  Wareham's  party  through  the  wil- 
derness, and  settled  at  Windsor,  Conn.,  in  1635.  Those  who 
have  resided  in  this  town,  and  who  were  numerous  among  the 
early  emigrants,  came  from  Killingworth,  Conn. 


Gordon  Buell,  eldest  son  of  Nathan  and  Thankful  (Griffin) 
Buell,  was  1).  at  Killingworth,  Conn.,  Feb.  31,  1752.  He  was 
an  officer  during  the  Revolution  ;  served  under  Gen.  Gates,  and 
was  at  the  battle  of  Saratoga.  He  was  four  years  in  the  war, 
and  by  his  hardships  in  the  service  became  an  invalid  for  life. 
He  came  to  this  town  shortly  after  the  Revolution,  and  settled 
in  the  eastern  part  of  the  town,  near  East  Newport,  on  the  C. 
McGregor  farm,  now  owned  by  Dr.  Thomas  Sanborn,  where 
he  had  some  four  hundred  acres  of  land,  and  where  he  devoted 
himself  to  farming.  He  m.,  Apr.  10,  17S3,  Martha  Whittlesey, 
of  Saybrook,  Conn.,  b.  Feb.  26,  1751 — a  lady  of  culture,  pos- 
sessing an  active  temperament,  and  intellectual  endowments  of 
a  higli  order — who  d.  Nov.  35,  iSii. 

Charles  Whittlesey,  b.  Sept.  27,  1784;  m.,  Apr.  2,  1S06,  Amalinda  Al- 
den.     Ch.,  Cynthia  Maria,  b.  Dec.  26,  1806;  Sarah  Emeline. 

\Horatio,  b.  Jan.  13,  1787. 

Sarah  Joscpha,  b.  Oct.  24,  178S;  m..  Oct.  23,  1813.  David  Hale,  Esq. 
[See  notice  of  Mrs.  Hale:  also  Literature,  and  Lawyers.] 

Martha  Maria,  b.  Apr.  19,  1793;  d.  Nov.  25,  1811;  unmarried. 


HoR.\Tio  Buell,  s.  of  Gordon  and  Martha  (Whittlesey) 
Buell,  was  b.  at  Newport.  Jan.  13,  1791.  He  graduated  with 
honor  at  Dartmouth  college  in  1S09  ;  studied  law;  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar,  and  soon  after  removed  to  Glens  Falls,  N. 
Y.,  where  his  coiniiianiling  talents  and  rare  acquirements  soon 
placed  him  in  the  front  rank  of  his  profession.     He  was  a  man 


314  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

of  mark  and  influence  in  his  day  ;  held  in  deservedly  high  con- 
sideration among  those  who  knew  him  best ;  an  active  politi- 
cian, possessing  the  rare  gift  of  moulding  and  moving  men  to 
his  wishes,  and  having,  withal,  a  high  sense  of  honor  and  jus- 
tice to  guide  and  control  his  mental  forces.  He  was  for  several 
years  a  judge  at  Glens  Falls.  He  d.  at  Ballston,  Saratoga  coun- 
ty, N.Y.,  Feb.  27,  1S33  ;  m.,  July  4,  1819,  Elizabeth,  dau.  of  the 
late  James  and  Elizabeth  (Cameron)  McGregor,  of  Wilton, 
Saratoga  county,  N.  Y. 

■\yames,  b.  Mar.  23,  1820. 

Horatio  Hale,  b.  July  17,  1821;  d.  Aug.  22,   1821. 

Martha  Maria,  b.  Aug.  21,  1822;  ni.,  Sept.,  1855,  Hon.  Elias  Plumb, 
of  Troy,  N.  Y. ;  d.  Jan.  31,  1874. 

Elizabeth,  b.  Mar.  i,  1824  ;  m.,  Apr.  24,  1851,  Austin  W.  Holden,  M.  D. 
Ch.,  Horatio  Buell,  b.  Mar.  4,  1852  ;  Pauline  E.,  b.  Nov.  21,  1856, 
who  d.  Oct.  30,  1857;  James  Austin,  b.  Sept.  17,  1861. 


James  Buell,  s.  of  Horatio  and  Elizabeth  (McGregor) 
Buell,  of  Glens  Falls,  N.  Y.,  and  grandson  of  Gordon  and  Mar- 
tha (Whittlesey)  Buell,  of  Newport,  and  a  nephew  of  Mrs. 
Sarah  J.  Hale,  was  b.  at  Glens  Falls,  Warren  county,  N.  Y., 
Mar.  23,  1820.  At  the  early  age  of  four  3'ears,  lost  his  mother, 
and  when  but  fourteen  years  old  he  was  left  fatherless.  Up  to 
this  latter  period  he  had  attended  the  district  schools,  and  hav- 
ing made  good  use  of  his  time,  and  being,  besides,  an  apt,  intel- 
ligent boy,  had  secured  an  excellent  foundation  upon  which  to 
build  in  later  years.  The  interval  from  his  fourteenth  to  his 
eighteenth  year  he  spent  on  the  farm  of  his  grandfather,  but, 
having  no  taste  for  a  rural  life,  abandoned  it  to  enter  a  dry 
goods  store  in  Troy.  After  a  thorough  experience  as  clerk,  at 
twenty-four  he  entered  business  for  himself  in  the  same  city, 
and  for  eight  years  was  a  successful  merchant,  acquiring  a  high 
reputation  for  honesty,  fair  dealing,  and  sagacious  enterprise. 
At  the  expiration  of  this  time  he  was  offered,  and  accepted,  the 
position  of  cashier  of  the  Central  Bank  of  Troy.  In  this  new 
field  of  duty,  his  special  talent  for  finance  was  for  the  first  time 
afforded  proper  scope  for  exercise  and  development.  His  con- 
nection with  this  financial  institution  lasted  five  years,  when  he 
received  an  invitation  to  go  to  the  city  of  New  York,  and  fill  a 
similar    position    in    the    Importers  and    Traders   Bank.      He 


GENEALOGY.  3  I  5 

accepted  tlie  flattering  invitation,  and  in  1S57  entered  upon  his 
duties,  succeeding  Mr.  George  R   Conover.     In   this   enhirged 
sphere,  Mr.  Buell  displayed  a  profound  knowledge  of  monetary 
processes,  and  a  keen  insight  of  commercial  alVairs.   He  lal)ored 
zealously  and   diligently  to  promote  the  interests  of  the  bank, 
and   in  1S65,  at  the   end   of  eight  years'  unremitting   exertion, 
was  unanimously  elected   president.     The  Importers  and  Tra- 
ders Bank  commenced  business  in  1S55.     The  first  president  of 
the   institution   was  Lucius  IIf)pkiiis,  who    held   the    office  ten 
years,     Mr.  Buell   became  tiie   next   president,  and    under   his 
management  the  bank  entered  upon  an  era  of  prosperity  almost 
unexampled.     At  the   time   of  Mr.  Buell's  election,  the   bank 
possessed  $iSo,ooo,  and  the   market  value  of  its  shares  was  S 
per  cent  above  par.     During  the  twelve  years  of  his  chief  man- 
agement, the  surplus  has  been  augmented  gradually,  till  it  now 
reaches  the  grand  total  of  $1, 60S, 000,    During  the  same  period, 
the   market  value   of  the   stock   has  nearly  doubled,  while  for 
nearly   five  years   past  an   annual   dividend  of  14  per   cent,  has 
been   paid    the   stockholders.     The   capital    stock    of  the  bank 
amounts  to  $1,800,000,  and    its  note   circulation,  under  the   na- 
tional banking  act,  to  about  $1,100,000.   A  distinctive  feature  of 
the  institution  is  its  allowance  of  interest  on  accounts  of  banks 
and  bankers.    Under  this  wise  system  the  deposits  have  reached 
the  enormous  aggregate  of  $18,500,000,  an  amount  greatly  in  ex- 
cess of  that  held  by  any  other  bank  in  the  United  States.    No  more 
marked  attestation  of  Mr.  Buell's  ability  as  a  financier  and  ex- 
ecutive need  be  adduced  than  the  high  degree  of  prosperity  upon 
which  the  bank  entered  immediately  after  he  assumed  its  man- 
agement.    A  strong  proof  of  the  economy  with  which  its  atTairs 
have  been  conducted  exists  in  the  fact,  that  upwards  of  twenty 
millions  of  dollars  are  kept  on  loan,  at  a  cost,  for  supervision, 
security,  and  selection,  which,  if  computed,  would  be  found  not 
to  exceed  one  fortieth  of  one  per  cent,  on  the  aggregate  of  cur- 
rent transactions.     In  1S74,  when  the  demoralized  condition  of 
the  national  currency  called  imperatively  for  special  legislation, 
the  congressional  committee  on  banking  and   currency  invited 
Mr.  Buell  to  visit  Washington,  and  unfold  his  views  of  a  proper 
remedial  policy  before  that  body.     In  1S75,  Mr.  Buell's  finan- 
cial plan  received  the  substantial  endorsement  of  incorporation 


3l6  HISTORY    OF   NEWPORT. 

into  the  currency  measure  proposed  by  the  senior  member  from 
Ohio, — the  present  secretary  of  the  treasury, — and  known  as 
the  Sherman  bill.  In  addition  to  his  presidency  of  the  Impor- 
ters and  Traders  Bank,  Mr.  Buell  is  also  a  director  of  the  Fifth 
Avenue  Bank;  he  is  also  president  of  the  United  States  Life 
Insurance  Company.  The  management  of  this  latter  institution 
evinces  alike  his  characteristic  energy  and  wisdom.  He  w'^as 
mainly  instrumental  in  originating  and  sustaining  the  American 
Bankers'  Association.  He  is  a  large  landholder,  and  has  an  in- 
terest in  railroads. 

The    following   summary  is  taken   from  the   N.  Y.  Era^  of 
Nov.  9,  1S7S: 

"James  Buell  is  president  of  the  Importers  and  Traders' 
Bank,  which  has  become  one  of  the  strongest  banks  in  the  city 
under  his  management;  president  of  the  United  States  Life 
Insurance  Company,  which  he  has  strengthened  in  the  same 
way;  an  officer  and  a  leading  spirit  in  the  National  Bankers' 
Association,  which  spreads  its  arms  all  over  the  United  States  ; 
a  forcible  and  clear  writer  on  finance  ;  and  last,  but  by  no 
means  least,  the  possessor  of  a  private  fortune  estimated  at  five 
million  dollars.  Mr.  Buell  is  of  medium  height,  stout  build, 
pleasant  face,  with  sharp  eyes,  and  a  reserved  manner." 

He  m.,  Sept.  14,  1S46,  Pauline  Spencer,  of  Troy,  N.  Y.,  b. 
Nov.  27,  1S23,  d.  Jan.  14,  1853  ;  m.,  2d,  Aug.  7,  1S56,  Electa 
B.  Kellogg,  b.  Sept.  19,  1S33  ;  no  issue. 


Aaron  Buell,  b.  Oct.  3,  1730;  one  of  the  early  settlers; 
came  from  Killingworth,  Conn.,  in  October,  i77--  ^^^  house 
was  in  the  orchard  planted  by  him  more  than  one  hundred 
years  since,  on  the  hill  west  of  the  brickyard,  near  the  B.  W. 
Jenks  house.  He  was  a  prominent  man,  and  held  many  re- 
sponsible positions.  He  was  a  moderator  sixteen  years,  and  a 
selectman  eight  years.  M.,  Dec.  26,  1754,  Hannah  Post;  m., 
2d,  Amy  Park. 

ElizabetJu  b.  Nov.  26,  1755;  ™-  April  24,  1780,  Giles  Kelsey. 
Margary,  b.  July  30,  1759;  "">•  Wm.  Stanuard. 
\ Simon,  b.  Aug.  29,  1761 . 


GENEALOGY.  31/ 

yohii,  b.  May  31,  1764 ;  lived  on  Buell  hill,  above  the  T,  Herrick  place ; 

m.  Oct.    9,    17S3,  Abigail    Kelsey,    of  Killingworth,  Conn.;    no 

children. 
\ Aaron,  b.  March  2r,  1767.  Hannah,  b.  April  14,  1769. 


Snrox  Buell,  s.  of  Aaron   Buell  :  m.,  Nov.   15,  17S6,  Han- 
nah Graves,  of  Walpole,  b.  at  Gilford,  Conn.,  Nov.  8,  1762. 

Meigs,  b.  Feb.  10,  1788.  Levi,  b.  July  14,  1789. 


Aarox  Buell,  s.  of  Aaron  Buell,  b.  March  21.  1767,  was  a 
farmer,  and  lived  on  the  place  since  occupied  by  Wm.  Reed,  a 
son-in-law.  Married  Ivlabcl  Ncttleton,  dan.  of  Jeremiah  Nettle- 
ton. 

yerciniah,  b.  Dec.  14,  1792  ;  m.  Emeline  Bennett,  and  went  to  Ohio. 

Lucy,  b.  Dec.  30,  1794;  d.  of  small-pox  in  1838.  As  this  was  the  first 
case  of  the  disease  in  town,  it  occasioned  much  alarm.  The  road 
was  fenced  up.  The  public  travel  was  in  the  lots  as  far  away  from 
the  residence  as  possible.  Upon  her  death  she  was  buried  on  the 
hill,  east  of  tlie  house,  the  spot  now  marked  by  a  wooden  enclosure. 

Ilnnna/i,  b.  March  20,  1797;  remained  at  the  homestead;  d.  1S63;  un- 
married. 

Betsey  P.,  b.  April  26,  1799;  "''•  Harvey  Child,  of  West  Fairlee,  Vt. 

Cliariiy,  b.  April  26,  1801  ;  m.  Luther  Reed. 

Mabel,  b.  April  8,  1803  ;  m.  Wm.  L.  Reed  ;  r.  at  homestead. 


^Matthew  I^uell  came  from  Somers,  Conn.,  to  this  town, 
with  his  family,  in  1781.  He  was  a  man  of  influence  and  an 
ardent  patriot.  At  the  first  sound  of  war  he  left  his  plow  in 
the  furrow,  and  hastened  to  the  defence  of  his  country.  He 
was  at  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill.  He  raised  a  company  for  the 
Revolution  at  Somers,  and  was  appointed  a  lieutenant.  In  Oc- 
tober, 1756,  he  m.  Mary  Kibbie,  a  lady  of  superior  education 
and  intelligence,  and  who  from  early  life  cultivated  t!ie  happy 
faculty  of  always  looking  upon  the  bright  side  of  everything, 
and  hence  lived  to  enjoy  the  glories  of  one  hundred  and  two 
summers,  and  d.  in  1S42.  They  removed  to  Orwell,  \'t.,  in 
1800,  where  he  d.  four  years  after.  They  were  among  those 
who  first  united  to  form  the  Congregational  church. 

\Maitheiu,  b.  Feb.  25,  1758. 

Ma>y,  m..  May  25.  1784,  John  Silver;  went  to  Cass  county,  Mich. 

Joanna,  m.  Nathan  Call;  m.,  2d,  Amos  Eastman. 


3l8  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

Danich  m.,  Sept.  6,  1782,  Eunice  Bascom.  He  was  a  Revolutionary 
soldier;  went  to  Orwell,  Vt.  Ch.,  Lois,  b.  March  13,  1783;  Ru- 
fus,  b.  Dec.  I,  17S4;  Eunice,  b.  Feb.  15,  1787. 


Matthew  Buell,  s.  of  Matthew  and  Mary  (Kibble)  Buell, 
was  b.  at  Somers.  Conn.,  Feb.  25,  175S  ;  came  to  this  town  when 
twenty  years  of  age.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  Revolution,  and 
was  an  eminent  singing-master  in  his  day.  He  settled  on  the 
J.  Perry  farm,  now  occupied  by  H.  Stearns,  on  East  mountain. 
Married  jSIary  Nevers,  of  Springfield,  Mass.,  b.  Aug.  21,  1757. 
See  Music. 

John,  b.  Dec.  3,  1777.  Hannah,  b.  Sept.  15,  1785. 

Lucretia,  b.  July  i,  1787;  m.,  Feb.  21,  1808,  John  Dunklee. 
^Matthew,  b.  Nov.  5.  1790.  A'athan,  b.  Jan.  6,  1792. 

\Da)iiel,  b.  March  29,  1794.  Maiy.  b.  April  13,  1797. 


Matthew"  Buell,  s.  of  Matthew  and  Mary  (Nevers)  Buell, 
was  of  the  third  generation,  his  father  and  grandfather  both 
having  come  to  this  town.  He  was  exact  and  scrupulous  in 
all  his  habits  of  life  and  business.  He  was  a  good  former,  and 
a  lover  of  books.  He  resided  at  the  old  homestead  on  the  J. 
Perry  place,  on  East  mountain,  now  occupied  by  Henry 
Stearns.  Married  Sibyl  Andrews,  of  Hillsborough,  Nov.  22, 
1813  ;  m.,  2d,  July  21,  1817,  Sally  K.  Martin,  of  Haverhill, 
Mass.  ;  m.,  3d,  Dec.  23,  1823,  Fanny  P.  Russell,  of  this  town. 
He  d.  March  6,  1847. 

Sibyl  A.,  b.  Dec.  13,  1817;  m.,  Feb.  11,  1836,  Leander  Long. 

Maiy  L.,  b.  May  11,  1819;  m.,  Sept.  28,   1840,  Charles  H.  Brown,  of 

Manchester,  a  brother  of  Hon.  Simon  Brown.     Ch.,  Augustus  L., 

d.  in  army;  Mary  Isabel,  b.  March  9,  1847. 
^Oliver  M.,  b.  Jan.  30,  1821. 
Sarah  J/.,  b.   Nov.   6.    1822;  m.   November,   1847,  Ezra  Buss;  r.  at 

Springfield,   O.     Ch.,  Edward  D.,   a  banker  at  Springfield,  O. ; 

Mary,  a  teacher. 
Caroline  E.,  b.  Nov.  17,  1824;  d.  May  30,  1839. 
Margaret  P.,  b.  July  6,  1826;  m.,  June  19,  1873,  Daniel  F.  Patch. 
Helen  M-,  b.  Dec.  8,  1828  ;  r.  at  Boston,  with  a  sister. 
Maria  A.,  b.  July  30,  1830;  m.,  Feb.  24,  1850,  Wm.  H.   Merriam,  a 

merchant,  at  Boston.     Ch.,  Fanny  Elizabeth,  b.  July  3,  1864. 
^George  E.,  b.  Jan.  13,  1833. 
Catherine  A.,  b.  May  3,  1835  ;  d.  in  i860. 
Frances  M.,  b.  March  15,  1837;  m.  Sept.  11,  1859,  Rufus  C.  Dresser; 

r.  at  E.  Hampton,  Mass.     Ch.,  William,  b.  September,  1873. 
\Henry  A.,  b.  Nov.  13,  1839.  ^Charles  E.,  b.  Oct.  28,  1842. 

Ered  C,  b.  Nov.  28,  1843;  d.  young. 
Carrie  E.,  b.  Aug.  i,  1847;  m.,  Feb.  6,  1867,  Charles  H.  Kelsey. 


GENEALOGY.  3 19 

Olivrr  M.  Buell,  s.  of  Matthew  and  Sally  K.  (Martin) 
Buell,  1).  Jan.  30,  1S21  ;  remained  at  tlic  old  homestead  on 
East  mountain  for  a  number  of  years,  engaged  in  farming,  aftei" 
which,  he  went  to  Lawrence,  Mass.,  where  he  was  engaged  in 
trade  until  his  death,  which  occurred  in  July,  186S.  Married 
Abbie  N.  George. 

Cora,  b.  June,  1855. 


Geokge  E.  Buell,  s.  of  Mattliew  and  Fanny  P.  (Russell) 
Buell,  b.Jan.  13,  1S33.     At  the  age  of  14  was  left  fatherless; 
at  16,  engaged  himself  to  work  in  the  factory  of  Coffin  &  Gootl- 
rich  in  this  town.     On  attaining  to  his  majority,  he  went  to  the 
West,  where   he  was   engaged    iii  farming   for  three   years,  but 
Providence  not  smiling  upon  this  enterprise,  he  abandoned   it 
and  returned  East;  soon  went  to  Franklin,  in  this  state,  where 
he   has  since  been   engaged   in  the  manufacture  of  knit  goods, 
under  the  firm  name  of  Walter  Aiken.     They  employ  one  hun- 
dred hands,  and  do  an  extensive  business,  which  has  been  pe- 
cuniarily so   successful   as  to   enable  them  to  amass  handsome 
fortunes.     Mr.  Buell  was  the  projector  of  the  knitting  business, 
and  has  had  the  entire   management  of  it.     Mr.  Aiken,  beino- 
a  machinist  and  practical  engineer,  has  had  his  thoughts  turned 
in  other  directions.  Mr.  Buell  has  for  several  years  been  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Board  of  Education,  and  was  an  active  mover  in  the 
project  of  grading  the  schools  at  Franklin,  and   in  erecting  the 
beautiful  and  substantial  building  for  the  accommodation  of  the 
various  grades  of  the  schools  ;   is  a  member  of  the  First  Baptist 
church,  and  has  taken  a  deep  interest  in  its  afiairs,  contributino- 
a  very  valuable  bell,  the  presence  of  which  was  first  announced 
to  the  town  and  church  by  its   ringing,  and   he   has,  in  various 
other  ways,  been   a  liberal   promoter  of  its   interests.     In  1S7S 
he   erected  one  of  the  finest  business  blocks   in  Franklin.     He 
was   educated  at  the  district  school,  and  at  Tubbs  academy  at 
Washington  ;  was  a  soldier  three  years  ;  enlisted  as  a  musician 
in  the   ist  Mass.  Volunteers  under  Col.  Cowdin.     M..   Jan.  9, 
9,  1S55.  Elvira  M.  Brown. 

Acidic,  b.  Oct.  7,  1859. 


Henry  Augustus  Buell,  s.  of  Matthew  and  Fanny  P.  (Rus- 


320  HISTORY   OF   NEWPORT, 

sell)  Buell,  b.  Nov.  13,  1S39.  ^^  7  years  of  age  his  fother  died  ; 
remained  at  the  homestead  until  he  was  iS,  and  managed  the 
farm  work  for  his  mother,  going  to  school  in  the  winter,  and 
attending  a  few  terms  at  Newport  academy.  He  then  went  to 
Lawrence,  Mass.,  entering  the  store  of  Oliver  M.  Buell,  his 
brother,  as  a  clerk,  where  he  remained  seven  years.  Oliver's 
health  failing  at  this  time,  he  sold  out  his  business.  In  the 
same  year  (1865)  Henry  commenced  business  for  himself,  form- 
ing a  partnership  with  Elvin  Eastman,  which  continued  ten 
years.  He  then  purchased  the  interest  of  Mr.  Eastman,  and 
organized  a  new  firm  with  the  name  of  H.  A.  Buell  &  Co.,  be- 
ing associated  witli  Charles  H.  Hartwell  and  John  L.  Lamprej', 
Mr.  B.  owning  one  half  of  the  concern.  They  are  doing  a 
large  business,  and  have  been  financially  successful.  He  en- 
listed in  the  41st  Mass.  Regt.,  but  did  not  serve,  being  rejected 
on  account  of  physical  disabilities.  M.,  June  12,  1S67,  Sophia 
F.  McFarlin. 


Charles  F.  Buell,  s.  of  Matthew  and  Fanny  P.  (Russell) 
Buell,  b.  Oct.  28,  1S42  ;  r.  at  Franklin,  and  is  one  of  the  over- 
seers in  the  establishment  of  his  brother  George  ;  was  one  of 
the  very  first  soldiers  to  enlist  in  the  army  during  the  Rebellion  ; 
was  in  the  first  regiment  of  volunteers,  and  served  under  Col. 
Tappan.     M.,  Sept.  16,  1S63,  Emma  J.  Colby. 

Etta  G.,  b.  May  i,  1865. 

Daniel  Buell,  s.  of  Matthew  and  Mary  (Nevers)  Buell,  b. 
March  29,  1794;  d.  March  3,  1S41  ;  lived  at  the  H.  Comstock 
place,  now  occupied  by  David  Gamash  ;  m.,  Feb.  13,  1S19, 
Abigail  W.  Holden,  of  Tyngsborough,  Mass.,  b.  Feb.  14,  1800. 

Eliza  A.,  b.  Jan.  2,  1820.  Charles  H.,  b.  Aug.  4,  1821. 

Jo/ui  H.,  b.  March  28,  1823.  James  F.,  b.  March  11,  1825. 

IViUiam  P.,  b.  Nov.  11,  1826.  Horace  P.,  b.  July  12,  1828. 

Mary  A.,  b.  Dec.  2,  1830.  Daniel  PV.,  b.  Jan.  7,  1834. 
Martha  J.,  b.  Aug.  29,  1835. 


Daniel  D.  Buell,  of  Killingworth,  Conn.;  m.,  April  ii, 
1782,  Preserve  Phelton,  at  Unity. 

Daniel,  b.  at  Newport,  Dec.  9,  1782. 
Parker,  b.  at  Newport,  March  4,  1784. 


GENEALOGY.  321 

Abraham  Buell,  b.  Aug.  17,  1753,  at  Killingworth,  Conn. ; 
m.  June  24,  1779,  Ruth  Towner,  of  Haddam,  Conn.,  b.  March 
23,  1757;  lived  on  the  Reuben  Haven  farm.  He  d.  .Sept.  22, 
1804.  Most  of  the  children  went  to  Crown  Point,  N.  Y.,  and 
then  West. 

Sally,  b.  Feb.  29,  1780.  Sene,  b.  Sept.  20,  1781. 

Anna,  b.  Dec.  19,  1782.  Ruth,  b.  Dec.  13,  1784;  d.  1788. 

Florinda,  b.  Feb.  4,  1787.  Fanny,  b.  June  12,  1789. 

yoel,  b.  June  12,  1789.  Ezra,  b.  May  26,  1791. 

Shalan,  b.  June  15,  1793.  Benjamin,  b.  May  5,  1795. 
Abraham,  b.  June  9,  1777  ;  d.  1797.  Harriet,  b.  Feb.  17,  1799. 
Mahala,  b.  Oct.  13,  1802. 


Nathan  Buell,  b.  Jan.  6,  1792;  d.  Aug.  30,  1S30;  m.  Eu- 
siba  Hurd,  b,  March  i,  1791. 

Lucinda,  b.  Jan.  13,  181 1. 


There  was  a  family  of  Buells  on  East  mountain. 

Joseph  Buell,  the  father,  lived  on  the  L.  W.  Darling  farm. 
His  son  yoscph  lived  on  the  W.  Badger  farm,  on  the  north 
side  of  Thatcher  hill,  Asa  and  jfonathan  went  West.  Chalker 
lived  at  home  with  his  father,  and  m.  Sally  Noyes. 


John  Buell,  2d,  son  of  Joseph  ;  lived  on  the  E.  D.  Whipple 
farm  ;  m.  Lucy  Stevens. 

Emma  S.,  b.  July  8,  1800.  Oliver  S.,  b.  Aug.  8,  1801. 

John,  b.  June  28,  1804.  Beta,  b.  Dec.  18,  1805. 

Albert,  b.  April  8,  1807.  Sylvanus,  b.  Oct.  11,  1811. 

BRITTON. 

George  W.  Britton,  b.  May  20,  1S37,  ^^  Walpole ;  was 
educated  at  Powers'  Institute,  at  Bernardston,  !Mass.,  and  at 
Dartmouth  college,  after  which  he  was  engaged  for  several 
years  in  teaching;  came  to  this  town,  from  Surry,  in  the  spring 
of  1S75,  and  has  here  been  engaged  in  various  kinds  of  trade. 
While  at  Surry  he  was  superintending  school  committee  for  a 
number  of  years,  and  held  various  other  town  offices.  In  1S7S 
he  was  elected  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Education  of  this 
21 


322  HISTORY   OF   NEWPORT. 

town.     He  m.,  April  5,  1S63,  Sarah  Harvey,  of  Surry,  b.  Oct. 
24,  1S36. 

Arthur  Harvey ,  b.  Sept.  28,  1865.  Stella  May,  b.  May  20,  1868. 
Sydney,  b.  May  20,  1868  ;  d.  Dec.  8,  1875. 
Gej-trude  Eliza,  b.  July  10,  1871  ;  d.  Nov.  14,  1875. 

CALL. 

Nathan  Call,  s.  of  Silas,  and  grandson  of  Moses  ;  b.  1770  ; 
d.  March  10,  184S;  came  to  town  about  1790,  from  Boscawen, 
and  settled  first  on  the  R.  Cutts  farm  ;  afterwards  moved  to  the 
village,  but  spent  most  of  his  life  on  the  H.  Call  place.  He 
was  a  deputy-sherift",  and  a  man  of  independent  thought.  He 
m.  Joanna  Buell,  who  d.  April  23,  1849.  She  was  dau.  of  Mat- 
thew Buell,  I  St. 

Liicv,  m.,  Aug.  27,  1792,  Oliver  Buell.     He  d.  1825.     Ch.,  Oscar,  Car- 
los P.,  Oliver,  Darwin.     She  r.  in  Wis. 
^Stephen,  b.  Jan.  13,  1794.  ^Calviti,  b.  July  30,  1796. 

Sophia,  b.,  May,  1797;  m.,  1822,  Jeremiah  Stanard  ;  went  to  Mich. 
Eitince,  m.  John  Wilmarth  ;  r.  in  Mich. 
Hial,  b.  Dec.  4,  1805  ;  d.  at  20. 


Stehen  Call,  s.  of  Nathan  ;  b.  Jan.  13,  1794;  has  been  an 
industrious  and  thriving  farmer  ;  spent  most  of  his  life  at  the 
homestead  on  the  Unity  road  ;  m.  Polly  Dunham,  who  d.  April 
28,  1850;  m.,  2d,  Mar.  31,  1S53,  Clarissa  Whittier,  of  Enfield. 
Ch.  by  first  wife  : 

Hannah,  b.  April  10,  1828;  m.  Alvah  Paul;  m.,  2d,  Reuben  Ainger; 
ch.  by  first  husband,  Lillia  A.,  b.  June  12,  1854;  Alvah  G.,  b. 
Oct.  26,  1856. 

\Hial,  b.  July  3,  1829. 

Olive,  b.  Oct.  6,  1830 ;  m.  Reuben  W.  Gunnison,  a  teacher  and  fanner; 
r.  in  Iowa. 

George,  b.  March  23,  1832;  m.  Maria  Moody;  r.  at  San  Luis  Obispo, 
Cal. ;  ch.,  Wallace,  Leonard. 

Henry,  b.  July  28,  1833 ;  m.  and  r.  at  Santa  Cruz,  Cal.  ;  has  four  chil- 
dren. 

Jatnes,  b.  Aug.  22,  1835 ;  m.  Betsey  Howe;  went  to  Utah;  not  heard 
from  since;  ch.,  Ina. 

Nathan  W.,  b.  June  13,  1837;  went  to  Santa  Cruz,  Cal. 

Silas  B.,  b.  Nov.  4,  1838  ;  a  saddler ;  learned  his  trade  with  E.  Wheel- 
er;  m.  Emma  Snell ;  has  a  prosperous  business  in  San  Luis  Obis- 
po, Cal. ;  ch.,  Reuben. 


HiAL  Call,  s.  of  Stephen  ;  b.  July  3,   1S29  ;  m.,  Dec.   7, 


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324  HISTORY   OF   NEWPORT. 

interest  in  the  affairs  of  the  town.  He  has  a  sound  judgment, 
combined  with  that  substantial  conservatism  which  never  leads 
men  into  hasty  and  precipitate  measures.  He  m.,  Dec.  I2, 
1S4S,  Hannah  E.  French,  of  Hopkinton,  who  d.  June  11,  1856, 
at  the  age  of  29  years  ;  m.,  2d,  July  3,  i860,  Mrs.  Mary  J.  Nel- 
son, of  Andover,  N.  H.,  b.  Feb.  10,  1834. 

Fratik  //.,  b.  Oct.  8,  1849.     [See  Literature.] 
George  F.,  b.  Oct.  18,  1853;  d.  Mar.  5,  1855. 

CARPENTER. 

Elkanah  Carpenter,  s.  of  Cyril ;  b.  Aug.  11,  1770;  came 
from  Attleborough,  Mass.,  in  1794,  and  settled  on  the  S.  H. 
Cutting  farm  in  the  north-east  part  of  the  town,  where  he  d. 
Oct.  31,  1825,  aged  56  years.  He  was  an  active  and  valuable 
member  of  the  Congregational  church  ;  was  one  of  the  building 
committee  in  erecting  the  present  church  edifice  ;  was  a  thriv- 
ing farmer,  and  upon  his  death  left  a  portion  of  his  valuable 
estate  to  the  South  church.  M.,  Jan.  9,  1794,  Experience 
Sweet,  dau.  of  Dexter  and  Experience  (White)  Sweet,  who  d. 
Oct.  22,  1825. 

Roxey,  d.  Mar.  6,  1795. 

CARR. 

Thomas  Carr,  from  whom  have  descended  the  Carrs,  came 
from  Bo  sea  wen. 


Benjamin  Carr,  s.  of  Thomas,  b.  Sept.  26,  1779  ;  a  native  of 
Boscawen  ;  came  here  from  Boston  ;  was  a  colonel  of  the  31st 
Regiment  in  1824.  He  came  here  with  a  pack  on  his  back,  axe 
in  hand,  and  went  to  his  wild  lot,  guided  by  marked  trees,  where 
he  felled  trees,  built  him  a  cabin,  got  in  his  crop  of  13^6,  and  fi- 
nally settled.  The  place  is  now  occupied  by  the  fourth  genera- 
tion, never  having  been  out  of  the  family.  He  m.  Sally  Wilcox, 
a  dau.  of  Hon.  Uriah  Wilcox. 

Sally  Maria,  b.  Nov.  10,  1812 ;  m.  Geo.  W.  Howe. 

Uriah  W.,  b.  Oct.  30,  1814;  m.  Lucretia  Russell;  ch.,  William. 

Roxana  P.,  b.  July  5,  1819;  m.  James  Heath. 

\Benjavtin  F.,  b.   Sept.    16,   1822. 

Frederic,  b.  April  14,  1825;  m.  Mary  Whitney. 

Owe^i,  b.  Feb.  3,  1829;  d.  in  DeSoto,  Wis.,  June  18,  1862. 

Frances  F.,  b.  Feb.  6,  1832  ;  m.  R.  P.  Claggett. 


GENEALOGY.  325 

Benjamin  F.  Caru,  s.  of  Col.  Bcnj.  Carr  ;  b.  Sept.  16,  1822  ; 
is  a  fanner,  and  occupies  the  old  homestead  on  Wilmarth 
mountain,  in  the  south  part  of  the  town  ;  m.  Alice,  dau.  ot 
Elisha  Bascom,  b.  Sept.  29,  1S37. 

Fred  P.,  b.  June  5,  1861.  Alice  M.,  b.  Oct.  18,  1863. 

Marcia  E.,  b.  Nov.  30,  1870. 


David  Caru,  s.  of  Tliomas ;  b.  May  10,  17S6;  d.  Dec.  i, 
1863  ;  lived  near  the  south-west  corner  of  the  town.  He  had  a 
large  farm,  which  was  well  tilled,  lie  was  an  expert  teamster, 
and  drove  a  team  of  six  fine  horses  for  many  years  between 
Newport  and  Boston.  He  m.  Sarah  Severns,  of  Weston,  Mass., 
b.  Oct.  I.  1784,  who  d.  Dec.  14,  1S65. 

]  Franc  is,  b.  Feb.  2.  181 1. 

Bt-tsty,  b.  .May  26,  1812;  d.  May  i,  1845;  ni-  Benj.  M.  Dunham. 
Wiliiatn,  b.  March  20,  1814;  d.  July  26.  1848;  m.  Marian  Chandler. 
David  L.,  b.  July  12,  1816;  m.  Mary  Ilurd ;  ch.,   David   H.,   b.  April 

22,  1856;  Mary  E.,  b.  May  6,  1859. 
Sarah  S.,  b.  June  6,  1818  ;  m.,  Nov.  22.  1844,  Lyman  M.  Fletcher. 
Elmira,  b.  Oct.  18,  1820;  m.  Frederick  Aiken. 
Charlotte  L.,  b.  April  14,  1822;  d.  Sept.  26,  1867. 
Charles  P.,  b.  Sept.  28,  1826;  m.  Emily  Glidden ;  lives  at  Unity. 


Francis  Carr,  s.  of  David  Carr;  b.  Feb.  2,  iSii  ;  a  farmer; 
lives  on  the  new  road  to  Claremont,  at  the  foot  of  Mt.  Tug ;  m. 
Clarissa  Butterfield. 

Jane,  b.  July  7,  1848;  m.  John  Marshall. 
Charlotte,  b.  Aug.  7,  1850. 


William  Carr,  s.  of  Thomas  ;  lived  on  the  Unity  road  ;  was 
a  soldier  in  the  war  of  18 12,  and  was  a  thriving  farmer.  By 
the  donation  of  $1,000  be  fountled  the  '"Carr  scholarship  "  at 
Dartmouth  college.  He  was  b.  Dec.  14,  1790,  and  d.  March  11, 
1868.  Had  no  issue.  M.,  Nov.  20,  1816,  Mary  Davis,  b. 
April  5,  17S7,  who  d.  Aug.  7,  1S53. 


Joseph  Farmkr  Carr,  s.  of  Thomas';  b.  Oct.  3,  1795  ;  lived 
on  Ptke  hill ;  m.  Clarissa  Hall,  of  Deering,  who  d.  March  28, 
1S67,  aged  72  years. 

Otis  F.,  1).  Feb.  10,  1823;  m.  Ann  E.  Wheeler. 
David  E.,  b.  Sept.  26,  1826;  m.  Martha  Griffin. 


326  HISTORY   OF   NEWPORT. 

Olive  A.,  b.  September,  1827;  m.  B.  Kimball;  ch.,  Clara  B. 

Sarah  R.,  b.  Sept.  30,  1824;  m.  Frank  Bartlett,  of  Sunapee ;  ch.,  Ina, 
Bertie,  Eddie. 

Lyman,  b.  Jan.  19,  1832;  learned  the  jewellers'  trade;  in  1857  moved 
to  Manchester;  m.,  April  30,  1862,  Eurania  W.  Hill,  of  South 
Paris,  Me.,  b.  Oct.  21,  1841  ;  ch.,  Herbert  A.,  b.  May  15,  1868. 

Hial,  b.  Feb.  4,  1834;  m.  Henrietta  Thurber;  ch.,  Ida. 

Mary  J.^  b.  Aug.  21,  1837;  m.  George  E.  Sanborn;  ch.,  Lillie. 


John  Cakr,  b.  Nov.  36,  1S02  ;  came  from  West  Newbury, 
Mass.,  in  1S42  ;  lives  on  East  mountain  ;  m.  Drucilla  Blaisdell. 

Abbie,  b.  Dec.  4,  1827;  m.  Frank  R.  Moore. 

Alfred  A., h.  April  13,  1829,  d.  at  18. 

Ainatida,  b.  Dec.  5,  1831  ;  d.  at  16. 

Moses,  b.  June  19,  1835. 

Isaac  B.,  b.  Dec.  23,  1841  ;  d.  July  8,  1878. 

Caroline  D.,  b.  June  29,  1844;  m.  Henry  Maxfield,  of  Goshen. 

Frances  A.,  b.  Nov.  24,  1850;  m.  Wm.  Karr. 

CARTER. 

Jeremiah  Carter,  a  lumber-dealer;  b.  June  6,  1830;  came 
here  from  Boscaw^en  in  1871  ;  m.,  Aug.  19,  1855,  Cordelia 
Wells,  of  Plymouth,  N.  H.,  b.  Mar.  11,  1837.  ^^  ^'^''^^  several 
years  engaged  in  trade  in  this  town  in  connection  with  Jona- 
than Barnard. 

CASE. 

Harvey  Case,  a  farmer  ;  came  from  Claremont  in  1S48,  and 
settled  in  the  Bascom  neighborhood,  near  the  school-house  in 
District  No.  13.  Married  Catherine  Butterfield  ;  m.,  2d,Jea- 
nette  Howe,  dau.  of  Stephen  Howe. 

\Ervin  T.,  h.  Nov.  4,  1840. 

R2ifiis  P.,  b.  June  8,  1850;  a  printer;  went  to  Cuba  for  his  health,  and 
d.  in  1875. 

Ervin  T.  Case,  s.  of  Harvey;  b.  Nov.  4,  1840;  came  from 
Claremont  to  this  town,  with  his  father's  family,  in  1848,  and 
here  spent  the  remainder  of  his  minority.  He  earl}'  enlisted 
into  the  army  during  the  Rebellion,  and  was  promoted  to  the 
rank  of  captain.  He  turned  his  attention  to  the  legal  profession  ; 
attended  the  law  school  at  Alban}',  N.  Y.,  and  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  in  this  town  in  1865  ;  in  the  following  year  opened  an 
ofhce  at  Providence,  R.  I.     He  is  a  director  of  the  city  library; 


GENEALOGY.  327 

was  appointed  judge  in  1S69;  and  was  a  member  of  the  city 
council  in  1S71  and  1S72.  He  m.  Martha  S.  vShattuck,  of  this 
town,  b.  Mar.  2,  1S37,  '^'^"J  '^'^^  ^'^"''  children. 

CIIADWICK. 

Daniel  George  Ciiadwick,  s.  of  John  Langdon  Chad  wick, 
of  New  London  ;  b.  Oct.  3,  1S39;  came  to  this  town  April  6, 
1S69.  He  opened  the  first  permanent  meat-market  in  town, 
keeping  it  in  operation  the  whole  year — a  business  which  he  has 
since  continued.  Is  now  (1S7S)  a  selectman.  M.,  Nov.  iS, 
1867,  Nellie  M.  Harwood,  of  Hopkinton. 

George  L.,  b.  Mar.  26,  1870.  Guy  D.,  b.  Oct.  8,  1871. 

CHAMBERLAIN. 

SiMEOM  Chamberlain  came  from  Royalston,  Mass.,  and  was 

among  the  early  settlers  ;  lived  on  the  C.  C.  Shedd  farm  in  the 

north  part  of  the  town.     Married  Betsey  Gould,  of  Douglass, 

Mass. 

Abigail,  b.  Feb.  23.  1787;  d.  at  17. 

Sarah,  b.  Sept.  22,  1788;  d.  unmarried. 

Azotes,  b.  Sept.  11,  1790;  m.  Phebe  Putnam,  of  Sunapee.     Ch.,  Mary 

A.,  m.  Elijah  George;  George,  killed  at  13. 
\Simcon,  b.  May  12,  1792.  \yohn,  b.  July  22,  1794. 


Simeon  Chamberlain,  s.  of  Simeon  ;  b.  May  12,  1792  ;  was 
a  Baptist  clergyman  ;  m.,  May  2,  1816,  Rhoda  Dunham.  b.June 
4,  1794,  who  d.  May  22,  1829;  m.,  2d,  Mar.  3,  1S31,  Diana 
Daniells,  who  d.  Apr.  29,  1S46.  He  d.  at  East  Bethel,  Vt., 
Feb.  6,  1S35.     Ch.  by  his  first  wife  : 

Simeon,  b.  Feb.  16,  1817  ;  m.,  Dec.  11,  1850,  Mrs.  Mary  A.  Spaulding, 
of  Goshen,  b.  Nov.  5.  1816;  d.  May  30,  1877.  Ch.,  Lorenzo  S., 
b.  May  12,  1854;  m.,  Mar,  25,  1873,  Mary  E. Mummery, of  Goshen  ; — 
ch.,  Alton  S.,  b.  Feb.  9,  1874;  Maurice  E.,  b.  July  28,  1875;  Viola 
E.,  b.  Jan.  25,  1877. 

John,  b.  June  9,  1819;  d.  Sept.  3,  1872;  m.,  Aug.  7,  1859,  Louisa 
Huntley,  of  Lempster. 

Betsey,  b.  Sept.  9,  1820;  d.  Nov.  20,  1827. 

Solomon  N.,  b.  June  27,  1823;  d.  .A.pr.  29,  1854. 

Sarah  M.,  a  twin,  b.  July  21,  1825;  m.  Daniel  Severns;  he  d.  May  23, 
1878. 

Hannah,  a  twin,  b.  July  21,  1825;  m..  Mar.  7,  1849,  Harrison  Lamson, 
of  Sherburne,  Vt. ;  she  d.  NLiy  8,  1859.  ^^^  '""^d  four  children, 
most  of  them  living  in  Minnesota. 


3^8  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

John  Chamberlain,  s.  of  Simeon,  Sen. ;  b.  July  22,  1741  ; 
remained  on  the  homestead.  M.,  Apr.  16,  1822,  Martha  S. 
Richardson,  b.  Jan.  30,  1800,  at  Chester.     He  d.  Aug.  i,  1839. 

■\Be/a  A'.,  b.  June  14,  1823. 

Rhoda  if.,  b.  Aug.  18,  1824;  m.  N.  P.  Downs,   of  Northfield,  Mass. 

Ch.,  Edwin  W.,  b.  Feb.  14,  1844,  d.  in  the  army;  George  H.,  b. 

Dec.,  1845;  Oscar  F.,  b.  Apr.  6,  1849;  Martha  E.;  Alice  F. 
Rosette  M.,  b.  Apr.  9,  1826;  m   Otis  E.  Heath,  s.  of  Rev.  Abel  Heath. 

Ch.,  Anna  L.,  b.  Feb.  19,  1854;  Henry  A.,  b.  Mar.  15,  1859;  Mary 

L.,  b.  June  23,  1862. 
Elijah   Watson,  b.  Jan.  21,  1831;  m.   Harriet  Scott,  of  Bernardston, 

Mass. 
Betsey  Ann,  b.  Apr.  4,  1836;  m.  Otis  H.  Harding,  of  Brattleborough, 

Vt. 


Bela  N.  Chamberlain,  son  of  John,  b.  June  14,  1823.  He 
learned  the  hatters'  trade  of  Amos  Little,  and  was  afterwards 
in  business  with  him.  He  went  to  Brattleborough,  Vt.,  where 
he  now  resides,  engaged  in  the  hat  and  fur  trade.  M.,  Oct. 
27,  1S47,  H.Jane  Cram,  b.  at  Waldo,  Me.,  Apr.  20,  1824. 

Herbert  B.,  b.  Aug.  15,  1849. 

y.  Henry,  b.  Dec.  9,  1851;  d.  Oct.  19,  1861. 

Sarah  Ella  (twin),  b.  Sept.  5,  1853  ;  d.  Nov.  30,  1863. 

Martha  Eva,  b.  Sept.  5,  1853;  d.  Oct.  16,  1861. 


Ralph  Chamberlain,  a  relative  of  Simeon,  Sen.,  m.  a  dau. 
of  Theophilus  Goodwin,  and  settled  on  the  O.  M.  Harding  farm. 

CHANDLER. 

Ira  F.  Chandler,  s.  of  John  Chandler,  of  Goshen  ;  b.  Nov. 
3,  1842  ;  came  to  this  town  in  1867,  and  purchased  the  Randall 
mill  in  the  west  part  of  the  town,  where  he  has  done  an  exten- 
sive business.  He  m.,  Sept.  22,  1865,  Esther  Chase,  of  Goshen, 
b.  Sept.  5,  1843  ;  m.,  2d,  Nov.  29,  1870,  Nellie  Wright,  dau.  of 
Samuel  K.  Wright,  b.  Nov.  13,  1851.  He  was  elected  one  of 
the  supervisors  of  this  town  in  1878. 

Herbert  C,  h.  Nov.  19,  1867,  John  A.,  b.  April  18,  1870. 

A^ellle  C.,h.  Feb.  29,  1872. 

CHASE. 

Joseph  T.  Chase,  b.  April  6,  1806  ;  came  from  West  New- 
bury, Mass.  He  was  s.  of  Caleb  and  Hannah  (Carr)  Chase. 
He  m.  Elizabeth  D.  Allen.     He  d.  1856. 


GENEALOGY.  329 

^Arthur  B.,  b.  Jan.  3,  1833. 

Are/us  T.,  b.  Oct.  30,  1835  ;  d.  June  23,  1854. 

Henry  M.,  b.  March  8,  1841  ;  prof,  of  music  at  Minneapolis,  Minn.; 

m.  Cornelia  .Smith,  of  .Sprin<(field. 
GeoKi^e  A.,  b.  May  6,  1843;  "■>•  Augusta  Eastman,  of  Greenfield,  Mass. 
Helen  Frances,  b.  May  8,  1848;  adopted  by  A.  S.  Wait,  and  assumed 

his  name;  m.  .Stephen  Vosburg,  of  Greenfield,   Mass.;  d.  April, 

1876. 
Joseph  E.,  b.  June  17,  1852  ;  a  printer. 


Arthur  B.  Chase,  s.  of  Joseph  T.  Chase;  b.  Jan.  3,  1S33. 
He  was  bred  to  the  shoe  business,  and  was  in  trade  at  Man- 
chester and  in  other  places.  He  has  for  many  years  been  a 
clerk  in  the  Sugar  River  Mills,  a  responsible  position.  He  has 
a  taste  for  music.  Has  been  an  acceptable  town-clerk  for  sev- 
eral years.  He  m.  Ann  Richards,  b.  Dec.  30,  1S32,  dau.  of 
Capt.  Seth  Richards. 


Ethan  S.  Chase,  a  brother  of  Joseph  T.  ;  b.  Aug.  11, 
181 1  ;  has  been  engaged  most  of  his  life, — a  part  of  the  time 
in  connection  with  his  son  Alvah  S., — in  the  boot  and  shoe 
trade,  and  has  had  a  successful  business;  m.  Mary  Dodge,  of 
Lempster  ;  m.,  2d,  Susan  D.  Hoyt,  dau.  of  Joseph  S.  Hoyt. 

Marion  S.,  b.  Jan.  25,  1840;  a  graduate  of  Mt.  Hoyoke  Seminary. 
Alvah  S.,  b.  Dec.  17,  1846.     He  is  in   the  boot  and  shoe  business  with 

his  father,   in  the  Chase  block,  where  they  have  had  a  successful 

trade.     Married  Clara  Barnard. 
Addie  //.,  b.  Dec.  31,  1849;  a  teacher;  graduate  at  Meriden  in  1870. 
Louisa,  b.  Aug.  19,  1855  ;  graduated  at  Meriden  in  1876. 
Nellie  G.,\i.  Sept.  4,  1862. 


Betsey  C.  Chase,  a  sister  of  Joseph  T. ;  m.  Seth  J.  Allen. 

Rev.  Paul  Chase,  came  from  Groton,  N.  H. ;    lived  at 
Kelleyville  ;   m.  Deborah  Shcdd. 


Nelson  Chase,  b.  June  28,  1S13  ;  came  to  this  town  from 
New  London.  A  farmer  and  jobber.  He  has  been  one  of  our 
most  industrious  and  exemplary  workers.  He  pin-chased  and 
has  resided  for  several  years  at  the  D.  Nettleton  residence  on 
Central  street.  Married  Mary  S.  Burpee  ;  m.,  2d,  Ellen  M. 
Bascom,  dau.  of  Elisha  Bascom,  b.  Feb.  5,  1S31. 

Arabella  A.,  b.  Feb.  20,  1844;  m.  \Vm.  C.  Hurd. 


330  HISTORY   OF   NEWPORT. 

Ashley  y.,h.  Aug.  6,   1848;  m.,  Apr.  5,   1876,  Anna  M.Young,  of 

Manchester,  where  the}'  reside. 
Clement  B.,  b.  July  14,  i860.  Myrtha  M.,  b.  July  2,  1866. 


LoREN  H.  Chase,  a  tailor  ;  brother  of  Nelson  ;  b.  July  37, 
1S21,  at  Deering ;  came  to  Sunapee,  at  nine  years  of  age,  and 
from  there  to  this  town  in  1S48.  He  was  a  merchant  tailor, 
keeping  a  large  stock  of  goods  ;  was  also  a  horse-dealer.  He 
was  absent  a  few  years  in  trade  at  Fisherville,  but  returned  to 
this  town,  and  d.  here.  He  m.  Mary  Burpee,  of  New  London, 
d.  May  16,  1S49;  •^^•'  ^^^5  Sarah  E.  Burton,  of  Bradford,  b. 
March  14,  1S29. 

Maria  A.,  b.  Aug.  27,  1845;  •^i-  Sam  Nims,  of  Keene,  a  mail  agent; 

ch.,  Addie  H.,  b.  Apr.  3,  1867. 
Paysofi,  b.  December,  1847;  d.  young. 
Sarah  F.,  b.  Aug.  11,  1850;  d.  young. 
Madora  A.,  b.  June  13,  1855  ;  m.  John  F.  Byron;  m.,  2d,  Wallace  M. 

Leet. 
Burton  C,  b.  Mar.  28,  1859. 

CHAPIN. 

Phineas  Chapin,  b.  in  Somers,  Conn.,  Dec.  15,  1755  ; 
settled  here  in  1780.  He  was  of  the  fourth  generation  from 
Dea.  Samuel  Chapin,  who  came  with  his  family,  in  1630,  it  is 
supposed,  from  Wales  to  Roxbury,  Mass.  He  removed  to 
Springfield,  in  the  same  state,  in  1642.  Col.  Chapin  lived  and 
died  upon  the  farm  now  occupied  by  Rial  Hurd  in  the  north- 
west part  of  the  town.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  Revolution  ;  a 
colonel  in  the  31st  Regt,  of  N.  H.  militia;  was  prominent  in 
town  affairs,  holding  many  important  offices,  and  was  an  active 
member  of  the  Congregational  church.  The  pension  which  he 
received  from  the  government  was  for  years  devoted  to  the  dis- 
tribution of  Bibles  and  Testaments.  He  m.,  Jan.  21,  17^5? 
Mary  Lane,  of  Killingworth,  Conn.,  b.  Feb.  12,  1762. 

Maty  T.,  b.  Nov.  2,  1785. 

Betsey,  b.  Jan.  8,  1788;  m.  Reuben  Bascom. 

■\Moses,  b.  Apr.  25,  1790.  ^Phineas,  b.  Jan.  2,  1793. 

Sophia,  b.  Mar.  29,  1796;  m.,  Oct.  17.  1820,  James  Baker. 

^Orlando,  b.  Nov.  10,  1797.  \Hemy,  b.  Apr.  13,  1800. 

Abiah,  b.  Aug.  23,  1806;  a  teacher;  m.,  Apr.,  1839,  ^^^-  Albert  Hale, 

of  Springfield,  111.     Ch.,  Catherine,  b.  Aug.  4,  1840;  Sophia,  b. 

Apr.  9,  1843;  Albert,  b.  Oct.  2,  1844. 


GENEALOGY.  331 

Moses  Ciiapin,  s.  of  Phiiieas;  b.  Apr.  25,  1790.     M.,  Mar. 
7,  1815,  Lydia  Ilurd,  b.  Oct.  15,  1795,  who  d.  Feb.  23,  1S37. 

Maria7iti,  b.  May  19,  1816. 

Charlfltte  Harriet,  b.  Mar.  17,  1818;  r.  at  Brattleborough,  Vt. 

Samuel  Hard,  b.  Feb.  6,  1820;  r.  at  Dover. 

Rluia,  b.  Feb.  4,  1822. 

Lucy,  b.  Dec.  25,  1823 ;  r.  at  Springfield,  IlL 

Sophronia,  b.  July  24,  1825. 

Justina  Afc/ross,  b.  Mar.  5,  1828;  m.  Mr.  Stearns,  of  Lebanon. 

Sop/i/a,  b.  Mar.  10,  1830. 

Augusta  P.,  b.  May  9,  1832.  Arlington  Moses,  b.  Nov.  2,  1834. 


Phineas  Chapin,  s.  of  Phineas;  b.  Jan.  2,  1792;  lived  on 
the  O.  Chapin  farm  in  the  west  part  of  the  town.  M.,  May 
22,  1S17,  Lydia  Osj^ood,  b.  Jan.  15,  179S,  who  d.  Jan.  7,  1S5S. 
He  d.  June  3,  1S56. 

Phineas  Lyman,  b.  July  5,  1818  ;  d.  at  Bloomington,  111.,  in  Sept.,  1843. 
Priscilla,  b.  Mar.  16,  1821  ;  m.  James  Moore,  of  Erving,  Mass. 
\l\'illiam  Osgood,  b.  Feb.  25.  1824. 
Seth  Diuigh't,  b.  Feb.  28,  1826;  ni.,  Apr.  6,  1854,  Rowena  C.  Whitney, 

of  Upton,  Mass. 
\Bela,  b.  Feb.  19,  1S29.  "^Oliver,  b.  Feb.  21,  1831. 

Mary,  b.  Dec.  28,  1834;  d.  young. 


William  Osgood  Chapin,  s.  of  Phineas,  Jr. ;  b.  Feb.  25, 
1S24;  was  bred  a  famer ;  was  absent  from  town  several  years 
at  Charlestown  ;  now  occupies  the  H.  Sprague  farm.  lie  m., 
Oct.  16,  1S53,  Lucina  D.  Powers,  of  Croydon. 


Bela  Chapin,  s.  of  Phineas,  Jr. ;  b.  Feb.  19,  1S29  ;  was  bred 
a  printer  ;  is  now  a  farmer  ;  r.  at  Claremont.  M.,  Mar.  3,  1S5S, 
Sarah  C.  Melcndy,  of  Croydon. 


Oliver  Chapin,  s.  of  Phineas,  Jr. ;  b.  Feb.  21,  1S31  ;  spent 
his  minority  in  this  town  at  farm  work  ;  has  for  many  years  r. 
at  Acworth,  where  he  has  been  engaged  in  the  Acworth  Boot 
and  Shoe  Manufactory.     He  m.  Laura  Pearsons,  of  Acworth. 


Orlando  Chapin,  s.  of  Phineas,  Sr. ;  b.  Nov.  10,  1797;  d. 
Dec.  2,  1S7S.  He  m..  Mar.  22,  1S22,  Pamela  Hurd,li.  Doc.  17, 
1S02,  dau.  of  Asa.  He  lived  in  the  west  part  of  the  town,  near 
the  old  homestead. 


332  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

Calvin  N.,  b.  Oct.  i8,  1825  ;  a  man  of  scholarly  tastes  ;  has  for  several 
years  had  charge  of  the  Foreign  Missionary  House  at  Boston.  He 
m.,  Oct.  16,  1855,  Anna  Shears,  of  Portsmouth,  b.  May  20,  1855. 

Pamela  Abiah,  b.  Feb.  27,  1831;  m.,  May  31,  1854,  Solon  Silsby,  b.  June 
17,  1814,  at  Claremont.  Ch.,  Eunice,  b.  May  17,  1857;  Stella,  b. 
May  2,  1859;  George  W.,  b.  Apr.  27,  1861. 


Henry  Chapin,  s.  of  Phineas,  Sen. ;  b.  Apr.  13, 1800 ;  spent 
most  of  his  life  at  the  old  homestead  in  the  north-west  part  of 
the  town.  He  was  engaged  to  some  extent  in  the  raising  and 
manufacture  of  silk.  He  was  a  deacon  in  the  Congregational 
church.  M.,  Nov.  7,  1S22,  Catherine  Fisher,  b.  Jan.  15,  1801. 
He  d.  Jan.  21,  1869. 

^Charles  Henry,  b.  Sept.  22,  1823.    \Natha71iel  F.,  b.  Jan.  4,  1830. 
Eunice  Catherine,  b.  Dec.  21,  1833;  m.  George  H.  Fairbanks. 


Charles  Henry  Chapin,  s.  of  Henry;  b.  Sept.  22,  1823; 
graduated  at  Dartmouth  college  in  1S50;  read  law  with  Chief- 
Justice  E.  L.  Cushing,  of  Charlestown,  and  is  in  the  practice  of 
his  profession  at  St.  Louis,  Mo.  Married  Sarah  A.  Nettleton, 
dau.  of  Aaron  Nettleton,  Jr. ;  has  a  family. 

Nathaniel  F.  Chapin,  s.  of  Dea.  Henry  Chapin  ;  b.  Jan.  4, 
1830  ;  spent  the  early  part  of  his  life  at  farming  with  his  father, 
and  in  business  at  the  upper  tannery,  since  which  time  he  has 
been  at  Boston,  engaged  in  the  mercantile  business.  He  still 
superintends  the  farming  operations  at  the  Fletcher  homestead 
in  Lempster.  M,,  Dec.  13,  1S55,  Delia  M.  Fletcher,  a  success- 
ful teacher,  dau.  of  Hiram  Fletcher,  of  Lempster,  b.  Feb.  14, 

1833- 

Frank  F.,  b.  Apr.  14,  1856;  is  a  merchant  in  Boston;  m.,  May,  1878, 

Margie  Webber,  dau.  of  a  prominent  ship-builder  at  Bath,  Me. 
George  H.,  b.  Oct.  24,  1858  ;  a  merchant  in  Boston. 


Daniel  Chapin,  a  brother  of  Phineas;  was  b.  at  Somers, 
Conn.,  Jan.  3,  1758,  and  came  to  this  town  about  the  same 
time,  and  settled  upon  the  farm  since  occupied  by  his  son  Fred- 
erick. He  kept  a  large  dairy  and  a  large  stock,  and  for  more 
than  thirty  years  was  among  the  leading  tax-payers  in  town. 
M.,  Jan.  I,  1789,  Joanna  Arms,  of  Deerfield,  Conn.  ;  m.,  2d, 
Ruth  Lane. 


GENEALOGY.  333 

riiiloncla,  b.  May  i,  1782;  m.,  Sept.  i,  1819,  Reuben  Bascom. 

Elizabeth,  b.  Feb.  i,  1784;  m.  Moses  Haven,  of  Croydon  ;  d.  Sept.  24, 
1861. 

\William  A.,  b.  Dec.  8,  1790. 

\Daniel  D.,  b.  Jan.  27,  1796.  \ David  B.,  b.  Oct.  23.  1797, 

Horace,  b.  June  22,  1799.  \Jason,  b.  Sept.  7,  1801. 

\Frederiik,  b.  Aug.  3,  1803. 

Joanna,  b.  Oct.  28,  1805  ;  m.  Samuel  Allis,  of  Waverley,  Morgan  coun- 
ty, 111. 

Ruth  L.,  b.  Dec.  18,  1814;  m.  Thomas  Gelder,  of  111. 

Melvina  J.,  b.  Apr.  30,  1816;  m.,  in  1842,  Rev.  Geo.  B.  Rowell:  are 
missionaries  at  Waimea.  Kauai,  Sandwich  Islands.  They  have  seven 
children  :  three  of  them, — Willie  E.,  b.  June,  1845  ;  George  A.,  b. 
April,  1850;  and  Mary,  b.  September,  1853,— are  graduates  at  in- 
stitutes in  this  country.  They  also  had  Clara  Maria,  b.  1847  ;  Mari- 
ann  Eliza,  b.  April  9,  1848  ;  Ellen  Louisa,  b.  March,  1852. 

]Noah  Addison,  b.  June  18,  1818. 


William  A.  Chapin,  s.  of  Daniel  Chapin  ;  b.  Dec.  8,  1790. 
After  a  preparatory  course  he  entered  Dart.  Coll.,  where  he 
graduated  in  tlie  class  of  1S16.  He  graduated  at  the  Andover 
Tlico.  Inst.,  in  1S21.  He  was  settled  as  pastor  of  the  Cong, 
church  at  Craftsburg,  Vt.,  where  he  remained  until  1834,  ^^^^^ 
which  he  had  charge  of  the  church  at  Greensborough,  same 
state,  until  1850,  when  he  d.  He  m.,  Sept.  16,  1823,  Lucy  Cur- 
tis, of  Hanover,  N.  H.  ;  m.,  2d,  Mar.  23,  1S23,  Sarah  Orr,  of 
New  Bedford,  Mass. 

William  A.,  b.  July  26,  1824;  lives  at  St.  Johnsbury,  Vt. 

Joseph  C,  b.  Feb.  22,  1826;  d.  young. 

Sarah  C,  b.  Sept.  24,  1827;  d.  Feb.  4,   1852;  m.  Dec.  5,   1S50,  Rev. 

Henry  Melville. 
Lucy  J.,  b.  Nov.  8,  1829;  r.  Waverley,  Morgan  Co.,  111. 
Daniel  D.,  b.  Mar.  13,  1832;  d.  young. 
John  O.,  b.  June  15,  1834;  r.  at  Waverley,  111. 
Jane  Eliza,  b.  May  18,  1836;  r.  at  Waverley,  111. 


Daniel  Dwigiit  Chapin,  s.  of  Daniel  and  Joanna  (Arms) 
Chapin;  b.  Jan.  27,  1796;  d.  Sept.  6,  1866;  lived  on  the  A. 
Pease  place,  and  built  a  residence  on  the  south  part  of  Main  st.  ; 
m.,  Oct.  29,  1S28,  Sophia  Wyman,  of  Cornish,  b.  Feb.  5,  1799. 

Helen  S.,  b.  Dec.  6,  1830;  d.  young. 

Phebe  E.,  b.  Nov.  24,  1832;  d.  Feb.  15,  1852. 

J/.  Maria,  b.  Jan.  9.  1835;  m.  Isaac  Eastham,  Somerville,  111. 

\Edward  Dwii^ht,  b.  Nov.  12,  1837. 


334  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

Edward  Dwight  Chapin,  s.  of  Daniel  Dwight  Chapin  ; 
spent  his  early  boyhood  on  the  fdvm  with  his  father,  but  early 
turned  his  attention  to  the  mercantile  business,  and  went  to  Bos- 
ton, where  he  is  now  in  trade,  and  has  had  a  successful  busi- 
ness.    He   m.  Olive  E.  Stanford,  of  Maine. 


David  B.  Chapin,  s.  of  Daniel;  b.  Oct.  23,  1797.  During 
all  his  maturer  life  he  was  an  enterprising  blacksmith,  having 
learned  his  trade  in  Boston.  He  was  long  an  active  deacon  in 
the  Congregational  church,  and  always  took  a  lively  interest  in 
its  affairs,  and  contributed  liberally,  of  both  time  and  money,  to 
the  promotion  of  its  interests.  He  m.,  Nov.  12,  1828,  Zerviah 
H.  Farnsworth,  d.  of  Dea.  Joseph  Farnsworth,  b.  Jan.  20, 
1804. 

Martha  A.,  b.  Aug.  10,  1832;  m.  Daniel  W.  Wilcox. 

\Gco7-ge  F.,  b.  May  26,  1836.  ^Joseph  A.,  b.  Apr.  25,  1839. 

Elleti  E.,  b.  Feb.  4,  1842;  m.  Henry  M.  Kimball. 


George  F.  Chapin,  s.  of  Dea.  David  B.  Chapin  ;  had  his  pre- 
paratory training  at  Kimball  Union  Academy  ;  graduated  at 
Amherst  college  in  i860;  turned  his  attention  to  theology,  and 
became  a  Congregational  clergyman.  He  was  for  a  while  in 
Kansas;  is  now  a  pastor  at  Alstead.  He  m.,  Oct.  12,  1862, 
Mary  F.  Wilcox,  who  d.  Sept.  16,  1S68  ;  m.,  2d,  Feb.  26,  1873, 
Isabella  S.  Ferry,  of  Medford,  Mass. 

Jessie Z.,  b.  Dec.  11,  1866;  d.  Dec.  24,  1868. 
Mary  Ella,  b.  Apr.  12,  1874. 

Joseph  A.  Chapin,  s.  of  Dea.  David  B.  Chapin  ;  b.  Apr.  25, 
1839;  was  educated  at  Kimball  Union  Academy.  He  turned 
his  attention  to  trade.  Has  spent  the  most  of  his  life  in  the 
mercantile  business  in  Boston,  where  he  now  resides.  He 
was  three  years  in  the  war  of  the  Rebellion,  as  hospital  steward. 
He  m.,  July  3,  1867,  Julia  Fay,  of  Windsor,  Vt. 

Susie  F.,h.  May  26,  1868.  George  F.,h.  1871. 


Jason  Chapin,  s.  of  Daniel  Chapin ;  after  a  preparatory 
course,  entered  Amherst  college,  where  he  graduated  in  the 
class  of  1828.     He  graduated  at  Andover  Theo.  Sem.  in  1831. 


GENEALOGY.  335 

He  was  ordained  the  same  year,  and  labored  as  a  home  mis- 
sionary in  Ohio.  He  afterwards  settled  at  Geneseo,  111.,  where 
he  d.  Sept.  ii,  1S46.  He  m.,  Oct.  4,  1S31,  Caroline  Snow,  of 
Ware,  Mass. 

Florilla  N.,  b.  July  16,  1834.  E7mly  M.,  b.  Feb.  3,  1837. 

Albert  J.,  b.  Mar.  21,  1S42  ;  d.  y.       Alice  C,  b.  Nov.  26,  1845. 

Frederick  Chapin,  s.  of  Daniel  Chapin  ;  remained  at  the 

old   homestead  in   the   north-west  part  of  the  town.     He  has 

been  a  prosperous  farmer ;  had  a   large  farm,  a  nice  stock,  and 

one  of  the  best  dairies  in  town.     He  m.,  Oct.  19,  1S29,  Pamela 

Wyman,  of  Cornish,  b.  May  3,   1S07,  sister  of  Gen.   Edward 

Wyman  ;  m.,  2d,  Mrs.  Julia  Newton,  widow  of  the  late  Dr. 

Austin  Newton. 

Daniel  F.,  b.  Nov.  19,  183 1  ;  d.  Jan.  6,  1846. 
William  Arms,  b.  Apr.  26,  1842  ;  d.  May,  1859. 


NoAii  Addison  Chapin,  s.  of  Daniel;  b.  June  iS,  iSiS; 
graduated  at  Dart.  Coll.  in  1845,  and  from  the  medical  depart- 
ment at  Yale  Coll.  in  1S49  ;  engaged  in  the  practice  of  his  pro- 
fession at  Winchester,  where  he  d.  suddenly.  May  9,  1S54, 
from  poison  received  through  a  slight  cut  in  the  hand  from  his 
knife,  while  performing  a  surgical  operation.  He  was  to  have 
been  married  the  following  day  to  a  Miss  Wellman,  of  Cornish. 

CHENEY. 

BY   MAJ.    WILLIAM    CHENEY    MANNING,    A    GRANDSON. 

William  Cheney  was  b.  at  Alstead,  N.  H.,  Aug.  9,  1776. 
He  removed  from  there  to  Newport,  Jan.  i,  1S07,  with  his  wife 
Tryphena,  dau.  of  Phineas  Hatch,  of  Alstead,  and  three  chil- 
dren. He  was  bred  a  carpenter,  but  soon  turned  his  attention 
to  trade.  He  was  a  clerk  in  the  store  of  Messrs.  Shepherd  & 
Hutchinson,  who  furnished  him  the  necessary  capital  with 
which  to  commence  business  for  himself.  His  first  store  was 
in  one  end  of  the  Enoch  Noyes  house,  at  the  foot  of  Claremont 
hill,  in  what  was  then  the  village  of  Newport.  In  iSio  he 
built  the  old  Richards  block,  into  which  he  removed  his  busi- 
ness, and  which   he  continued   to  occupy  till   his  death.     In 


33^  HISTORY   OF   NEWPORT. 

1 8 14  and  '15  he  built  a  large  public  house  known  as  Nettleton's 
hotel,  which  stood  on  the  site  now  occupied  by  the  Newport 
House.  Three  years  later  he  erected  a  large  building,  four 
stories  high  and  one  hundred  and  fifty  feet  long,  called  the 
"Tontine,"  designed  for  stores  and  mechanic  shops.  At  about 
this  time  he  sold  the  town  the  tract  of  land  since  used  as  a 
common.  He  had,  the  year  previous  to  its  purchase  by  the 
town,  offered  \\.g-ratts,  subject  only  to  certain  conditions  refer- 
ring to  the  planting  and  protection  of  shade-trees.  Some  op- 
position having  been  expressed  in  town-meeting  to  its  accept- 
ance under  any  conditions  the  non-fulfilment  of  which  would 
result  in  its  forfeiture,  the  matter  was  dropped  until  next  town- 
meeting,  when  it  was  voted  to  purchase  the  tract,  subject  to 
the  same  conditions  insisted  upon  by  Col.  Cheney  the  previous 
year. 

During  the  year  18 15  he  constructed  the  dam  and  canal  which 
feed  the  upper  tannery  and  the  Newport  and  Eagle  mills.  On 
the  canal  he  built  a  cotton  factory  and  linseed  oil-mill ;  and 
about  the  same  time  he  built  a  grist-mill  and  saw-mill  at  the 
grist-mill  dam  below.  About  the  year  1819  he  purchased  all 
the  water-power  at  Sunapee  Harbor,  and  built  there  a  grist- 
mill, saw-mill,  and  carding-mill. 

Col.  Cheney  had  few  educational  advantages.  He  was  char- 
acterized by  indomitable  energy  and  perseverance  in  all  that  he 
undertook,  whether  in  private  enterprise  or  for  the  public  good, 
and  was  successful  in  most  of  his  undertakings.  He  had  a  gen- 
erous, sympathizing  heart,  which  made  him  popular,  and  a  cool, 
balanced  judgment,  which  enabled  him  always  to  d©  the  right 
thing  in  the  right  way.  As  illustrating  the  warm  sympathies 
of  his  nature,  it  is  related  of  him  that  he  once  took  a  poor, 
friendless  old  lady,  who  was  on  her  way  to  the  poor-house,  into 
his  own  family,  where  she  enjoyed  all  the  hospitalities  of  his 
home  for  a  long  time. 

Col.  Cheney  was  often  a  moderator  and  selectman,  and,  dur 
ing  the  years  1816,  1S17,  1819,  1S24,  1S25,  and  1S27,  a  repre- 
sentative to  the  state  legislature ;  and  it  was  mainly  by  the  per 
sistency  of  his  efforts,  as  such,  that  a  division  of  Cheshire  coun 
ty  was  effected,  and  Newport  became  the  county  seat  of  the 
new  county  of  Sullivan.     He  found  opposed  to  him  in  the  leg- 


GENEALOGY.  337 

islaturc,  on  tliis  subject,  some  of  the  best  legal  talent  of  the 
state,  prominent  among  which  was  the  late  Gov.  Henry  Hub- 
bard. Having  the  right  of  the  case,  he  met  them  with  a  good- 
natured,  sometimes  humorous,  persistency,  which  finally  tri- 
umphed. He  was  a  friend  of  education,  and  assisted  several 
young  men  who  were  fitting  for  college,  and  contributed  gen- 
erously towards  the  support  of  Newport  academy.  He  was  a 
deacon  of  the  Baptist  church,  to  which  society  he  presented  the 
ground  upon  which  their  church  and  parsonage  now  stand,  and 
contributed  largely  towards  the  construction  of  the  church 
edifice.  The  bell  was  purchased  and  placed  in  the  tower,  pri- 
vately, at  his  own  expense,  its  presence  there  being  first  an- 
nounced to  the  society  by  its  ringing.  He  was  an  ardent  lover 
of  music,  and  in  his  earlier  years  played  the  violin,  thus  con- 
tributing to  the  gayety  of  the  quilting  and  husking  parties  of 
his  neighborhood.  He  was  mainly  instrumental  in  the  forma- 
tion of  a  band,  in  1815,  of  which  he  continued  for  a  long  time 
a  supporter.  The  Masonic  lodge,  of  which  he  was  an  active 
member,  met  for  a  long  time  at  a  hall  in  his  residence.  Pass- 
ing through  all  the  previous  grades,  he  became  a  colonel  in 
the  state  militia.  When,  in  1S24,  Lafayette  passed  through 
the  town,  he  was  received  by  a  large  escort  and  conducted  to 
the  residence  of  Mr.  Cheney,  where  he  met  the  warm  and  en- 
thusiastic congratulations  of  the  people. 

No  citizen  has  been  more  generally  identified  with  the  earlier 
history  of  the  town  than  Col.  Clieney.  To  him  it  is  especially 
indebted  for  its  early  manufactures.  He  died,  of  consumption, 
on  the  15th  day  of  June,  1830,  leaving  a  widow  and  eleven  chil- 
dren, three  having  died  in  infancy.  He  left  the  largest  estate 
ever  administered  in  town  up  to  the  time  of  his  death.  Mrs. 
Cheney  survived  him  many  years.  The  Rev.  Baron  Stow,  of 
Boston,  in  an  obituary  notice,  says, — "Naturally  amiable,  she 
was  regarded  by  all  a  model  as  a  Christian,  a  wife,  and  mother. 
Though  of  the  wealthiest  family  in  town,  she  seemed  not  to 
know  it,  and  like  a  true  lady  mingled  with  the  poor  and  the 
more  fortunate  as  if  upon  the  same  level,  and  thus  won  the 
hearts  and  commanded  the  respect  of  all." 

Chloe,  b.  at  Alstead,  Oct.  30,  iSoi ;  m.,  Sept.  13,  1S24,  Hon.  Horace 
iMetcalf,  of  Charlestown,  a  brother  of  Gov.  Ralph  Metcalf,  b.  .May 


338  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

lo,  1 80 1.  He  is  a  successful  farmer  and  financier,  having  amassed 
a  large  fortune  ;  is  a  man  of  intelligence  and  sound  judgment,  and 
has  long  been  prominent  in  this  portion  of  the  state.  They  occu- 
pied the  old  Metcalf  place  at  North  Charlestown,  where  he  still 
lives,  and  where  she  d.,  Nov.  19,  1874.  Mrs.  JMetcalf  had  a  cheer- 
ful heart ;  was  affable,  courteous,  and  benevolent,  and  hence  was 
an  agreeable  companion  for  all  ages  and  classes.  She  survived 
the  period  of  their  golden  wedding.  Ch.,  Diantha  G.,  b.  July  15, 
1825;  d.  young.  Sophia  Jane,  b.  June  12,  1827;  m.,  Sept.  16,  1851, 
George  Mason  Gilmore,  of  Charlestown,  b.  Apr.  24,  1824;  r.  at 
Faribault,  Minn.  Tryphena  Maria,  b.  Sept.  6,  1828;  m.,  Sept.  15, 
1853,  Dwight  James  McCann,  b.  Mar.  3,  1827,  at  Erie,  Penn. ;  r.  at 
Washington,  D.  C.  Julian,  b.  Dec.  29,  1833:  m.  Julia  Beatrice 
Kinney,  b.  Oct.  29,  1839,  ^^  Mont  Vernon,  Ohio;  r.  in  Nebraska 
City,  Neb.,  where  he  has  been  the  cashier  of  the  Otoe  County  Na- 
tional Bank  since  its  organization. 

Philena,  b.  at  Alstead,  N.  H.,  Jan.  3,  1803;  m.,  Sept.  24,  1822,  Ezra 
P,  Prentice,  a  grandson  of  Ezra  Parmelee,  of  Newport.  He  was  for 
a  time  in  Col.  Cheney's  store.  They  r.  for  a  while  at  Canton,  at 
Ogdensburgh,  and  at  Albany,  N.  Y.  In  1841  Mr.  Prentice,  having 
accumulated  a  fortune,  retired  from  business,  and  removed  with  his 
family  to  their  country  seat, — Mt.  Hope,  on  the  banks  of  the  Hudson 
river, — where  he  died,  and  where  the  family  remained  till  her  death. 
In  1872  they  celebrated  ih&'ir  golden  wedding.  She  d.  Oct.  8,  1878, 
esteemed  by  a  large  circle  of  friends,  for  her  culture,  tender  sym- 
pathy, readiness  to  help  the  needy,  and  for  her  Christian  charities. 
Ch.,  William  Packer,  b.  Aug.  26,  1834;  a  graduate  at  Williams 
college,  and  at  Gottingen  University,  Germany,  and  is  a  lawyer  in 
New  York  city ;  he  was  assistant  adjutant-general  and  chief  of 
staff  of  Gen.  iVIitchell ;  m.,  Jan.  29,  1863,  Florence  Kelley,  of  New 
York  city;  r.  in  New  York  city.  Sartell,  b.  May  29,  1837;  was 
educated  at  Williams  college,  Gottingen  University,  Germany,  and 
at  the  Hartford  Law  School.  He  was  in  the  12th  U.  S.  Infantry 
during  the  Rebellion  ;  was  promoted  to  a  captaincy,  and  brevetted 
major  in  the  regular  army  for  gallantry  on  the  battlefields  of  the 
Wilderness:  was  on  the  staffs  of  Brig. -Gen.  B.  S.  Roberts  and 
Maj.-Gen.  M.  R.  Patrick.  M.,  May  29,  1862,  Mary  Isham,  of  New 
York  city;  r.  at  Albany,  N.  Y.  Bertha,  b.  Dec.  12,  1844.  Jessie 
P.,  b.  July  23,  1847.  Four  children  died  between  the  ages  of  two 
and  eight  years. 

Persis  Hatch,  b.  Apr.  27,  1805  ;  m..  May  30,  1824,  Charles  Forbes,  s. 
of  Gen.  Abner  Forbes,  of  Windsor,  Vt.  He  was  in  the  mercantile 
business  in  Boston,  Louisville,  Ky.,  and  Cincinnati,  where  he  died 
Sept.  16,  1849,  aged  52  years.  Shed.  Dec.  26,  i860,  aged  ^-i  years, 
beloved  for  her  social  and  Christian  character.  Ch.,  Elizabeth  West, 
b.  June  5,  1826;  m.,Oct.  14,  1847, Wm.  Moore.  They  passed  the  first 
seven  years  of  their  married  life  at  Burmah,  India,  as  missionaries. 
They  are  now  residing  at  Middletown,  O.  [See  Missionaries.] 
Charles,  b.  Mar.  14,  1832;  m.  Olive  Emerson,  of  St.  Louis,  Mo., 
in  which  city  they  reside.  He  is  a  dentist.  Josephine  Prentice,  b. 
Marcli  29,  1835;  d.  of  consumption,  March,  1855.  Three  other 
children  d.  in  infancy. 

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340  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

large  proportion  of  the  architectural  iron  fronts  for  buildings  in 
the  cities  of  western  New  York,  as  well  as  many  cities  at  the 
West.  For  ten  years  he  was  president  of  the  Eagle  Bank  of 
Rochester  ;  and  he  has  been  a  trustee  of  the  Rochester  City 
Savings  Bank  (which  has  a  deposit  of  $8,000,000)  twenty-five 
years.  In  1S44  he  was  elected  one  of  the  supervisors  of  the 
county,  and  served  two  years.  In  September,  1S30,  he  m.  Car- 
oline H.,  dau.  of  Newton  Whittlesey,  of  Cornish,  N.  H.,  who 
d.  1872. 

William,  b.  at  Newport,  Oct.  22,  1832  ;  graduated  at  Williams  College, 
Mass.,  in  1853,  with  the  first  honors  of  his  class;  is  in  the  l^ank- 
ing  business  at  Minneapolis,  Minn.;  m..  Mar.  5,  1867,  Nellie  W. 
Walcott,  of  Minneapolis,  Minn. 

Ca}-oUue  JF.,  h.  at  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  June  24,  1838;  m.,  Oct.  2,  1856, 
John  W.  Dodd,  of  Rome,  Ga.;  r.  at  Rochester,  N.  Y. 


George  Hallett  Cheney,  s.  of  Col.  Wm.  Cheney ;  b. 
Mar.  29,  181 2  ;  was  reared  a  merchant  in  his  father's  store.  In 
1834  he  moved  to  Portland,  Me.,  and  in  1841  to  Toronto,  Can- 
ada, where  he  was  a  director  in  the  Northern  Railroad,  and 
president  of  the  Grand  Trunk  Telegraph  Co.  In  1859  ^^^  ^'^" 
moved  to  Texas,  but  after  the  fall  of  Sumter,  his  sympathies 
being  with  the  Union  cause,  he  returned  to  Portland,  Me., 
where  he  was  commissioned  captain  of  volunteers  in  the  14th 
Regt.  After  the  siege  of  Port  Hudson  he  was  on  the  staft'of  Gen. 
Nickerson  until  the  close  of  his  army  life.  M.,  July  30,  1833, 
Sarah  D.  Davis,  of  Winthrop,  Me.,  who  d.  July  26,  1855,  aged 
45  ;  m.,  2d,  Nov.  13,  1856,  Mary  G.  Kelley,  of  Portland,  Me.  ; 
had  three  children  by  first  wife,  all  of  whom  d.  under  ten  years 
of  age.     He  d.  July  29,  1871. 


Prentice  Cheney,  s.  of  Col.  Wm.  Cheney ;  b.  March  2, 
1816  ;  was  educated  at  Newport  academy.  At  the  age  of  sev- 
enteen he  commenced  the  study  of  medicine  with  Dr.  Willard 
P.  Gibson,  in  his  native  town  ;  two  years  after,  while  in  attend- 
dance  upon  lectures  at  Dartmouth  Medical  College,  he  con- 
tracted a  cold  that  led  to  consumption,  of  which  he  died,  Mar. 
19,  1835,  at  Matanzas,  island  of  Cuba,  where  he  had  gone  in 
the  hope  of  relief  from  the  fatal  malady.  He  was  talented,  af- 
fable, and  a  great  favorite.     A  contemporary  of  his,  in  a  public 


GENEALOGY.  34I 

journal,  thus  writes, — "  Seldom  has  there  been  centred  in  one 
individual  so  many  of  those  qualities  that  render  their  possessor 
beloved  by  all.  He  had  an  amiable  disposition,  talents  of  a 
high  order,  and  was  a  young  man  of  high  promise." 


James  Edwin  Ciienev,  s.  of  Col.  VVm.  Cheney;  b.  Apr.  10, 
1821  ;  inherited  much  of  his  father's  energy  of  character  and 
control  over  the  will  of  others.  He  was  educated  at  the  New- 
port academy,  and  commenced  life  as  a  clerk  in  the  store  which 
had  been  occupied  by  his  father  and  brother  William.  He  sub- 
sequently went  to  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  where  he  was  for  many 
years  engaged  in  the  mercantile  business,  in  which  city  he  still 
resides.  M.,  July  15,  1846,  Maria  L.  Foster,  of  Lancaster,  O., 
who  d.  June  20,  1S77. 

James,  a  graduate  of  the  University  at  Rochester,  N.  Y. ;  is  a  lawyer  in 

that  city. 
Foster  Hallett,  a  farmer  at  Beaver  City,  Furnas  county,  Neb. 


Richard    Cheney,  lived  on   the    S.   Clark    farm,  on    East 
mountain;  m.  a  dau.  of  Caleb  Atvvood. 

Abagaih  m.  Reuben  Haven.  Mehitable,  m.  Reuben  Cutts. 

Judith,   m.  Jonathan  Maxfield,  of  Goshen. 

CHELLIS. 

Samuel  F.  Chellis,  a  farmer  and  speculator ;  b.  Aug.  S, 
1776,  at  Plainfield  ;  came  to  this  town  in  1S23.  and  remained 
here  until  1854,  when  he  moved  to  Claremont,  where  he  d. 
Apr.  22,  1S55.  K^  'w^s  engaged  for  a  while  in  butchering.  He 
was  a  shrewd  business  man,  and  was  possessed  of  a  sound 
judgment.  He  was  a  selectman.  M.,  Jan.  28,  1815,  Rhoda 
Watson,  of  this  town,  b.  June  6,  1795,  who  d.  Aug.  27,  1837. 

Susan  F.,  b.  Dec.  27,  i8i5.at  Goshen;  m.,  Sept.  8,  1841,  Charles  Cot- 
ton, and  went  to  Illinois;  r.  at  Claremont. 

\  Free  man  S.,  b.  Mar.  23,  18 18. 

Mary.\Taroa,\i.  June  15,  1821.  at  Goshen;  m.,  May  8,  1S45,  George 
Cotton;  lives  in  Wisconsin. 

John  H.,  b.  Apr.  6,  1826:  lives  in  Claremont. 

George  E.,  a  dentist;  b.  Feb.  18,  1828;  lives  in  Rhode  Island. 

Thomas,  b.  .May  11,  1833;  d,  Dec.  9,  1837. 


342  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

Freeman  S.  Chellis,  s.  of  Samuel  F.  Chellis  ;  b.  Mar.  23, 
1818,  at  Goshen  ;  came  to  this  town  with  his  father  at  the  age 
of  five  years,  and  here  spent  the  larger  portion  of  his  life.  They 
lived  for  many  years  in  the  west  part  of  the  town,  and  finally 
purchased  the  farm  subsequently  owned  by  F.  Boardman  at  the 
north  end  of  the  village.  When  he  sold  out  to  Mr.  Boardman, 
he  removed  to  Claremont,  and  purchased  what  was  long  known 
as  the  Solomon  Hubbard  farm, — the  first  meadow  farm  on  the 
old  road  to  Claremont.  He  has  been  an  extensive  and  prosper- 
ous farmer,  and  a  successful  investor.  M.,June  i,  1848,  Lo- 
rinda  Chellis. 


Otis  H.  Chellis,  brother  of  Hon.  Pettengill  Chellis,  high 
sheriff',  is  a  joiner;  b.  May  15,  1S21  ;  came  here  from  Plain- 
field  in  1870.     Married  Betsey  Sargent,  of  Grantham. 

Mattie  M.,  b.  Mar.  31,  1857;  a  graduate  from  Kimball  Union  Acad- 
emy ;  is  a  teacher  in  Union  district,  this  town. 

Frank  O.,  b.  Aug.  7,  1858;  graduated  at  the  Newport  high  school  in 
1878  ;  is  a  teacher. 

Ka/ie  A/.,  b.  Sept.  19,  1862. 

CHURCH. 

James  Church,  one  of  the  early  settlers,  came  from  New 
London,  Conn.  He  was  the  first  hatter  in  town.  His  cabin 
was  on  the  east  side  of  the  road,  near  the  E.  A.  Jenks  house. 
During  the  comparatively  short  period  in  which  he  remained  in 
town,  he  was  active  in  clearing  up  the  meadows,  and  held  a 
good  position  among  his  townsmen. 


Samuel  Church,  brother  of  James,  b.  Apr.  3,  1749^  came, 
also,  from  New  London,  Conn.,  in  1780,  and  built  on  the  spot  now 
occupied  by  Wheeler's  block,  and  had  his  blacksmith  shop  just 
at  the  east  of  his  dwelling.  He  owned  the  land  westward  from 
Main  street  to  the  river.  He  was  prominent  and  influential 
among  the  early  citizens.  He.  m.,  June  26,  1769,  Martha  Corn- 
stock,  b.  Feb.  19,  1746. 

Mar//ia,h.  June  18,  1777;  d.  i8or. 

Abigail,  b.  May  II,  1779;  d.  July  13,  1802. 

^Sa/nuel,  b.  Mar.  27,  178 1. 

John,  b.  June  2,  1782  ;  was  a  blacksmith  ;  worked  with  his  father. 


GENEALOGY.  343 


Teinpera>ice,  b.  Nov.  14,  1784;  m.  Jacob  Dwinell. 
Lucy,  h.  Mar.  27,  17S6;  m.  Col.  Erastus  Baldwin. 
Caleb  C,  b.  Feb.  19,  1788;  d.  young. 
Jonathan,  b.  Feb.  17,  1794. 


S.VMUKL  Chl'uch,  s.  of  Samuel;  b.  Mar.  27,  17S1  ;  was  a 
merchant;  built  his  clvvelliug  on  the  spot  now  occupied  by  the 
Dudley  barber  shop.  M.,  Dec.  27,  1S04,  Azuba  Bowman,  b. 
May  2,  1787. 

Nabby,  b.  Jan.  4,  1805.  Peleg  L.,  b.  Oct.  18,  1805. 

Oliver,  b.  Aug.  23,  1806.  Samuel,  b.  May  24,  1808. 

CLAGGETT. 

Wextworth  Claggett  was  b.  at  Portsmouth,  Nov.  29, 
1765.  He  was  s.  of  Wyseman  Claggett,  an  English  barrister 
of  the  Court  of  King's  Bench,  who,  on  coming  to  this  country 
and  settling  at  Portsmouth,  was  appointed  king's  attorney-gen- 
eral, which  office  he  held  until  the  Revolution,  when,  at  the 
hazard  of  much  of  his  property,  then  within  the  reach  of  the 
British  government,  he  took  an  early  and  decided  part  with  the 
people  in  opposing  the  oppressive  acts  of  the  English  parlia- 
ment, and  in  framing  and  carrying  into  effect  the  temporary 
government  first  adopted  in  New  Hampshire.  In  return,  the 
people  confided  to  him  several  important  offices,  among  which 
was  that  of  solicitor-general,  which  he  held  until  the  adoption  of 
the  constitution  in  17S4,  only  a  few  months  before  his  death. 
Wentworth,  after  a  residence  at  Litchfield  and  at  Merrimack, 
where  he  was  the  owner  of  a  large  estate  at  Reed's  Ferrv, 
came  to  this  town  and  settled  on  the  R.  P.  Claggett  farm,  where 
he  lived  until  his  death,  Nov.  18,  1825,  aged  65  years.  He  was 
a  justice  of  the  peace  and  quorum  for  many  years.  He  m. 
Jane  McQiiestion,  of  Litchfield,  b.  Nov.  3,  1771. 

Margaret,  b.  Oct.  19,  1791  ;  d.  Mar.  27,  1833  ;  m.,  Dec,  1816,  Dr.  Al- 
exander Boyd. 

Caroline,  b.  Nov.  8,  1793;  a  teacher;  d.  May  14,  1855. 

\\\'illia?n,  b.  Feb.  4,  1796. 

Catharine,  b.  Aug.  5,  1790;  a  teacher;  d.  Sept.  21,  1849. 

Rebecca  J/.,  b.  Nov.  20,  1800;  m.  Dr.  Alexander  Boyd,  — 2d  wife. 

Rufus,  b.  Feb.  28,  1803;  graduated  at  Dartmouth  college  in  1826; 
studied  law  with  Hon.  William  Claggett.  of  I'ortsmoutii,  and  Hon. 
John  Whipple,  of  I'rovidence,  R.  L,  where  he  was  admitted  to  the 


344  HISTORY   OF   NEWPORT. 

bar.  In  1843  ^^  removed  to  New  York  city,  where  he  continued 
in  the  practice  of  his  profession  until  his  death  in  1875.  Married 
Louisa  J.  King,  of  Providence;  has  seven  children. 

^Frederick,  b.  Aug.  8,  1805.  ^Clifton,  b.  Sept.  12,  1807. 

Eliza  J.,  b.  Dec.  6,  1809;  a  teacher:  d.  June  17,  1842. 

Alonso,  b.  Nov.  18,  1812;  turned  his  attention  to  medicine,  and  after 
the  preparatory  studies  entered  Dart.  JVIed.  Coll.,  where  he  grad- 
uated in  1837.  He  settled  at  Enfield,  Mass.,  where  he  soon  gained 
an  extensive  practice,  and  where  he  died,  Mar.  21,  1840. 

^Erastus  B.,h.  May  9,  181 5. 

Harriet,  b.  Feb.  9,  1818;  m.,  Aug.  20.  1847,  Rev.  Chas.  Willey ;  ch., 
Charles,  who  resides  at  Philadelphia. 


William  Claggett,  s.  of  Wentworth  Claggett ;  b.  Feb.  4, 
1796;  had  his  preparatory  training  at  Newport  academy,  and 
was  graduated  at  Dartmouth  college  in  the  class  of  1826.  He 
studied  theology,  and  was  for  more  than  forty-five  years  engaged 
in  the  ministry.  He  died  at  Washington,  in  this  state,  Aug.  i, 
1870. 

Elizabetlt,  m.  Charles  Newcome. 

Anna,  m.  a  Mr.  Gilbert.     Ch.,  William,  Eugene,  Lillian,  Rebecca. 


Frederick  Claggett,  s.  of  Wentworth  ;  was  a  farmer,  and 

occupied  for  many  years  the  old  homestead  on  the  Unity  road. 

He  was  a   deputy  sheriff'  for  a   number  of  years.      In  1S55   he 

became  high    sheriff  for  the    county,  which  office   he  held  five 

years.     He  d.  June  9,  1S63.     Married   Mirion   Richardson,  of 

Cornish 

\R21fns  P.,  b.  June  20,  1830. 

Mary  Jane,  b.  July  10,  1844;  m..  Mar.  20,  1872,  Henry  P.  Coffin. 


RuFus  P.  Claggett,  s.  of  Frederick  ;  has  been  a  farmer  and 
trader.  He  was  deputy  sheriff  eighteen  years;  was  appointed 
high  sheriff  for  the  county  in  1S71,  and  w^as  reappointed  to  the 
same  office  in  1S76,  which  office  he  now  holds.  He  was  mod- 
erator in  1874,  and  is  a  deacon  in  the  Congregational  church. 
Married  Francis  F.  Carr,  dau.  of  Col.  Benj.  Carr. 

Fred  P.,  b.  Jan.  18,  1869. 


Cliftox  Claggett,  s.  of  Wentworth  Claggett ;  had  his 
early  training  at  Newport  academy;  graduated  at  Dartmouth 
college   in    1S33  ;   studied    medicine   with   Alexander   Bo}^!,   a 


GENEALOGY.  345 

brother-in-law,  in  this  town,  and  David  McQiicstion,  of  Wash- 
ington, and  settled  in  Northfield,  Vt.,  where  he  now  resides, 
and  where  he  has  liad  a  successful  practice  for  more  than  forty 
years.     M.,  June  9,  1S33,  Catharine  Emerson. 

Charles  Clifton,  b.  Au<^.,  1840;  m.,  Jan.,  1868;  he   has  an  extensive 

dry  goods  store  at  Montreal,  P.  Q. 
William,  b.  Sept.,  1850. 


Ekastus  B.  Claggett,  s.  of  Wentworth  Claggett ;  b.  May 
9,  1S15  ;  had  his  preparatory  training  at  the  Kimball  Union 
Academy  ;  graduated  at  Dartmouth  college  in  the  class  of  1S41, 
and  at  the  Andover  Theological  Seminary  in  the  class  of  1844. 
He  was  settled  as  pastor  of  the  Congregational  churcli  at  Lynde- 
borough,  where  he  continued  to  occupy  the  pulpit  for  twenty- 
four  years.  He  subsequently  resided  a  few  years  in  Nashua, 
from  whence  he  removed  to  New  Fairfield,  Conn.,  where  he 
resided  until  his  death,  in  June,  1877.  During  his  student  life 
at  Kinil)all  Union  Academy,  at  the  graduating  exercises,  he  won 
the  prize  for  the  best  speaking.     He  was  a  fluent,  easy  talker. 

CLARK. 

Ephraim  Clark  came  from  Hillsborough  in  1805,  and  set- 
tled on  the  S.  Clark  farm,  on  East  mountain.  Married  Nancy 
Travis. 

Mary  S.,  b.  Oct.  14,  1809;  m.  Riifus  Sawyer,  of  Henniker. 

Lucinda  T.,  b.  Dec.  2,  181 1  ;  m.  Abijah  Dudley. 

]Seiaell,  b.  Apr.  2,  18 14. 

Nancy  B.,  b.  Sept.  2,  1816;  is  an  experienced  nurse;  r.  at  Concord. 


Sewell  Clark,  s.  of  Ephraim  Clark  ;  was  a  farmer,  and  re- 
mained for  several  years  at  tiie  old  homestead  on  East  moun- 
tain. He  subsequently  sold  out,  came  to  the  village,  and  pur- 
chased a  planing  mill,  which  he  continued  to  operate  during  his 
life.    Married  Laura  W.  Cutts. 

^Arthur  IV.,  b.  May  9,  1841. 


Arthur  W.  Clark,  s.  of  Sewell  Clark  ;  operated,  in  con- 
nection with  his  father,  a  joiners  shop  while  his  father  lived. 
He  was  for  a  while  connected  with  L.  Whittemore  in  the  sash 


34^  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

and  blind  business,  since  which  time  he  has  been  engaged  in 
W.  L.  Dow's  wood  factory.  He  m.  Helen  S.  Adams,  dau.  of 
Rev.  Paul  S.Adams,  b.  May  21,  1S47. 

Susie  L.,  b.  Mar.  9,  1870.  Ethelyn,  b.  Aug.  7,  1872. 

CLEMENT. 

Jonathan  W.  Clement  came  here  from  Franklin,  and  car- 
ried on  the  carriage  business,  in  connection  with  Maj.  David 
Harris,  at  the  Samuel  E.  George  building  on  Central  St.,  until 
his  death,  which  occurred  Sept.  15,  1838,  at  the  age  of  38  years. 
Married  Margaret  A.  Aiken,  a  dau.  of  Andrew  Aiken. 

"Jay  IV.,  b.  Jan.  31,  1839;  '''^  was  bred  a  tailor,  but  d.  at  comparatively 
early  age. 


Dean  S.  Clement,  s.  of  Hon.  Jonathan  C.  Clement,  of 
Unity.  He  was  here  in  trade  in  various  branches  of  business 
until  his  death,  July  15,  1S64,  at  the  age  of  28  years.  M.,  Aug. 
14,  i860,  Ellen  R.,  dau.  of  Chester  Averill. 


Samuel  Clement,  b.  Dec.  22,  1826;  a  farmer;  came  here 
in  1S72  from  Moultonborough,  N.  H.,  and  settled  on  the  H. 
Messer  place,  in  the  north-west  corner  of  the  town.  Married 
Augusta  Brown. 

EUzabetJi,  b.  Jan.  29,  1857.  Beitjmttiti  F.,  b.  Mar.  8,  1859. 

Nathaniel  C,  b.  July  28,  1862.         Orren,  b.  July  22,  1870. 

CLOUGH. 

Orren  Tracy  Clough,  a  shoemaker  and  farmer;  s.  of  The- 
ophilus  ;  b.  Jan.  8,  1831,  at  Springtield  ;  came  to  this  town  in 
1875,  and  settled  on  the  N.  Smith  farm,  on  the  Goshen  road; 
m.,  Feb.  24,  i860,  Julian  Ann  Lane,  of  Raymond,  b.  July  3, 
1834. 

Elias  Scuyler,  b.  May  16,  1867.       Fanny  Grace,  b.  Nov.  2,  1870. 

COFFIN. 

Perley  S.  Coffin,  b.  at  South  Royalston,  Mass.,  Jan.  13, 
1818  ;  came  to  this  town  in  1840,  and,  in  connection  with  John 


GENEALOGY.  347 

Puffer,  erected  the  original  Sugar  River  Mills,  and  carried  on 
business  in  company  vvitii  D.J.  Goodrich,  and  later  with  Seth 
and  Dexter  Ricliards,  until  after  the  close  of  the  war.  In  1S67 
the  partnership  was  dissolved,  and  the  same  year,  in  connection 
with  William  Nourse,  he  built  the  Granite  State  Mills,  where 
they  now  operate.  He  was  a  representative  in  1873  and  1873. 
He  is  sympathizing,  public-spirited,  and  generous,  hence  is  a 
valuable  neighbor.  'He  m.  Louisa  Mann;  m.,  2d,  Emily  Rich- 
ards, dau.  of  Capt.  Scth  Richards. 

\Henry  P.,  b.  Jan.  12,  1845. 


Henry  P.  Coffin,  s.  of  Perley  S.  Coffin.  Early  in  life  he 
became  a  clerk  in  Richards  store  in  this  town,  and  has  al- 
ways followed  the  mercantile  business.  On  arriving  at  his  ma- 
turity, he  formed  a  partnership  with  E.  C.  Converse  and  S. 
M.  Richards.  Shortly,  however,  the  two  latter  sold  out  to  Abia- 
thar  Richards,  which  partnership,  under  the  name  of  Richards 
&  Coffin,  has  since  continued  business  at  the  old  stand  in  the 
Richards  block.  He  has  been  a  town-clerk  several  years.  He 
has  been  the  prominent  bass  singer  in  the  South  choir  for  sev- 
eral years.  Married  Sarah  VValcott,  d.  Feb.  5,  1871  ;  m.,  2d, 
May  26,  1873,  Mary  J.Claggett,  b.  July  10,  1S44. 

Eiige?ie  H.,  b.  Oct.  7,  1870.  Nelson  P.,  b.  June  10,  1873. 

Emily,  b.  July  26,  1875. 


Samuel  B.  Coffin,  a  brother  of  Perley  S.  Coffin  ;  b.  Jan.  8, 
1823,  at  South  Royalton,  Mass.  He  was  early  trained  to  the 
woollen  manufacture.  He  was  engaged  in  the  business  in  Ver- 
mont, in  Winchendon,  Mass.,  and  in  this  state,  prior  to  com- 
ing to  this  town.  He  is  now  engaged  at  the  Granite  Mills. 
Married  Emeline  Atwood,  of  Londonderry,  Vt. 

Silas  C,  b.  Dec.  16,  1851.  He  has  always  followed  the  trade  of  his 
father,  and  is  now  engaged  at  the  Granite  Mills.  He  m.,  Oct.  9, 
1877.  .Mary  E.  Darling,  dau.  of  Lucius  \V.  Darling. 

Minnie  E.  French,  b.  Dec.  29,  1864. 


Nancy  M.  Coffin,  a  sister  of  the  above;  m.  Francis  W. 
Thissell. 


34^  HISTORY   OF   NEWPORT. 


COLBY. 

Parson  S.  Colby,  b.  at  Warner,  Apr.  26,  1784  ;  d.  May  17, 
1855  :  came  here  while  a  young  man,  and  settled  in  the  south- 
west part  of  the  town,  on  the  W.  Colby  farm.  Married  Han- 
nah Johnson,  who  d,  Feb.  11,  1S43,  aged  57  years. 

Johnson,  b.  Oct.  Oct.  21,  1808. 
Warren,  b.  Apr.  25,  1821  ;  killed  in  the  war. 
Priscilla,  b.  Apr.  14,  1823  ;  d.  at  21. 
Elliot,  b.  Dec.  9,  1830;  d.  at  18. 


Abner  Colby  came  from  Henniker  ;  m.,  Jul}'  6,  1774,  Anna 
Silver. 

Sanison,  b.  May  i,  1775.  Betsey,  b.  March  6,  1779. 

Anna,  b.  Mar.  7,  1781.  Sally,  b.  May  12,  1783. 

Judith,  b.  June  8,  1785. 


Nicholas  Colby  came  from  Henniker  in  1806. 

Eli  Howe,  b.  Jan.  27,  1806.  Lois  M.,  b.  Feb.  26,  1807. 

Ruth,  b.  Nov,  16,  1808.  Polly  Oaks,  b.  Aug.  31,  1810. 

COMSTOCK. 

AsAHEL,  Luther,  Charles,  Jonathan,  and  George  Com- 
STOCK  came  to  this  town  from  Killingworth,  Conn.  Asahel 
m.,Nov.  23, 1810,  Lucy  Dudley.  Luther  m.  Selah  Wilmarth, 
and  moved  to  Canada,  where  he  had  a  familv. 


Charles  Comstock,  b.  Aug.  25,  17S8  ;  d.  Aug.  11,  1854.  ^^ 
was  a  farmer,  residing  in  the  west  pai"t  of  the  town.  M.,  Dec. 
7,  1818,  Betsey  Kimball,  b.  Sept.  i,  1796,  d.  Oct.  21,  1822  ;  m., 
2d,  Dec.  5,  1825,  Sally  Baker,  b.  Sept.  2,  iSoi.  His  widow 
resides  at  Kelleyville. 

\Francis  IV.,  b.  Nov.  25,  1819. 

Charles  Henry,  b.  Sept.  6,  182 1  ;  d.  young. 

Betsey  K.,  b.  May  7,  1827  ;  m.,  Feb.  22,  1848,  Cyrus  B.  Howe  ;  m.,  2d, 

James  Call. 
Charles  Henry,  b.  Mar.  9,  1844;  d.,  Feb.  18,  1862,  in  the  army. 


GENEALOGY.  349 

Francis  W.  Comstock,  s.  of  Charles  Comstock  ;  b.  Nov.  25, 
1819;  d.  Oct.  2,  1S59.  He  was  naturally  a  fine  scliolar,  and 
had  a  good  education.  lie  was  an  enterprising  business  man  ; 
he  built  the  carriage  factory  which  was  burned  in  1878,  and 
several  dwellings,  some  in  this  town  and  some  in  Claremont. 
M.,  June  xo,  1S47,  Emeline  Iloyt,  dau.  of  Joseph  S.  lioyt. 


Jonathan  Comstock  lived  at  Kelleyville  on  the  farm  now 
occupied  by  Isaac  Qiiimby,  where  he  carried  on  farming,  and 
kept  a  hotel  after  the  opening  of  the  new  road  to  Claremont. 
His  presence  there  gave  the  name  to  Comstock  brook.  Married 
Mary  Connor.     He  d.  Apr.  8,  1842,  aged  48  years. 

Walter  PV.,  his  only  son,  was  a  musician.    Married  Mary  Greeley;  he 

d.  Apr.  26,  1843,  aged  26  years. 
Abigail  P.,  his  only  daughter,  m.,  Dec.  4,  1838,  Woodbridge  Odlin,  a 

merchant  in  Concord,  where  they  still  reside. 


George  Comstock  lived  on  the  William  Endicott  farm,  near 
Kelleyville.  In  connection  with  his  farming,  he  drove  for  many 
years  a  six-horse  team  between  this  town  and  Boston.  Married 
Eunice  Wilmarth.  He  d.  Mar.  26,  1836,  aged  80  years  ;  she  d. 
July  27,  1859,  ''iged  S3. 

\Hial,  b.  Dec.  30,  1802.  ^Oliver,  b.  May  21,  1809. 

\Gcorge,  b.  Nov.  17,  1810. 

Lavina,  m.  Putnam  George;  she  d.  Aug.  6,  1869,  aged  64  years. 

Ef/tily,  m.  Roswell  White;  r.  in  Canada. 

Tryphcna,  unmarried.  Betsey,  d.  Nov.  8,  1833,  aged  19. 

Mary  A.,  m.  Ebenezer  Cheney. 

HiAL  Comstock,  s.  of  George  Comstock  ;  b.  Dec.  30,  1802  ; 
remained  for  several  years  at  the  old  homestead.  He  was  a 
soldier  in  the  war  of  the  Rebellion  ;  was  in  the  i6th  Regt.,  and 
d.  in  the  service.  M.,  Nov.  6,  1834,  Elizabeth  Clark,  b.  June 
29,  1817. 

yusiinc  /r..  b.  Sept.  26,  1835;  "■'•  Gardner  Sweet. 

Geon^e  H.,  b.  July  26,  1837  ;  d.  Apr.  26,  1873  5  ™-  Hattle  Crooker ;  ch., 

'Ida. 
Alary  E.,  b.  June  9,  1843;  d.  Dec.  19,  i860. 

Oliver  Comstock,  s.  of  George  Comstock;  b.  May  21, 
1809.     He  owned  and  operated  his  saw-mill  in  the  east  part  of 


3 so  HISTORY   OF   NEWPORT. 

the  town  :  he  sold  out,  and  purchased  the  D.  Kidder  farm  in 
the  north-east  part  of  the  town,  and  operated  there  at  farming 
until  his  death,  Nov.  17,  1877.  ^^  '^^^  ^^  industrious  worker. 
M.,  Jan.  14,  1S41,  Emily  Ayer,  of  Claremont. 

George  H.,  b.  Nov.  3,  1842  ;  is  a  farmer  on  the  old  homestead. 
Martha  M.,  b.  July  13,  1844. 


George  Comstock,  s.  of  George  Comstock  ;  b.  Nov.  17, 
1810;  lived  at  East  Newport.  He  w^as  a  soldier  in  the  ist 
Regt.  at  the  beginning  of  the  Rebellion.  M.,  Mar.  22,  1854, 
Mary  J-  Sargent,  b.  Aug.  13,  1833. 

Frank  P.,  b.  Mar.  5,  1855.  Fred  M.,  b.  Mar.  4,  1859. 


Samuel  H.  Comstock  ow^ned  and  lived  for  some  time  on  the 
J.  Wilcox  farm  on  the  Unity  road,  now  occupied  by  Freeman 
Cutting,  owning  the  south  half  of  the  meadow  lot.  Married 
Fandacy  Parmelee,  d.  of  Ezra  Parmelee,  b.  Apr,  7,  1793  ;  m., 
2d,  Pamela  Parmelee,  a  sister,  b.  Apr.  9,  1786. 

CONVERSE. 

Eleazer  C.  Converse,  b.  June  23,  1827  ;  came  here  from 
Lyme  in  1849,  and  was  a  clerk  in  the  store  of  Mudget  &  Hig- 
bee.  He  was  for  a  while  in  the  dry  goods  trade,  but  early  be- 
came a  druggist.  He  has  had  an  extensive  trade,  and  been  a 
popular  dealer.  He  has  been  a  telegraph  operator  since  its 
first  introduction  into  town.  He  has  held  several  town  offices. 
He  was  moderator  in  1867,  1S75,  1876,  and  1878.  He  was 
town-clerk  in  1861  and  1862,  and  a  representative  in  1873 ; 
was  for  several  years  a  candidate  for  register  of  deeds  for  Sulli- 
van county. 

Alzira,  b.  Nov.  7,  1849.  Ajina  M.,  b.  May  14,  1852. 

Sarah,  b.  Oct.  25,  1857.  Hattie  C,  b.  Feb.  4,  1865. 

Eleazer  C,  b.  Oct.  17,  1868. 

COOPER. 

John  B.  Cooper,  s.  of  Charles  A.  Cooper ;  b.  at  Wal- 
pole,  N.  H.,  Feb.  14,  1841  ;  came  to  Newport  in  1857.  He 
learned  the  blacksmiths'  trade  of  D.  B.  Chapin,  and  was  after- 


GENEALOGY,  351 

wards  in  business  with  him  ;  was  selectman  in  iS66  and  1867, 
representative  to  the  legislature  in  1S68  and  1S69,  door-keeper 
of  the  N.  II.  House  of  Representatives  in  1S74  and  1S75,  and 
delegate  to  the  constitutional  convention  in  1876.  [See  Record 
of  Rebellion.]  M.,  Aug.  23,  1S62,  Mary  O.  Moody,  b.  March 
18,  1S40. 

Mark  Olif,  b.  June  24,  1866. 

CORBIN. 

James  Corbin  [see  Physicians],  m.  Lois  Kibbie,  of  Somers, 
Conn. 

\ Austin,  b.  Nov.  28,  1791. 

Lois,  b.  Jan.  19,  1794;  m.,  Mar.  22,  1812,  Hon.  Eleazer  Jackson,  of 
Cornish,  who  was  a  representative,  a  judge  of  probate,  a  county 
commissioner,  and  senator,  and  was  a  popular  and  influential  man 
in  his  town.  Ch.,  Louisa,  b.  Jan.  6,  1813;  m.  Dr.  John  L.  Blan- 
chard  ;  he  d.  in  1861  ;  she  d.  in  1872.  Marietta,  b.  June  3,  1S15; 
m.  Stephen  Ford;  m.,  2d,  S.  C.  Moulton ;  she  d.  Nov.  28,  1878, 
at  St.  Louis,  Mo.  James  C.  b.  Aug.  22,  1818;  m.,  June  5,  1849, 
Mary  W.  Child  ;  he  is  in  the  practice  of  medicine  at  Hartford,  Conn. 
Huldah,  b.  Aug.  27,  1820;  m.  James  iVL  Davidson;  d.  Oct.  23, 
1869,  at  Cornish.  Eleazer,  b.  Aug.  13,  1823;  m.,  Jan.  i,  1851, 
Matilda  J.  Farnum ;  he  d.  May  3,  1876,  at  Albany,  N.  Y.  Charles 
E.,  b.  July  19,  1827;  m.,  Oct.  8,  1855,  Judith  C.  Bryant,  of  Cor- 
nish; he  was  a  representative  from  Cornish  in  1877. 

jfatnes,  b.  Apr.  17,  1796;  received  his  early  training  under  the  cele- 
brated Jonah  Griswold,  at  Baptist  hill,  and  after  a  private  tuition 
under  the  Rev.  Mr.  Wines,  studied  medicine  in  his  father's  office; 
after  which  he  went  to  Canada  to  practise  his  profession.  Married 
Elizabeth  Nichols,  of  Burlington,  Vt.     Ch.,  Louisa,  May. 

Mary  Ann,  b.  Jan.  18,  1798 ;  m.  Samuel  Hurd,  Jr.  ;  m.,  2d,  Adam  Gil- 
more,  of  Bedford. 

Polly,  b.  Sept.  12,  1800;  m.  William  Barnes;  m.,  2d,  Ebenezer  Wat- 
son, of  Claremont. 

^Charles,  b.  July  10,  1802. 

Austin  Corbin,  s.  of  Dr.  James ;  b.  Nov.  28,  1791,  at  Som- 
ers, Conn.,  and  came  to  this  town  with  his  father  the  following 
spring.  His  educational  advantages  were  superior  to  those  of 
most  young  men  of  his  time,  for,  in  addition  to  the  public 
school,  he  enjoyed  a  private  tuition  luider  Rev.  Abijah  Wines. 
During  his  younger  days  he  was  a  successful  and  popular 
teacher.  His  father  being  necessarily  absent  much  of  the  time 
attending  to  his  professional  duties,  the  care  of  the  large  farm, 
stock,  and   hired  help  devolved  ui^on  the   son,  who   was  thus 


352  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

early  trained  to  business.  He  was  a  selectman  in  1S30  and 
1831,  a  representative  in  1S33  and  1S33,  and  in  1S34  a  state 
senator;  was  one  of  a  company  of  tliree  who  purchased 
the  Argzis  establishment  while  at  Claremont,  and  removed  it 
to  this  town ;  was  a  zealous  promoter  of  liberal  Christian- 
ity ;  was  noted  for  his  politeness  and  generous  hospitality. 
He  m.  Mary  Chase,  dau.  of  Daniel  Chase,  of  Claremont ;  d. 
June  14,  1S76. 

Lois,  h.  Dec.  21,  1819;  a  teacher;  m,  William  Dunton. 

^Austin,  b.  July  11,  1827. 

Mary  Ann,  b.  Dec.  17,  1829;  d.  Oct.  28,  1847. 

Daniel  C,  b.  Oct.  i,   1832;  removed  from  N.   H.   to   Iowa   in  1852, 
where  he  was  engaged  in  the  real  estate  business  till  1856,  when 
he  settled  in  Nebraska.     He  resided  at  Nebraska  City  until  the  dis- 
covery of  gold  in  the  vicinity  of  Pike's  Peak.     He  was  among  the 
first  to  go  there,  and  located  at  Denver.  Col.,  in   i860.     He  very 
soon  thereafter  became  largely  engaged  in  transportation  of  goods 
across  the  Plains  to  the  new  gold  regions,  not   only  in  Colorado, 
but  in  Utah,  Idaho,  Montana,  and  Wyoming.     He  finally  settled  at 
Helena,  Montana,  in  1865,  and  was  for  some  years  heavily  inter- 
ested there  in  general  merchandise.     In  1868  he  purchased,  with 
one  other  gentleman,  a  controlling  interest  in  the  First  National 
Bank  at  that  place,  and  continued  from  that  time  forward  to  man- 
age its  affairs,  until  he  left  in  fall  of  1876.     He  then  sold  his  inter- 
est in  the  bank,  and  removed  to  New  York  city,  where  he  associ- 
ated himself  with  his  brother  Austin  in  the  building  of  the  "Man- 
hattan Beach  Railway,"  and  the  improvement  of  its  estate  on  the 
ocean.     He  became  the  managing  director  of  the  whole  enterprise, 
and  continues  to  occupy  that  position.     The  great  success  of  this 
work  is  largely  owing  to  his  energy  and  good  management;  indeed, 
all  his  business  operations  have  been  carried  forward  with  marked 
ability,  and  he  has  always  taken  the  highest  rank  as  a  gentleman  of 
the  strictest  integrity  and  honor.    Married  Louisa  Jackson.     Ch., 
Austin  C,  b.  Sept.  24,  1863  ;  Grace. 
Sarah  Emily,  b.  Feb.  14,  1835;  "">•'  May  i,  1862,  True  W.  Childs,  of 
Millbury,  Mass.,  now  a  successful  merchant  at  Toledo,  O.     Ch., 
Austin  C,  b.  Mar.  20,  1864;  Grace,  b.  1870. 
James,  b.  Mar.  24,  1838;  was  for  a  number  of  years  at  the  West,  but 
returned  to  this  town  and  pursued  a  course  of  law  in  the  office  of 
Burke  &  Wait,  after  which  he  went  to  Santa  Fe,  New  Mexico,  and 
commenced  the  practice  of  his  profession,  where  he  now  resides. 


Austin  Corbin,  s.  of  Hon.  Austin  Corbin  [see  Lawyers, 
also  Literature]  ;  m.,  Aug.  16,  1853,  Hannah  M.,  dau.  of  Sim- 
eon and  Hannah  (Haven)  Wheeler,  and  grand-daughter  of  Rev. 
Jacob  Haven,  of  Croydon. 

Mary,  b.  Sept.  6,  1855,  the  eldest  dau. ;  graduated  at  the  Packer  Col- 
legiate Institute  in  1872.     In   1873  she  visited  Europe  to  perfect 


GENEALOGY.  353 

herself  in  French,  German,  and  Italian;  remained  two  years  in 
those  countries,  and  became  thorou^^hly  proficient  in  all  these  lan- 
guages. She  returned  to  the  United  States  in  1875;  remained  at 
home  till  the  following  year,  and  then,  with  other  meml^ers  of  the 
family,  revisited  Eurojje,  where  she  resided  till  June,  1S78.  She 
then  came  to  New  York,  and  on  the  23d  of  October  following  was 
married  to  Rene  Cheronnet  Champollion,  of  Paris,  and  sailed  again 
for  France  Nov.  2d,  of  the  same  year,  where  she  now  resides.  Her 
husband  is  a  grandson  of  the  eminent  French  scholar,  Jean  Fran- 
cois Champollion,  who  was  the  first  person  that  succeeded  in  trans- 
lating the  mysterious  symbols  and  hyeroglyphics  of  the  Egyptian 
pyramids  and  of  the  Rosette  stone,  and  in  whose  honor  a  chair  of 
Egyptian  Antiquities  was  founded  in  the  College  of  France  by  roy- 
al decree. 

Isabel,  b.  Oct.  30,  1858.  Anna,  b.  Feb.  26,  1863. 

IVilliajn,  d.  young.  Austin  P.,  b.  Aug.  26,  1872. 


Charles  Corrin,  s.  of  Dr.  James;  b,  July  10,  1802;  d.  Aug. 
1 1,  1S59.  lie  occupied  for  many  years  the  old  homestead  on  the 
hill  between  the  village  and  Northville.  He  was  a  colonel  in 
the  31st  Regt.,  and  was  a  selectman  in  1S35  '^'^^  ^^36.  He  m., 
December,  1S29,  Olive  M.  Fitch,  of  Keene,  who  d.  March  12, 
1S60,  aged  59  years. 

Arabella  Frances,  b.  Oct.  29,   1830;  m.  Elijah  D.  Hastings;  r.  at  St. 

Louis,  Mo. 
Mary  F.,  b.  Jan.  13,   1833  ;  d.  March  25,  1853. 
Charles  James,  b.  April  5,  1836. 


Asa  Corbin,  b.  Jan.  15,  17S0;  m.,  Jan.  22,  1805,  Lucy 
Jenckes,  b.  March  15,  17S3,  who  d.  Jan.  4,  1S06. 

CRANE. 

Sanford  L.  Crane,  b.  Oct.  9,  1S49,  at  Chester,  Vt.  ;  came 
here  in  1S72.  He  is  a  joiner,  and  has  been  engaged  in  the 
business  since  coming  to  town.  Married  S.Lizzie  Reed,  dau. 
of  Jonathan  Reed. 

Lillie  M.,  b.  Dec.  24,  1875. 


George  F.  Crane  came  to  this  town  in  1S55  ;  r.  at  Kelley- 
ville  ;  was  in  the  14th  Regt.  during  the  Rebellion.  M.,  Jan.  i, 
1S54,  Jane  B.  Wright,  of  Washington. 

Mary  A.,  b.  Sept.  5,  1859.  Franz  R.,  b.  May  28,  1862. 

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354  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 


CROSBY. 


Hiram  Crosby,  s.  of  Capt.  Prince  Crosby,  of  Croydon  ;  was 
a  modest,  sober  appearing  man,  but  always  full  of  conundrums 
and  practical  jokes.  He  was  several  times  chosen  tythingman. 
On  one  occasion  the  town  '■'•Resolved^  That,  in  view  of  his  em- 
inent jitness  for  the  office,  no  other  tythingman  be  chosen."  He 
d.  Nov.  22,  1840,  aged  44.  Married  Betsey  Cutting,  dau.  of 
Jonas  Cutting,  who  d.  Aug.  22,  1S30,  aged  28  ;  m.,  2d,  May  19, 
1830,  Betsey  Hall. 

CROSSETT. 

Isaac  A.  Crossett,  a  teamster  ;  b.  Apr.  8,  1835  ;  came  from 
Bellows  Falls,  Vt.  ;   m.  Emily  M.  Parrish,  b,  Nov.  14,  1835. 

Enwia  A.,  b.  Oct.  16,  1857;  m.  Millard  F.  Thompson.     Ch.,  Morton 

E.,  b.  Sept.  10,  1877. 
William  S.,  b.  Sept.  21,  1859.  Herbert  P.,  b.  Dec.  18,  1870. 

CROWELL. 

Jonathan  Crowell,  b.  June  25,  1764,  at  Haverhill,  Mass. ; 
came  to  this  town  in  1800;  settled,  first,  on  the  C.  Cutts  place, 
afterwards  on  the  John  Buell  farm.  Married  Annah  Corliss,  of 
Haverhill,  Mass.,  b.  Mar.  9,  1764. 

Betsey,  b.  Feb.  28,  1785  ;  d.  i860;  m.  Jedediah  Sanders. 

Nancy,  b.  June  ig,  1786;  d.  1836;  m.  William  Dow.     [See  Dow.] 

John,  b.  Apr.  7,  1788;  m.  Nancy  Greenleaf,  of  Haverhill. 

^Samuel,  b.  Dec.  17,  1789;  m.  Hannah  Emory,  of  Newbury. 

Sally,  b.  May  12,  1792;  m.  Israel  Shepherd,  of  Boscawen. 

Jonathan,  b.   Feb.   4,  1795;  d.  1850;  m.  Betsey  Ayer,  of  Haverhill, 

Mass. 
Peter,  b.  Nov.  27,  1796;  m.  Rachel  Angell,  of  Sunapee,  Dec.  9,  1830. 
Polly,  b.  May  2,  1799;  m.  Joseph  Lear,  of  Goshen. 
Eleanor,  b.  May  i,  1801  ;  m.  Nehemiah  Lear,  of  Goshen. 
Hazen,  b.  Sept.  28,  1803;  m.  Celia  Angell,  of  Sunapee. 
Lavina,  b.  July  14,  1806;  d.  Aug.  7,  1876;  m.  Barnard  George. 

Samuel  Crowell,  s.  of  Jonathan  Crowell ;  lived  on  Colt 
mountain,  at  the  end  of  Summer  street  road,  on  the  place  now 
occupied  by  his  son  Peter.  Married  Hannah  Emory,  of  New- 
bury.    He  d.  Feb.  13,  1S67. 


GENEALOGY.  355 

\Samucl,  b.  Apr.  5,  181 5. 

Amanda  AT.,  b.  June  23.  1817;  m.,  Dec.  20,  1843,  John  Kelley,  who  d. 
Au<(.  7,  1871;  m.,  2cl,  Nov.  28,  1872,  Asa  F.  Merrill,  of  Holder- 
ness  ;  r.  at  Newport. 

Harriet  D.,  b.  May  18,  1819;  m.,  Dec.  9,  1838,  Jackson  Reed.  He 
was  a  soldier  during  the  civil  war. 

\James  IV.,  b.  June  19,  1821. 

William  E.,  b.  July  28,  1823  ;  m.,  in  1851,  Adeline  Harding,  of  Croy- 
don. In  1852  went  to  California,  where  he  has  since  been  engaged 
in  mining. 

\Jonatltan,  b.  July  4,  1825.  '[Peter,  b.  Sept.  21,  1827. 

John  B.,  b.  Oct.  9,  1829;  m.,  Apr.  3,  1851,  Sarah  F.  Dainof,  of  Lunen- 
burg, Vt.    He  d.  June  11,  1878,  at  Napa  City,  Cal. 

Hannah  B.,h.  Apr.  2,  1833;  m.,  Oct.  6,  1850,  Rev.  Calvin  H.  Fletch- 
er ;  r.  at  Newport. 

Amos  E.,  b.  June  15,  1835;  r.  in  Cal.,  where  for  many  years  he  has 
been  engaged  in  the  gold  mines. 


Samuel  Crowell,  s.  of  Samuel ;  b.  Apr.  5,  1815  ;  is  a  farm- 
er ;  lives  in  the  west  part  of  the  town,  near  Blueberry  ledge,  on 
what  was  long  known  as  the  Webster  place  ;  has  a  large  farm. 
M.,  Dec.  22,  1S42,  Lois  Powers,  of  Croydon. 

Baron  S.,  b.  Nov.  8,  1844;  d.  June  17,  1872.  He  was  an  invalid  most 
of  his  life,  made  so  by  an  imprudent  bath  taken  when  too  warm. 
He  was  a  fine  scholar,  and  wrote  many  articles  for  the  press,  both 
in  prose  and  poetry.  He  originated  the  project  of  publishing  the 
History  of  Newport,  by  causing  an  article  calling  for  it  to  be  insert- 
ed in  the  warrant  calling  the  annual  town-meeting:. 


James  W.  Crowell,  s.  of  Samuel,  senior;  b.  June  19,  1821  ; 
a  farmer  ;   r.  in  the  west  part  of  the  town  ;   m.  Abigail  Hariis. 

Maroa  //.,  b.  Sept.  16,  1847  ;  d.  March  25,  1877. 
Harriet,  m..  Mar.,  1877,  Chas.  Osgood,  of  Claremont. 


Jonathan  Crowell,  s.  of  Samuel,  senior ;  b.  July  4,  1S25  ; 
was  a  soldier  during  the  Rebellion  ;  enlisted  in  September, 
1S63,  and  served  bravely  in  the  cause  of  his  country  until  his 
death,  which  occurred  Sept.  S,  1S64.  M.,  June,  1S53,  Harriet 
Page. 

Isabel,  b.   May  20,    1854;  m.   June    12,    1875,    Lewis  J.    Hastings,  b. 

Mar.  24,  1850. 
Frank  C,  b.  Oct.  2,  1855  ;  a  book  agent  at  New  York. 


Peter  Crowell,  s.  of  Samuel,  senior;  b.  Sept.  21,  1S27  ; 


356  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

r..  at  the  homestead,  south  slope  of  Coit  mountain  ;  was  a  soldier 
nearly  three  years  during  the  Rebellion  ;  m.,  Sept.  21,  1854, 
Melita  A.  Huntoon  ;  m.,  zd,  Jan.  2,  1870,  Susan  A.  Sanborn,  of 
Croydon. 

George  IV.,  b.  Oct.  22,  1855  ;  d.  Jan.  5,  1859. 
Fred  F.,  b.  July  9,  1857.  Lois  O.,  b.  June  24,  1859. 

Archie  F.,  b.  May  20,  1866.  J.  Ralph,  b.  July  30,  1868. 

yosie  M.,  b.  Feb.  14,  1870.  Leaiuia  H.,  b.  July  28,  1871. 

George  T.,  b.  Mar.  16,  1874.  Alice  C,  h.  Jan.  6,  1876. 

Clinton  R.,  b.  Jan.  20,  1878. 

CURRIER. 

Nathan  Currier,  a  farmer;  b.  May  5,  1783;  d.  April  6, 
1857  '  came  from  Amesbury,  Mass.,  his  native  town,  to  this 
place  in  1806,  and  settled  on  the  Benj.  N.  Muzzey  place,  on 
Buell  hill,  where  he  spent  the  remainder  of  his  life.  M.,  in 
March,  1805,  Ruth  Dow,  of  Plaistow,  who  d.  May  20,  1869, 
aged  83. 

Oliver,  b.  Feb.  9,  1806;  m.,  Oct.  21,  1839,  Sarah  Chandler,  of  New- 
bury. 

Mary,  b.  June  24,  1813;  m.  Solomon  Pierce;  r.  at  Unity. 

Rebecca,  b.  Oct.  27,  1819;  m.  Benj.  N.  Muzzey;  ch.,  Lora,  b.  Apr.  22, 
1857. 


D.  M.  Currier  [see  Physicians]. 


Daniel  H.  Currier,  s.  of  David  ;  b.  Sept.  6,  1829,  at  Ac- 
worth  ;  a  joiner;  came  to  this  town  in  1849;  m.,  Nov.  21, 
1850,  Sarah  Ann  Crandall,  of  Concord,  b.  Jan.  20,  1834. 

Charles  P.,  b.  Mar.  12,  i860.  Ida  B.,  b.  Nov.  12,  1862. 

George  W.,  b.  Aug.  8,  1865.  Elsie  Jane,  b.  Feb.  12,  1868. 

Freddie,  b.  Nov.  12,  1870.  Elsie  Amanda,  b.  Dec.  5,  1874. 

CUSHING. 

James  Cushing,  for  several  years  a  merchant  here,  was  a  na- 
tive of  Goffstown,  and  s.  of  Dr.  John  Cushing.  He  d.  at  Low- 
ell, Mass.,  in  1846,  aged  46.  Backgammon,  since  so  fashion- 
able a  game,  was    introduced  into  town  by  him. 


Benjamin  B.  Cushing,  a  jeweller,  had  an  establishment  for 
several  years  in  the  old  Richards  block,  where  he  carried  on 


GENEALOGY.  35/ 

his  business.  lie  was  a  fine  penman.  He  was  town-clerk  in 
1839.  ^^^  went  from  here  to  Frankfort,  Me.,  turned  his  atten- 
tion to  the  lumber  trade,  and  there  carried  on  an  extensive  busi- 
ness, getting  out  some  12,000,000  feet  of  lumber  per  aiuium. 

Adeline  P.,  b.  Mar.  7,  1836.  Ann  B.,  b.  Oct.  26,  1837. 

CUTTS. 

Reuben  Cutts,  b.July  7,  1802,  at  Goshen,  has  for  many 
years  r.  in  the  east  part  of  the  town.  He  m.,  Feb.  14,  1828, 
Mehitable  E.  Cheney,  dau.  of  Richard,  b.  Sept.  16,  1803.  They 
had  a  golden  wedding  in  1S7S. 

Elizabeth,  b.  Nov.  30,  1828.  Joseph  D.,  b.  Sept.  23,  1830. 

^George  IV.,  b.  Oct.  30,  1831.  {.l/ulreiu  J.,  b.  Dec.  i,  1832  (twin). 
Martin  Van  Buren,  b.  Dec.  i,  1832  (twin);  lives  at  the  B.  Logue  farm  on 

the  Unity  road;  m.,  May  5,  1861,  Jemima  P.  Oilman,  of  Unity,  b. 

Feb.  14,  1839,  d.  Mar.  29,  1876.     Ch.,  Emma  G.,  b.  May  19,  1871. 
^Edwin,  b.  Sept.  27,  1836.  \Lorenzo  L.,  b.  May  31,  1842. 

Angelijia,  b.  June  23,  1844;  m.  Arlan  M.  Gove. 


George  Washington  Cutts,  s.  of  Reuben  Cutts  ;  b.  Oct. 
30,  1831  ;  is  a  farmer,  and  lives  on  the  Comstock  brook  at  the 
C.  Kelsey  place,  south  of  Kelleyville.  M.,  Apr.  22,  1S58,  Eu- 
nice B.  Wright,  b.  June  23,  1839. 

Henry  A.,  b.  Jan.  30,  1S59.  Austin  E.,  b.  Dec.  3,  i860. 

Joseph  D.,  b.  Feb.  9,  1864.  George  B.,  b.  June  6,  1868. 

Herbert,  b.  Oct.  27,  1871. 


Andrew  J.  Cutts,  s.  of  Reuben  ;  b.  Dec.  i,  1832  ;  a  farmer, 
and  lives  at  the  A.  Hurd  place  on  the  Unity  road.  M.,  Aug. 
26,  185S,  Mary  J.  Messer,  of  Goshen,  b.  Apr.  4,  1S37. 

Elber  R.,  b.  Oct.  8,  1862.  Etta  M.,  b.  Mar.  26,  1S64. 

Archie  Laforest,  b.  Dec.  i,  1S68. 

Edwin  Cutts,  s.  of  Reuben  Cutts  ;  b.  Sept.  27,  1836  ;  a  join- 
er ;  lives  on  the  Dr.  Gregg  place  at  the  south  part  of  Main 
street.  He  m..  May  18,  1862,  Martha  S.  Lear,  of  Goshen,  b. 
Feb.  28,  1841. 

Alverse  H.,  b.  Jan.  5.  1865.  Ered  M.,  b.  Dec.  24,  1869. 


358  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

Lorenzo  L.  Cutts,  s.  of  Reuben  Cutts  ;  b.  May  21,  1842  ;  a 
farmer ;  remains  at  the  old  homestead.  He  has  an  interest  in 
agriculture,  and  is  an  officer  in  the  granger  organization.  M., 
Mar.  3,  1S63,  Mary  Ann  Rollins,  of  Andover,  b.  July  31,  1843. 

Ann  Adell,  b.  June  30,  1867.  Her/nan  L.,  b.  Mar.  15,  1878. 


WiLi.iAM  Cutts  came  here  from  Goshen;  m.  Olive  Dame. 
He  was  a  farmer,  and  lived  on  East  mountain,  on  the  main  road 
near  the  Sunapee  line. 

Belinda,  Nathan,  Maty,  Betsey,  Joel  D.,  and  Center  L.,  who  m.  Juli- 
ana Hurd.  He  remained  for  several  years  at  the  old  liomestead ; 
now  r.  in  Massachusetts. 


Alvah  Cutts,  a  brother,  m.  Lucy  Piper. 


CUTTING. 


Zebulon,  John,  and  Jonathan  Cutting,  sons  of  Francis 
Cutting,  came  here  from  Worcester  county,  Mass.,  and  were 


among  the  earliest  settlers. 


Zebulon  Cutting  built  on  the  H.  E.  Hanson  place  on  the 
Croydon  road.     He  m.  Abigail  Bemis. 

Susanna,  m.  Daniel  Dudley. 

Sally,  m.  David  Whipple,  of  Croydon. 

Palmer,  m.  Hannah  Woodward.       Abijah,  m.  Pamelia  Ingalls. 

James,  m.  Lavina  Eaton.  Abigail,  m.  David  Putnam. 

Nancy,  m.  Lovell  Shurtliff.  Ele.xis,  m.  Abigail  Hall. 

Zebulon,  m.  Betsey  Fifield.  Sophia,  m.  Alexander  Lamb. 


John  Cutting  built  on  the  Zina  Goldthwaite  place.    He  m. 
Sarah  Trumbull. 

Sally,  m.  Cyius  Hall.  Susatina,  m.  David  Ainsworth. 

Israel,  went  to  Vermont.  John,  m.  a  Miss  Young. 

Rhoda,  m.  Simeon  Edson,  merchant  at  Croydon. 


Jonathan  Cutting  built  on  the  A.  P.  Welcome  place.     He 
m.  Sally  Jones. 

Ahnira,  m.  a  Mr.  Dunbar.  Lucinda,  m.  Daniel  Batchelder. 


GENEALOGY.  359 

Charles,  m.  twice,  to  dauo;hters  of  Abijah  Hall,  of  Croydon.  He  went 
with  liis  team  overland  to  Oregon,  and  was  among  the  earliest  set- 
tlers. On  his  arrival,  he  had  one  dollar  in  his  pocket.  He  broke 
the  land  with  his  team,  and  built  him  a  flouring  mill ;  d.  a  few  years 
since,  leaving  a  family. 

David,  went  to  Vermont.  \yonathan,  m.  Mary  Chapman. 


Jonathan  Cutting,  s.  of  Jonathan  ;  b.  Feb.  3,  1793;  d. 
Mar.  16,  1865.  At  the  age  of  four  years,  on  the  death  of  his 
father,  he  was  bound  to  Jeremiah  Jenckes,  where  he  remained 
during  his  minority.  lie  was  a  great  lover  of  fun,  and  given 
to  jokes,  and  spent  a  hirge  share  of  his  leisure  evenings  at  places 
of  public  resort,  where  crowds  would  always  gather  to  enjoy 
his  anecdotes.  We  will  relate  only  one  of  the  many  stories 
told  of  him.  Once  laboring  for  a  man  whose  love  of  gain  re- 
quired his  hands  to  be  up,  eat  breakfast,  and  be  miles  away  in 
the  woods  with  an  ox-team  before  light,  he  wished  to  give  him 
a  gentle  reminder  that  he  was  asking  too  much,  which  was 
done  in  this  wise:  When  asked  to  pray,  one  morning,  he  com- 
menced thus  :  "We  thank  thee,  O  Lord,  that  thou  hast  brought 
us  in  safety /^?^jr  y^r  through  the  night,  and  if,  in  thy  provi- 
dence, we  are  permitted  to  see  the  light  of  another  day,  may 
we  go  forth  to  its  duties  with  a  cheerful  heart  and  in  thv  fear," 
&c.  The  next  morning  he  was  permitted  to  eat  his  breakfast 
by  daylight.  He  was  a  public-spirited  citizen.  He  was  a  se- 
lectman some  six  years,  and  was  an  active  deacon  in  the  Bap- 
tist church,  laboring  much  to  promote  its  interests.  He  m. 
Mary  Chapman,  b.  Apr.  6,  1803,  d.  June  i,  1849. 

IVilliam  W.,  b.  Aug.  17,  1823;  d.  young. 

Jonathan  Af.,  b.  Nov.  14,  1824;  d.  young. 

Mary  Rosette,  b.  June  25,  1826;  d.  Aug.  9,  1849;  m.  John  H.  Willard, 
a  singer  and  a  teacher  of  music. 

Alice  Sophia,  b.  Oct.  13,  183 1;  m.  Avory  W.  Gore;  r.  at  Cambridge- 
port,  Mass.  Ch.,  Mary  Ella,  b.  Nov.  14,  1853;  m.  John  Camp- 
bell ;  r.  at  Cambridgeport,  Mass.  George  Avory,  b.  Nov.  25,  1857. 
John  R.,  b.  Feb.  25,  1859.  Lizzie  R.,  b.  Jan.  3,  1861.  Avory  W., 
b.  Dec.  2,  1871.     Chandler  R.,  b.  Feb.  5,  1S74. 

William  J/.,  b.  Feb.  17,  1835  ;  d.  young. 

Edna  A.,  b.  Sept.  10,  1837;  d.  young. 

Henry  P.,  b.  Alay  17,  1839;  a  soldier  in  the  Rebellion;  m.  Mary  B. 
Clark,  of  Claremont ;  r.  at  Hillsborough. 

Truman  C,  b.  Nov.  17,  1841  ;  d.  Mar.  24,  1867;  a  soldier  in  the  Re- 
bellion. 


360  HISTORY   OF   NEWPORT. 

Jonas  Cutting,  s.  of  Jonas  Cutting,  of  Croydon,  settled  on 
the  Wm.  Carr  farm,  on  the  Unity  road,  where  he  remained  un- 
til nearly  the  close  of  his  life.  He  was  a  tax-collector  and  dro- 
ver, as  well  as  a  farmer.  He  d.  Nov.  21,  1857,  '^^  ^^""^  age  of  73 
years.  He  m.  Betsey  Eames,  who  d.  Mar.  13,  1845,  aged  66 
years  ;  m.,  2d,  Betsey  McCollum,  who  d.  May  8,  1867,  aged  70. 

\Jonas,  b.  Nov.  3,  1800. 

Betsey,  b.  1802;  m.  Hiram  Crosby;  d.  Aug.  22,  1830. 

Carleton,  b.  1803;  d.  Feb.  6,  1840. 

Cynthia,  b.  May  19,  1807;  m.  Benj.  Rockwell;  d.  1877. 

Adolplnts,  b.  June  25,  181 1  ;  studied  medicine,  graduated,  and  in  1833 
went  to  Oliio,  where  he  has  had  a  pecuniary  and  professional  suc- 
cess. 

Albert,  b.  Oct.  16,  18 18  ;  went  to  Boston. 

Sylvia,  b.  May  22,  1821  ;  m.,  1842,  Frederick  Pierce,  and  went  to 
Windsor,  Vt. 

George,  b.  May  17,  1816;  d.  Oct.  24,  i860;  m.,  j^pr.  6,  1842,  Mahala 
Evans;  b.  Nov.  20,  1820.  Ch.,  Carleton,  b.  Oct.  9,  1843;  d.  Jan. 
28,  1846.  Charles  J.,  a  merchant,  b.  Feb.  10,  1845;  d.  Sept.  10, 
1876. 

Altheda,  m.  Wm.  H.  Dunbar;  d.  Feb.  i,  1840,  aged  30. 


Jonas  Cutting,  s.  of  Jonas  and  Betsey  (Eames)  Cutting, 
grandson  of  Jonas  Cutting,  senior;  b.  Nov.  3,  1800;  came  to 
this  town  in  his  boyhood,  with  his  father,  from  Croydon,  his 
native  place.  He  had  his  preparatory  course  at  Kimball  Union 
Academy,  and  was  graduated  at  Dartmouth  college  in  the  class 
of  1823  ;  read  law  with  Gov.  Hul3bard,  of  Charlestown,  and 
Hon.  Ruel  Williams,  of  Augusta,  Me.,  and  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  in  1826;  practised  his  profession  at  Orono  and  at  Bangor, 
Me.  ;  was  appointed  a  judge  of  the  supreme  judicial  court  in 
that  state  in  1854,  which  position  he  continued  to  hold,  by  suc- 
cessive appointments,  until  1875,  when,  disqualified  by  law  by 
the  limitation  of  age,  he  retired  from  the  bench  which  he  had 
so  long  graced,  leaning  upon  a  golden  staff,  presented  by  the 
members  of  the  bar.  In  1858  his  Alma  Mater  conferred  upon 
him  the  honorary  degree  of  doctor  of  laws.  He  d.  in  1875.  He 
married,  in  1833,  Lucretia  H.  Bennoch,  of  Orono,  Me.  ;  m.,  2d, 
in  1843,  Ann  R.  Fails,  of  Taunton,  Mass.  He  was  noted  for 
his  sterling  integrit}',  and  for  the  keenness  of  his  wit  and  logic. 

Rebecca  D.,  d.  young.  Elizabeth  J.,  d.  at  18. 

Frederick  H.,  d.  at  21. 

Helen  A.,  m.  Dr.  Augustus  C.  Hamlin,  only  s.  of  Hon.  Elijah  L.  Ham- 
lin, brother  of  the  late  vice-president. 


GENEALOGY.  36 1 

Freeman  Cutting,  s.  of  Francis  Cutting,  of  Croydon  ;  b. 
July  19,  1S21  ;  came  to  this  town  in  1S44;  bought  the  Joseph 
Wilcox  farm,  on  the  Unity  road,  in  1S71.  He  is  the  most  exten- 
sive farmer,  has  the  largest  stock,  and  pays  the  higliest  tax,  of 
any  in  town;  is  (1S7S)  chairman  of  the  board  of  selectmen. 
He  m.,  .Sept.  10,  1S44,  Emily  A.  Hubbard,  of  Barnard,  Vt.,  b. 
Sept.  iS,  1823. 

Ryford F.,  b.  June  13,  1845;  d.  Feb.  28,  1851. 

Dennison  F.,  b.  Mar.   26,  1847;  m.   Luella  Stearns,  of  Cornish,  Mar. 

24,  1872. 
Emily  P.,  b.  Jan.  20,  1849;  "^-  Prescott  Putnam,  of  Claremont,  Oct.  11, 

1868.     Ch.,  Alton  P.,  Freeman  C,  Frankie  G.,  Anna  L. 
yohn  H.,  b.  Jan.  7,  1851  ;  m.  Sarah  A.  Wilber,   of  Brookfield,   Vt., 

June  21,  1876. 
Bela  //.,  b.  Mar.  29.  1853. 
Lois  A.,  b.  July  15,  1855  ;  m.  Frank  E.  Jenney,  of  Plainfield,  Sept.  i, 

1874. 
Asher  G.,  b.  Apr.  5,  1858.  Zi/pha  M.,  b.  July  28,  i860. 

Sarah  J.,  b.  Sept.  10,  1862.  Abby  R.,  b.  May  11,  1865. 

Viola  A.,  b.  Sept.  3,  1868. 

Elon  Cutting,  a  brother  of  Freeman  ;  a  farmer  ;  b.  May  10, 
1823  ;  came  to  this  town  in  1S65  ;  owms  the  M.  Hurd  farm 
on  the  Unity  road.  M.,  Apr.  16,  1850,  Polly  Lovilla  Harding, 
of  Croydon,  b.  Nov.  4,  183 1. 

Mary  E.,  b.  July  10,  1853  ;  m..  Mar.  20,  1872,  Frank  E.  Wright ;  d.  Apr. 

22,  1873. 
Anna  L.,  b.  May  22,  1855. 
Francclia  J/.,  b.  Mar.  29,  1857;  a  teacher. 
Helen  L.,  b.  Dec.  29,  1859;  m..  Dec.  29,  1875,  Frank  E.  Wright, — 2d 

wife. 


Francis  M.  Cutting,  also  a  brother  of  Freeman  ;  b.  Nov. 
28,  1825;  came  to  this  town  in  1S63.  He  m.,July  25,  1855, 
Hannah  A.  Baker,  of  Plainfield,  dau.  of  Dimmick  Baker.  He 
is  one  of  our  wenlthy  and  prosperous  farmers. 


Shepherd  H.  Cutting,  a  successful  farmer,  another  brother 
of  Freeman;  b.  May  i,  1828;  came  from  Croydon  in  1S56; 
lives  in  the  west  part  of  the  town  on  the  old  Claremont  road. 
He  m.,  Feb.  24,  1858,  Helen  F.  Baker,  dau.  of  Dimmick  Ba- 
ker, of  i'lainfield. 

Dimmick  B.,  b.  Jan.  28,  1862.  Estie  M.,  b.  Sept.  16,  1864. 

Seth  II.,  b.  Nov.  3,  1869. 


362  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

DAME. 

Nathan  H.  Dame,  b. July  31,  1S20;  a  farmer;  came  from 
Claremont  in  1S51,  and  settled  in  the  north-west  part  of  the 
town  ;   m.  Mrs.  Nancy  Parker. 

Alonzo  M.,  b.  Aug.  15,  1852.  Henry  F.  Parker,  b.  Feb.  6,  1842. 


Hateevil  Dame  came  from  Kittery,  Me.,  and  settled  in  Go- 
shen. His  sons,  Aaron,  Be77Ja77iin,  Sa777uel  IV.,  and  yoe/,  sub- 
sequently came  to  this  town. 

Aaro7i,  b.  Sept.  i,  1793;  learned  the  clothiers'  trade  of  Nathan  Hurd, 
and  went  to  Canada  in  18 16. 

Benjamin,  b.  Oct.  10,  1795;  learned  the  blacksmiths'  trade  of  Benja- 
min Noyes;  m.  Mariam  Flanders;   ch.,  Benjamin  F. 


Samuel  W.  Dame,  s.  of  Hateevil,  b.  May  7.9,  1804;  learned 
the  cabinet  trade  of  William  Lowell  ;  was  away  from  town  for 
many  years,  residing  in  Vermont  and  Illinois.  He  m.  Salona 
Hunton,  dau.  of  John  Hunton. 

Fra7ices,  b.  Sept.  2,  1831  ;  m.  Solon  Burroughs,  of  Vergennes,  Vt. 


Joel  Dame,  s.  of  Hateevil ;  b.  Sept.  6,  1791  ;  was  a  farmer ; 
went  to  Lempster,  where  he  was  selectman  three  years,  a  jus- 
tice twenty-five  years,  and  deputy  sherifl'  thirteen  years ;  re- 
turned to  this  town  in  1871.  He  m.  Harriet  Gunnerson,  of 
Sunapee. 

E7!iily  R.,  b.  Aug.  29,  1826;  m.  Russell  Bixby;  lives  in  Marlborough. 
Harriet  Olivia,  b.  Sept.  27,  1836;  m.  Walter  Scales,  of  Woodstock,  Vt. 
\George  E.,  b.  Oct.  5,  1841. 


George  E.  Dame,  s.  of  Joel,  came  here  from  Lempster  in 
1871.  He  was  bred  a  merchant,  and  was  tvv^elve  years  in  trade 
in  Boston.  He  has  been  a  successful  business  man  ;  was  a 
representative  from  Lempster  in  1870  and  1S71  ;  was  candi- 
date for  senator  in  District  No.  10  in  1873  and  1S74  ;  was  ap- 
pointed clerk  of  the  court  for  Sullivan  county  in  1S74,  and  was 
reappointed  to  the  same  office  in  1876.  He  has  given  much 
attention  to  farming,  and  has  been  a  successful  dealer  in  thor- 
oughbred stock.  M.,  Apr.  28, 1868,  Louisa  Huntoon,  of  Lemp- 
ster, b.  Sept.,  1841. 
Guy,  b.  July  15,  1870. 


GENEALOGY.  363 


DARLING. 

Lucius  Wksley  Darling,  s.  of  Elijah  and  Iluldah  (Hall) 
Darling,  of  Croydon;  b.Jidv  10,  1S20;  came  to  this  town  in 
1840.  He  is  a  man  of  industry,  a  shrewd  speculator,  and  one 
of  our  wealthiest  farmers.  He  m.,  Apr.  4,  1S4S,  Corinth  E. 
Wheeler,  dau.  of  David  Wheeler;  lives  on  East  mountain. 
Elijah  Darling,  his  father,  was  a  soldier  in  the  War  of  1S12. 

L.  Eli,  b.  Oct.  29,  1850;  d.  187 [. 

Emma  C,  b.  July  28,  1852;  m.,  Oct.  15,  1874.  Henry  Hiird. 

Mary  E.,  b.  Oct.'  7,  1854:  m.,  Oct.  9,  1878,  Silas  C.  Coffin. 

IVillis  VV.,  b.  July  31,  1856;  lives  in  Boston. 

Huldah  F.,  b.  Nov.  12,  1859.  Art/ntr  IV.,  b.  July  28,  1865. 


William  Darling,  a  joiner;  b.  at  Lemington,  Vt.,  Nov.  30, 
iSio;  came  here  from  Croydon  in  1822.  He  m.,  Dec.  22, 
1833,  Ann  Kempton,  b.  June  2,  iSio. 

U'illia/n  IV.  [see  Physicians]  ;  b.  Nov.  20,  1834;  m.  Salona  Pike. 
James  P.,  b.  Oct.  10,  1837;  m.  Anna  Perkins,  of  Concord. 
Betsey  J.,  b.  Nov.  29,  1839;  m.  Charles  Howard. 
Hiram  K.,  b.  Feb.  24,  1841  ;  m.  Eveline  White,  of  Croydon. 
Warren  A'.,  b.  Apr.  24,  1844;  m.  Ahiy  Lovejoy,  of  Claremont. 
Walter  P.,  b.  Oct.  13,  1845;  "i-  Katie  Douglass,  ofiMaine. 

DAVIS. 

Solomon  Davis,  b.  Jan.  3,  1749;  m.,Jan.  27,  1774,  Lydia 
Park,  who  d.  Nov.  6,  1781  ;  m.,  2d,  June  17,  17S2,  Patty  Cum- 
mings,  of  Croydon. 

BenajaJi,  b.  Dec.  6,  1774.  Amy,  b.  Nov.  5,  1776. 

Jonah,  b.  Dec.  9,  1778.  Huldah,  b.  Dec.  18,  1780. 

Lydia,  b.  Feb.  5,  1783.  Moses,  b.  June  5,  1785. 


Moses  Davis,  b.  April  14,  1S06;  came  from  Ilartland,  Vt., 
in  182S  ;   m.,  April  14,  1830,  Tryphena  Wright. 

Hiram  A\,  b.  Jan.  3,  1832  ;  m.,  1857,  Sarah  M.  Hoyt,  of  Bradford. 
Sarah  J.,  b.  Aug.  3,  1833;  '"•-  1857,  John  Harrima'n,  of  Lenipster. 
Alvah,  b.  Mar.  16,  1835;  "i-  Lavina  J.  Danforth,  of  Washington. 
Frances  F.,  b.  Aug.  13,  1836;   m.  Ansel  I'utnam. 

Andrew  J.,  b.  Feb.  9,  1839;  "">•  -^'i"  L.  Willis,  West  Newbury,  .Mass. 
Ahby  T.,  b.  Aug.  8,  1840;  m.  John  Jenness,  of  Canaan. 
Mary  J.,  b.  Aug.  8,  1842;  m.  Henrv  Bradlev,  of  Washington. 
Martha  £".,  b.  May  19,  1847;  m.  RoUin  A.  Phillips,  Rutland,  \'t. 
Melissa  A.,h.  Mar.  24,  1852. 


364  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

Henry  Davis,  b.  at  Hartland,  Vt,  Feb.  12,  1820;  came  to 
this  town  when  five  years  of  age.  He  was  an  adopted  son  of 
Wm,  Carr,  and  upon  the  death  of  Mr.  Carr  took  the  homestead 
now  occupied  by  his  son  WilHam.  He  m.  Sarah  A.Fairbanks, 
June  12.  1S45,  and  d.  Feb.  16,  1S60. 

^Williani  H.,h.  Jan.  24,  1847. 

Augusta  A.,  b.  July  8,  1849;  m.,  Nov.  26,  1872,  John  K.Warren,  a 

physician  at  Palmer,  Mass. 
Ellen  E.,  b.  June  9,  1852;  m.,  June  22,  1873,  Geo.  S.  Pike. 
Edzuard E.,  b.  June  9,  1852;  d.  Oct.  31,  1857. 
Mary  C,  b.  Sept.  16,  1856.  Fred M.,  b.  Aug.  3,  1859. 


William  H.  Davis,  s.  of  Henry  Davis  ;  b.  Jan.  24,  1847  ;  a 
farmer  ;  remains  at  the  homestead,  on  the  Wm.  Carr  farm  ;  m., 
Oct.  27,  i868,  Mary  J.  Clough. 

Elwin  H.,  b.  Mar.  30,  1870.  Edward  A.,  b.  Oct.  16,  1871. 

Edward F.,  b.  Sept.  9,  1873.  Ellen  A.,  b.  July  18,  1878. 

DEAN. 

Solomon  Dean,  b.  Sept.  5,  1815  ;  came  to  this  town  from 
Gilsum,  and  was  for  many  years  an  extensive  manufacturer  of 
flannels;  d.  July  22,  1874.  He  m.,  Dec.  20,  1835,  Augusta 
Caroline  Roby,  b.  Apr.  25,  181 7. 

Caroline  Elizabeth,  b.  Sept.  3,  1837;  m.  Franklin  Alanson  Rawson. 
Marietta  Emroy,  b.  July  31,  1840;  m.  Sylvester  S.  Ingalls. 

DEMINGS. 

Harvey  F.  Demings,  s.  of  John  M. ;  b.  June  22,  1839,  ^^ 
Cornish  ;  learned  the  boot  and  shoe  trade  at  Northville  ;  settled 
here  in  1875  ;  m.,  July  25,  1869,  Sarah  M.  Libby,  dau.  of  Rev. 
J.  B.  Libby  of  this  town,  b.Jan.  14,  1849. 

Thursa  A.,  b.  June  23,  1870,  Julia  May,  b.  May  7,  1877. 

DILL. 

Ansyl  S.  Dill,  b.  Nov.  11,  1822,  at  Lewiston,  Me.  ;  came 
to  this  town  in  July,  1861.  He  was  engaged  in  tanning  at  the 
lower  establishment,  and  was  one  of  the  firm  of  Hunton  &  Dill. 
In  April,  1S74,  he  removed  to  Concord,  where  he  now  resides. 


GENEALOGY.  365 

and  is  a  livery  man.     He  m.,  May  8,  1862,  Amanda  M.  Hun- 
toon,  of  Unity,  b.  Oct.  18,  1S29. 

DODGE. 

Leander  F.  Dodge,  b.  at  Grantham,  Nov.  13,  1823  ;  came 
here  in  March,  1S68,  and  purchased  the  farm  and  handle-shop 
of  J.  M.  Wilmarth,  on  Oak  St.,  where  he  has  since  had  a  suc- 
cessful business.  While  in  his  native  town  he  commanded  the 
Grantham  Rifle  Company,  then  the  star  company  of  the  31st 
Regiment,  and  was  afterwards  lieutenant-colonel.  He  was 
also  post-master,  and  filled  other  places  of  trust.  He  was  a 
selectmaji  here  in  1S71  and  1872.  He  m..  May  27,  1847,  Sarah 
A.  Colby. 

Elmer  E.,  b.  Oct.  23,  1848;  m.,  Mar.  14,  1877,  Edwin  G.  Eastman. 
Sarah  L.,  b.  Oct.  22,  1850;  m.,  Aug.  21,  1877,  Herbert  J.  Barton. 
Cora  B.,  b.  July  26,  1864.  Rosa  D.,  b.  Nov.  3,  1866. 


Chester  C.  Dodge,  a  brother  of  Leander  F.  ;  b.  Dec.  4, 
1S25  ;  a  painter;  came  from  Grantham,  in  1869;  now  resides 
at  Vineland,  N.  J.  Married  Maria  Heath,  of  Enfield  ;  m.,  2d, 
Alvira  A.  Kidder,  of  Croydon,  a  teacher. 

Emma  M.,  b.  Dec.  30,  1853;  m.  Day  E.  Maxfield. 
Archie  R.,  b.  Jan.  i,  1867. 


Nehemiah  Dodge;  b.  Feb.  4,  1799.;  a  farmer;  came  from 
New  Boston  in  1835,  ^"^  settled  at  Kelleyvillc  ;  m.  Betsey 
Whitney,  of  Francestown,  b.  Mar.  30,  1799. 

Albert  IV.,  b.  Sept.  13,  1830;  m.  Martha  E.,  dau.  of  Franklin  Kelley ; 
r.  at  Northfield,  Minn. ;  ch.,  Minnie. 

Francis,  b.  Sept.  22,  1833;  m.  Alzira  E.,  dau.  of  John  Chandler, 
of  Goshen.  He  is  an  active  and  prosperous  farmer,  and  has  been 
a  selectman  at  Croydon,  where  he  resides.  Ch.,  Eugene  W.,  El- 
mer E. 

Lizzie,  b.  Oct.  10,  1838;  m.  John  H.  George. 

Sarah  A.,  b.  Apr.  17,  1842. 


Dexter  Dodge,  a  merchant;  b.  Feb.  28,  1812,  at  New 
Boston;  came  to  this  town,  from  Goshen,  in  1872.  He  had 
been  in  trade  at  Boston  ten  years,  anil  thirteen  years  at  Goshen. 


Elmer  Dexter  Dodge,  s.   of  Rufus  ;  b,  Nov.  17,  1850;  a 
joiner  ;  came  to   this  town  from  Marlow,  his   native  place,  in 


366  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

1873;  i-n.,June  14,  1S75,  Abbie  Adella  Reed,  of  Acworth,  b. 
June  14,  1S54. 

Bertha  Alma,  b.  Nov.  5,  1876. 

DOW. 

Nathaniel,  Mehitable,  and  Eliza  Dow,  children  of  Jer- 
emiah Dow,  came  here  from  Salem,  N.  H.,  in  1792,  and  set- 
tled in  the  east  part  of  the  town.  Mehitable  m.  Aaron  Net- 
tleton  ;  Eliza  m.  Joel  Nettleton. 


Nathaniel  Dow,  s.  of  Jeremiah  ;  b.  May  10,  1767  ;  d.  Aug. 
15,  1844;  m.  Nov.  II,  1793,  Martha  Buswell. 

A7;ios,  b.  Nov.  18,  1793;  d.  Sept.  3,  181 1. 

yaines  B.,  b.  Jan.  26,  1796;  went  West. 

Matilda,  b.  May  18,  1798;  m.  Bela  J.  Sperry,  of  Claremont. 

Elizabeth,  b.  July  31,  1800;  d.  Feb.  16.  1854. 

Hepsibah,  b.  Sept.  19,  1802;  m.  Daniel  Straw,  of  Hopkinton. 

Mehitable,  b.  Sept.  16,  1804;  m.  Hon.  Nathan  Mudget. 

Martha  B.,  b.  Dec.  23,  1806;  m.  Hon.  Samuel  Garfield,  of  Langdon; 

m.,  2d,  Seth  Ricliards. 
Lydia  K.,  b.  Nov.  27,  1815;  d.  Mar.  7,  1816. 


Moses  Dow,  b.  May  7,  1771  ;  came  from  Plaistow,  and  set- 
tled on  the  J.  Thayer  place,  on  the  Sunapee  road,  now  owned 
by  Lucius  Lathrop.     He,  m.  Sarah  Bradley,  b.  May  16,  1781. 

Betsey,  b.  Oct.  17,  1803;  m.  Syene  Hale  [see  Hale]. 

Harriet,  b.  Sept.  14,  iSio^  d.  1823. 

Sarah  B.,  b.  June  16,  1813;  d.  1833. 

Achsah  P.,  b.  Feb.  22,  1816.  Lydia  M.,  b.  Feb.  2,  1820. 


HiAL  Dow,  s.  of  Zebediah  ;  b.  Oct.  27,  1815  ;  a  joiner; 
came  from  Croydon  ;  m.  Lura  Powers,  of  Croydon,  b.  Dec.  13, 
1822.  He  operated  for  many  years  at  Northville.  Is  now  one 
of  the  firm  of  W.  L.  Dow  &  Co. 

^Wallace  L.,  b.  Sept.  21,  1845.       ^IVilber  A.,  b.  Mar.  i,  1848. 
Isabel  C,  b.  Jan.  26,  1855  ;  m.  Charles  M.  Cummings. 


Wallace  L.  Dow,  s.  of  Hial  Dow  ;  b.  Sept.  21,  1845  ;  op- 
erated for  several  years  at  Northville,  where  he,  in  company 
with  his  father  and  brother,  was  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of 


GENEALOGY.  367 

tubs  and  pails  for  the  market,  in  connection  with  the  joiner 
business.  They  subsequently  came  to  the  village  and  erected 
the  present  extensive  wood  factory  of  W.  L.  Dow  &  Co.,  on 
Canal  street,  of  which  company  he  is  the  head  man.  He  has 
rare  gifts  as  an  architect  and  builder,  as  is  attested  by  the  many 
beautiful  specimens  of  his  work  in  this  and  other  states.  [For 
description  of  liis  work,  see  Builders,  page  95.]  Married  Lois 
M.  Whipple,  dau.  of  Moses  Whipple,  of  Croydon. 

Edwin  IF.,  b.  May  6,  1869.  Baron  C,  b.  Nov.  10,  1870. 

Mason  //.,  b.  June  21,  1873.  Harry  G.,  b.  Aug.  22,  1875. 

Daisy  Isabel,  b.  Mar.  31,  1877. 


WiLBER  A.  Dow,  s.  of  Hial  Dow;  b.  Mar.  i,  1S48  ;  is  a 
joiner  and  builder,  and  is  an  active  member  of  the  firm  of  W. 
L.  Dow  &  Co.  ;   m.  Ellen  G.,  dau.  of  William  M.  Gilmore. 

Willie,  b.  Aug.  29,  1869.  Eugene  H.,  b.  Nov.  2,  1871. 

Arthur,  b.  Feb.,  1873.  Josephine,  b.  Apr.  10,  1875. 


Lorenzo  D.  Dow,  s.  of  Lorenzo  Dow;  b.  Aug.  22,  iS-|o; 
came  to  this  town  in  1S59,  and  has  been  mainly  engaged  in  the 
Sibley  Scythe  Factory,  at  Northville,  where  he  now  resides. 
He  m.,  Nov.  13,  1837,  Calista  Haven,  a  teacher,  dau.  of  James 
Haven. 

DUDLEY. 

Daniel  Dudley,  Jr.,  b.  Apr.  10,  1755,  at  Saybrook,  Conn. ; 
was  among  the  very  earliest  settlers  in  town  ;  was  a  shoemaker, 
merchant,  and  miller.  He  built  the  first  village  grist-mill.  His 
residence  was  at  the  Newton  place,  south  part  of  Main  street. 
Married  Mehitable  Johnson,  Sept.  16,  1779. 

^Daniel,  b.  Feb.  16,  1780. 

Silva,  b.  Apr.  22,  1783;  m.  Oct.  20,  1803,  Samuel  Wines. 

Mehitable,  b.  June  27,  1785;  m.  Asel  Flanders,  of  Croydon. 

Betsey,  b.  July  4,  1787;  m.  Ansel  Comstock. 

Lucy,  b.  Dec.  27,  1790;  ni.  Uude  Connor. 

IVilliani,  b.  May  12,  1793  ;  ni.  dau.  of  Moses  Goodwin. 

James,  b.  Oct.  i,  1797  ;  went  to  Boston,  where  he  m.  and  d. 


D.VNiEL  Dudley,  s.  of  Daniel,  a  shoemaker,  operating  at  the 
south  part  of  Main   street;   was  a   soldier  in  the  War  of  iSi  2, 


368  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

for  which  service  to  his  country  his  widow  drew  a  pension  dur- 
ing the  remainder  of  her  life.     He  m.  Susan  Cutting. 

Mehitable,  b.  Nov.  3,  1800;  m.  Adams  Dickey. 
]Abijah,  b.  Apr.  7,  1805. 

Mahala,  b.  June  16,  1807 ;  m.  Jerry  Hubbard,  who  d.  in  Boston,  where 
she  resides. 


Abijah  Dudley,  s.  of  Daniel ;  b.  Apr.  7,  1S05  ;  is  a  shoema- 
ker, and  resides  at  the  homestead  at  the  south  part  of  Main 
street,  where  he  has  spent  most  of  his  life.  He  m.,  May  7, 
1S36,  Lucinda  Clark,  dau.  of  Ephraim  Clark. 

Rufus  P.,  b.  Apr.  7,  1839;  was  a  barber,  in  which  trade  he  was  quite 
successful ;  built  the  Dudley  block,  now  occupied  by  his  broth- 
er, George  Freeman.  Ill-health  compelling  him  to  quit  this  busi- 
ness, he  has  since  been  engaged  in  farming.  M.,  May  4,  1865, 
Elizabeth  Morse,  of  Newbury. 

Mary  F.,  b.  Mar.  10,  1844;  m.,  Dec,  1866,  Oliver  Boyden,  a  trader; 
she  d.  Mar.  4,  1875. 

Franklin  P.,  b.  Sept.  13,  1846;  is  a  boot  and  shoemaker  in  the  estab- 
lishment of  J.  H.  Patch,  of  this  town;  m.,  June  i,  1875,  Mary  J. 
Haines,  of  Croydon. 

Charles  E.,h.  Mar.  6,  1847  ;  a  boot  and  shoemaker,  and  a  skilful  work- 
man ;  m.,  Nov.  29,  1871,  Addie  S.  George;  r.  at  Pueblo,  Col. 

Geo7-ge  Freejnan,  b.  Sept.  18,  1853;  m.,  Feb.  22,  1876,  Nellie  M. 
Trow,  of  Goshen. 

Daniel  IV.,  h.  Mar.  7,  1854;  m.,  Dec.  4,  1878,  Jennie  M.  Scribner. 

yo/in  y.,  b.  June  14,  1856;  a  clerk  in  the  store  of  Richards  &  Coffin. 


John  Dudley,  cousin  to  Daniel;  b.  Feb.  35,  1758,  at  Say- 
brook,  Conn  ;  came  to  this  town  about  17S2.  He  was  a  skilful 
mechanic  ;  superintended  the  building  of  grist-mills  in  the  vil- 
lage, and  at  Sunapee  and  Croydon.  He  m,,June  20,  17S2, 
Lydia  Stevens,  of  Killingworth,  Conn. 

Abigail,  b.  Sept.  13.  1783.  Lydia,  b.  Oct.  14,  1784. 

Deborah,  b.  Aug.  14,  1786.  Milla,  b.  Apr.  10,  1789. 

Susa,  b.  Mar.  12,  1791.  Sarah,  b.  May  23,  1793. 

Johti,  b.  May  7,  1795.  A'athaniel  S.,  b.  July  5,  1797. 


T.  Fisher  Dudley,  s.  of  Capt.  Jeremiah  Dudley  ;  b.  Aug. 
18,  1806;  d.  Aug.  22,  1872;  was  in  trade  in  this  town  with 
Seth  Richards,  afterwards  at  Lowell,  Mass.  ;  spent  the  latter 
portion  of  his  life  in  farming  at  the  place  now  owned  by  Mr. 
Farkhurst.  He  m.,  June  4,  1835,  Lucy  C.  Kibbey,  dau.  of 
Philip  W.  Kibbey,  who  d.  May  17,  1854;  m.,  2d,  Apr.  11, 
18=^';,  Loanda  N.  Meigs,  b.  June  30,  1822,  d.  Feb.  17,  1S73. 


GENEALOGY.  369 

Hetiry  F.,  b.  Aug.  9,  1838.  George  D.,  b.  Jan.  8.  1840. 

Milo  H.,  b.  June  19,  1842.  Charles  E.,  b.  Jan.  3,  1844. 

Sarah  E.,  b.  May  25,  1846.  Edmund,  b.  Mar.  29,  1851. 

Fred  H.  and  Frank  T.,  twins,  b.  Oct.  20,  1857. 


DUNTON. 

William  Dunton,  a  scythe-maker  ;  b.  Nov.  9,  181 7,  at  Mill- 
bury,  Mass.  ;  came  to  this  town  in  1S42,  and  purchased  the  in- 
terest of  Sylvanus  Larned  in  the  scythe  factory  at  Northville  ; 
formed  a  partnership  with  Ezra  T.  .Sibley,  and  with  him  con- 
tinued the  scythe  business.  Subsequently,  having  disposed  ol 
his  interest  to  Mr.  Sibley,  he  operated  at  his  trade  in  Canada, 
and  at  Fitchburg,  Mass.,  since  which  he  has  been  in  the  gro- 
cery trade  in  Wheeler's  block,  and  has  been  engaged  in 
various  speculations.  He  was  a  selectman  in  1S69.  M., 
Aug.  I,  1844,  Lois  Corbin,  dau.  of  Hon.  Austin  Corbin. 

Emma,  b.  May  i,  1846;  d.  Sept.  21,  1847. 

Mary  A.,h.  Aug.  22,  1848  ;  educated  at  Millbury  academy. 

Frederick  W.,  b.  June  9,  1851;  educated  at  Millbury  academy;  cash- 
ier of  the  Corbin  ]ianking  Co.,  New  York  city;  m.,  Feb.  13,  1878, 
Emily  M.  Morgan,  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

DUNKLEE. 

John  Duxklee,  a  jeweller ;  b.  at  Amherst,  this  state.  Sept 
5,  17S4;  built  the  Jones  house  near  the  village  cemetery.  He 
m.  Lucretia  Buell,  Feb.  31,  1808. 

William  S.,  b.  Dec.  12,  1808  ;  a  printer  and  editor;  now  publishes  the 

Detroit  Tribioie. 
Henry  H.,  b.  Sept.  21,  1810. 

Emily  M.,  b.  Aug.  18,  1812 ;  m.  Luke  Atwood,  and  went  to  Elgin,  111. 
Hubbard H.,  b.  Aug.  19,  1S17;  went  to  Detroit,  Mich.,  and  became  an 

editor. 
Louisa,  b.  Oct.  3,  1820;  m.  Isaac  C.  Tenney. 
Sophia  C,  b.  Dec.  8,  1822;  m.  Robert  Bunnell,  of  Claremont. 
Harvey  P.,  b.  June  7,  1825  ;  was  killed  at  Stoddard. 

DUNBAR. 

Caleb  Dunbak,  a  carriage-maker;  b.  Nov.  7,  1808,  at  Gran- 
tham; operated  at  his  trade  several  years  in  this  town,  when 
he   moved  to  Manchester.     Ch.,  Aag-itsta,    Charles,  Eveline, 
George^  Frances,  Ed-ward,  Sidney. 
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370  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

William  H.  Dunbar,  brother  of  Caleb,  also  a  carriage-ma- 
ker;  b.  Nov.  8,  1S12  ;  d.  Apr.  28,  1S77.     He  m.  Altheda  Cut 
ting,  dau.  of  Jonas  Cutting,  who  d.  Feb.  i,  1840,  aged  30  ;  m., 
2d,  Mary  Ann   Hurd,  who  d.  Mar.  12,  1873,  aged   58;  m.  3d, 
Mrs.  Martha  A.  Wells,  dau.  of  Horatio  Metcalf. 

WilUani  H.,  a  carriage-painter;  b.  Oct.  7,  1839;  ^i^'^s  at  Medford, 
Mass.  M.,  Dec.  25.  1863,  Laura  Carr,  of  Orford,  b.  July  18,  1841. 
Ch.,  Mary  A.,  b.  Feb.  5,  1866 ;  Jesse  W.,  b.  June  8,  1868. 

Lillian  M.,  b.  June  22,  1859,  dau.  of  Mrs.  (Wells)  Dunbar  by  first  hus- 
band. 


Edwin  H.Dunbar,  a  fanner  and  poultry  dealer;  b.  Dec.  17, 
1840;  came  here  in  1S72  ;  lives  at  the  T.  Herrick  place  on 
Summer  street.     He  m.  Ella  R.  Stewart,  of  Farmington,  Me. 

Eugene  B.,  b.  June  19,  1873.  Ralph  S.,  b.  Mar.  12,  1875. 

DUNHAM. 

Solomon  Dunham,  b.  June  15,  1760;  came  from  Attlebor- 
ough,  Mass.,  in  1784?  ^^^d  settled  on  the  L.  Lawton  farm  on 
Pike  hill.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  Revolution;  d.  July  i, 
1843.     He  m.,  Jan.  22,  1784,  Sally  Blanden,  b.  June  15,  1760. 

Solomon,  b.  Dec.  3,  1784;  was  a  clothier,  having  learned  his  trade  of 
Reuben  Bascom  ;  he  went  to  Bethel,  Vt.,  and  from  thence  to  North- 
field,  in  the  same  state;  m.  a  Miss  Smith,  of  Bethel,  and  had  a 
family. 

^Benjatnin,  b.  June  12,  1786. 

Othaniel,  b.  1788;  went  to  Bethel,  Vt. 

Sally,  b.  May  15,  1789;  m.  Eli  Howe. 

Lucy,  b.  May.  1791 ;  m.  Jessiel  Perry. 

iV^/zO'.b.  1793;  unmarried. 

Rlwda,  b.  1795  ;  m.  Rev.  Simeon  Chamberlin. 

Polly,  b.  1797;  m.  Stephen  Call.      Fanny,  b.  1799;  m.  Asa  Webster. 

Betsey,  b.  1803;  d.  at  12  years. 

Olive,  b.  1805;  m.  Matthew  H.  Moody. 

John  Dunham,  brother  of  Solomon  ;  b.  Aug.  2,  1762  ;  came 
here  from  Attleborough,  Mass.,  in  1785,  but  after  a  brief  pe- 
riod returned  to  his  native  town.  He  m.,  Mar.  10,  1785,  Anna 
Rounds,  b.  Feb.  i,  1768. 

George,  b.  Mar.  30,  1786;  Anna,  Betsey,  Lydia. 


Hepsebah  Dunham,  half  sister  of  Solomon,  Sen.  ;  b.  May 
23,  1755  ;  m.,  Nov.  25,  1773,  Stephen  Ferry. 


GENEALOGY.  37 1 

Nathaniel  Dunham,  m.  Mary  Northover :  d.  at  Montpcl- 
ier,  Vt. 

Benjamin  Dunham,  s.  of  Solomon,  Sen.;  b.  June  12,  1786; 
d.  Aug.  25,  1841  ;  m.  Eliza  Mirick,  sister  of  Benjamin,  the 
hatter, 

Betijainin  Jf.,  m.  Betsey  Carr;  lived  on  the  L.  Lawton  farm.  Ch., 
Charles  P.,  b.  Feb.  17,  1839;  George  F.;  William  H.;  David  E. 
and  Elmira,  twins. 

Daniel  B.,  m.  Calista  R.  Howe,  and  removed  to  Vermont. 

Nelson,  m.  Abigail  Hurd.  Solomon,  d.  young. 

Martha,  m.  James  Goodwin.  Lucy,  m.  and  went  to  Maine. 

Timothy  Dunham,  b.  Jan.  3,  1835  ;  m.  Sarah  S.  Tennev  ; 
m.,  2d,  Mrs.  Louisa  A.  Lewis.  Ch.,  Josephitie  E.^  b.  Oct.  20, 
1861  ;  Eugene^  b.  1864;  Abraham  L.^  b.  July  22,  1866. 

DURKEE. 

Robert  Durkee  and  his  three  sons,  Rufus,  Moses  Paine, 
and  Asa,  came  from  Brimfield,  Conn.,  and  settled  on  the  H. 
Brown  place,  in  the  north  part  of  the  town,  where  he  d.  Dec. 
21,  1803,  aged  70  years.  He  was  a  shoemaker  by  trade,  and 
with  the  Rev.  Bial  Ledoyt,  carried  on  the  shoe  business  in  con- 
nection with  his  farming  operations.  His  wife,  Mehitable,  d. 
May  14,  181 7,  aged  83  years.     Asa  went  to  New^  York. 


Rurus  Durkee,  s.  of  Robert;  m.  Polly,  dau.  of  Thomas 
Whipple,  and  removed  to  Croydon,  where  he  carried  on  the 
tanning  business  at  the  East  Village,  during  the  remainder  of 
his  life.  He  was  the  father  oi  Ruel  Durkee^  who  was  b.  July 
14,  1807,  and  who  has  for  so  long  a  time  occupied  a  promi- 
nent position  in  that  town  ;  who  has  been  a  representative 
two  years  and  a  selectman  thirty  years,  and  has  held  positions 
of  trust  in  the  state.  He  was  also  father  o^  Lavina  Durkee^ 
who  m.  John  B.  Stowell  ;  and  oi  Paine  Durkee,  b.  Oct.  7, 
18 1 7,  who  was  a  representative  from  that  town,  was  an  ollicer 
during  the  Rebellion,  and  the  inspector  of  customs  at  I'orts- 
mouth,  where  he  d. 


Moses  Paine  Durkee,  s.  of  Robert ;  b.  1763  ;  occupied  the 
homestead  until  his  death,  which  occurred  in  September,  1837. 


3/2  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

He  was  an  active  business  man.  He  had  a  well-tilled  farm,  a 
large  stock,  and  a  fine  dairy.  In  addition  to  his  farming  he 
owned  and  operated  an  oil-mill  standing  on  the  site  of  the  W. 
L.  Dow  factory,  the  village  grist-mill,  and  the  lower  village  tan- 
nery, and  was  also  an  extensive  drover.  He  took  a  lively  in- 
terest in  church  matters.  He  was  a  representative  in  1830  and 
in  I  S3 1,  and  was  several  years  a  selectman.  Married  Lucy 
Perry,  who  d.  Oct.  15,  1801,  aged  37;  m.,  2d,  Patty  Dwinell, 
who  d.  July  20,  180S,  aged  28  ;   m.,  3d,  Patty  Cilley. 

\Ziba,  b.  June  10,  1786.  \RucI,  b.  May  11,  1791. 

Lucy,  b.  Jan  20,  1793;  m.  Elijah  Rickard,  of  Cornish. 

Martha,  b.  May  28,  1815  ;  m.  Sumner  Miller.     She  d.  Sept.  16,  1841. 

Moses  Paine,  b.  Aug.  13,  1816;  went  to  Lebanon,  where  he  is  engaged 

in  mechanical  business.     Married  Olive  E.  Ricker,  who  d.  1873; 

m.,  2d,  in  1874,  Martha  J.  Abbott,  of  Maine. 


ZiBA  DuRKEE,  s.  of  Moscs  Paine  Durkee  ;  b.  June  10,  1786; 
m.,  Mar.  i,  181 2,  Lovisa  McGregor,  b.  Sept.  5,  1792,  and  went 
to  Hanover,  where  he  has  spent  most  of  his  life  at  farming.  He 
d.  Oct.  II,  1S7S,  at  Lebanon,  where  he  had  resided  for  several 
years. 

Ziba  F.,  b.  Dec.  17,  1812;  m.,  October,  1845,  Sophronia  Bennett,  of 
Wentworth  Location. 

Lucy.  b.  June  8,  1814;  m.,  April,  1846,  James  H.  Buck,  of  Lebanon. 

Marijida,  b.  Oct.  8,  1816;  m.,  June  2,  1844,  Chandler  Drake,  of  Sut- 
ton, Mass. 

William  P.,  b.  Mar.  22,  1819;  m.,  Nov.,  1853,  Louisa  M.  Seavey,  of 
Lebanon. 

Esther  M..  b.  Apr.  2,  1821;  m.,  May  25,  1852,  Franklin  Tucker,  of 
Northfield,  Vt. 

George  H.,  b.  Jan.  25,  1831  ;  m.,  1854,  Lois  M.  Mellen,  of  Newport. 


RuEL  Durkee,  son  of  Moses  P.  Durkee;  b.  May  11,  1791. 
He  early  removed  to  Hanover,  where  he  spent  his  life  at  farm- 
ing.    He  m.  Huldah,  dau.  of  James  White. 

Ruel  C.  early  in  life  had  a  fondness  for  military  display.  For  quite  a 
number  of  years  he  occupied  the  Eli  Jacobs  residence,  which  was 
then  situated  in  the  north  part  of  the  town,  between  the  C.  C. 
Shedd  and  Wm.  Haven  farms.     Has  long  r.  at  Hanover. 

Philatider ,  a  successful  business  man  at  Hanover;  m.  Caroline  Mason. 
Ch.,  Albert,  John,  Moses. 

Betsey,  m.  Eben  Delano,  of  Hanover.  Ch.,  Clarence  E.,  Clara  C, 
Grace,  Delivan  C. 

Huldah  E.,  m.  Elisha  Ticknor,  of  Lebanon.  Ch.,  Clarence,  Eugene, 
Florence  L.,  Mabel. 

Lucy,  m.  Frank  S.  Gould,  of  Hanover.  Ch.,  Emily,  Alice,  Frank,  Fan- 
ny, Jennie. 


GENEALOGY.  373 

DURGIN. 

MicHAia.  Duiioix,  after  following  the  sea  for  some  time, 
came  to  this  town,  and  was  a  merchant  at  Northville.  He  went 
to  Boston,  where  he  died  in  1S53,  aged  59  years. 

BUTTON. 
Uriel  H.  Duttox,  a  grain  and  lumber  dealer;  b.  Feb.  2S, 
1842;  came   from   Ilartland,  Vt.,  in    1871  ;   m.   Mary   Seaver. 
He  built  and  occupied  for  some  time  the  grain  store  on  Corn 
alley,  now  owned  by  Frank  P.  Rowell. 

DWINELL. 

Jacob  Dwinell,  a  blacksmith  residing  at  Kelleyville  ;  b. 
1782;  m.,  Feb.  5,  1807,  Temperance  Church,  who  d.  Feb.  12, 
1S15  ;  m.,  2d,  July  10,  1816,  Polly  Chellis,  of  Goshen,  who  d. 
Nov.  6,  1853,  aged  68  years.     He  d.  Aug.  17,  1862. 

Edmund,  b.  Aug.  2,  1807.  Solon,  b.  Apr.  30,  1808;  d.  young. 

Patty,  b.  Dec.  20,  1810;  d.  young.    Caleb,  b.  F'eb.  17,  1813. 
Temperance,  b.  May  21,  1819;  m.  Franklin  Kelley;  lives  at  Northfield, 
Minn. 

EASTMAN. 

Benjamin  Eastman,  s.  of  Joseph  and  grandson  of  Benjamin  ; 
b.  at  Salisbury,  Mass.,  Sept.  9,  1730;  came  to  this  town  from 
Boscawen  in  17S1.  He  descended  from  Roger  Eastman,  who 
came  from  England  in  1640,  and  settled  at  Salisbury,  Mass,  He 
was  a  deacon.  He  lived  on  the  T.  J.  Eastman  farm,  on  the 
Unity  road,  which  farm  is  now  occupied  by  the  fifth  generation. 
He  m.  Susannah  Jackman. 

Jeremiah,  b.  July  2,  1758.  ^Johnson,  b.  Nov.  15,  1764. 

Susannah,  b.  Aug.,  1766.  Ezra,  b.  June,  4,  1769. 

Enoch,  b.  Oct.  26,  1772.  ^A>nos,  b.  Dec.  18,  1774. 

Hannah,  b.  Mar.  18,  1777.  Benjamin,  b.  June  22,  17S1. 
Susannah,  b.  Mar.  6,  1784. 


JoHNSOX  Eastm.vn,  s.  of  Dea.  Benjamin;  b  Mar.  i^,  1764; 
lived  on  East  mountain  ;  went  to  New  York.  He  m.  Sally 
Lewis, 

Nathan,  b.  Sept.  29.  1791.  Lois,  b.  Mar.  28,  1794. 

Polly,  b.  July  11,  1798.  John,  b.  Mar.  iS,  1802. 

Sukey,  b.  Jan.  11,  1804.  Feleucia,  b.  Aug.  3,  1807. 
Nathaniel  C,  b.  Jan.  3,  1S12, 


374  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

Amos  Eastman,  s.  of  Benjamin  ;  b.  Dec.  24,  1775;  lived  at 
the  homestead  on  the  Unity  road.     He  m.  Joanna  Buell,  b.  May 

4^  ^775- 

\Thomas  J.,h.  Aug.  23,  1803. 

Mary  A.,\i.  Jan.  30,  1808:  d  young. 

John,  b.  Sept.  8,  181 1  ;  m.  Mary  Gilbert:  went  to  Michigan. 

Horace,  b.  Feb.  19,  1812;  m.  Emma  Wells;  went  to  Miles,  Mich.  Ch.. 
Lois  K. 

Amos,  b.  July  4,  181 5;  studied  medicine  with  Dr.  J.  L.  Swett,  and  af- 
ter graduating  practised  at  Chester,  Vt.,  where  he  died  early  in  life. 
His  enterprise  and  talent  gave  promise  of  a  life  of  usefulness. 

Albert,  b.  Nov.  29,  18 ig;  m.  Lucinda  Wood.  Ch.,  Arlie  E.,  Horace  A., 
Lydia  A. 

Thomas  J.  Eastman,  s.  of  Amos  ;  b.  Aug.  23,  1803  ;  m.  Eve- 
line Wood,  b.  May  18,  1S08,  He  resided  at  the  homestead  on 
the  Unit}'  road  ;  was  for  a  while  engaged  in  staging. 

Adnah  S.,  b.  Oct.  29,  1835;  ™'  Charles  C.  Aspinwall ;  r.  at  Concord. 

Ch.,  Ada  M. 
Charles  J.,  b.  May  6,  1838.  Silas  B.,  b.  Jan.  27,  1840. 

Ajiios,  b.  July  21,  1841. 

Jo]m  S.,  b.  Aug.  29,  1843;  m.  Nellie  Mitchell. 

William,  b.  Apr.  10,  1846;  m.  Jennette  R.  Dinsmore.     Ch.,  Lena  C. 
Jrank  P.,  b.  Feb.  7,  1848. 

EATON. 

Nathan  T.  Eaton  lived  on  the  Benj.  Reed  place,  on  the 
Unity  road;  m.  Jane  L.  Youngman,  dau.  of  Mrs.  Reed  by  a 
former  husband.     Came  here  in  1S62. 

EDES. 

The  Edes  family  came  from  the  easterly  part  of  England,  and 
were  among  the  early  settlers  in  Massachusetts.  They  trace 
their  pedigree  back  some  three  hundred  years  to  a  clergyman 
who  was  ejected  from  his  living  for  nonconformity.  As  a  fam- 
ily they  are  noted  for  longevity,  several  attaining  to  over  ninety 
years  of  age. 

Amasa  Edes,  s.  of  Samuel  and  grandson  of  Nathan  Edes  ;  b. 
Mar.  21,  1792,  at  Antrim,  N.  H.  He  m..  Mar.  20,  1822,  Sa- 
rah Hart,  of  Keene,  b.  July  5,  1795,  d.  Oct.  8,  1S69,  [See  Law- 
yers.] 

Joseph  IV.,  b.  May  30,  1823;  d.  June  8,  1828. 
\Samuel  H.,  b.  Mar.  31,  1825. 


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37^  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT, 


EMERSON. 

A  family  of  six  Emersons  came  from  Newbury, — Pierce, 
who  d.  a  bachelor ;  Clark;  Benjamin,  who  m.  ]Miss  Kemp- 
ton,  of  Croydon;  Membra,  who  m.  David  Stockwell,  of  Croy- 
don ;  Cyrus,  who  went  to  Boston,  where  he  d.  ;  and  Rosa, 
whom.  John  Lane. 

Clark  Emerson,  b.  Jan.  20,  1784;  d.  May  19,  1843;  was 
for  many  years  prominent  among  our  brick-makers  ;  m.  Susan- 
na Reed,  of  Croydon,  who  d.  Mar.  4,  i860,  aged  73  years. 

Oliver,  b.  Sept.  2,  1809;  a  brick-maker. 

Loviiia,  b.  Sept.  5,  1811  ;  d.  aged  48. 

L7icy  A.,  b.  Aug.  17,  1814;  m.  Chas.  Kelsey. 

Cyi'us,  b.  Sept.  6,  1818  ;  d.  aged  45. 

^Chai'les,  b.  Mar.  16,  1822.  Louisa,  b.  July  28,  1824. 

\Moses  R.,  b.  May  19,  1828. 


Charles  Emerson,  s.  of  Clark ;  b.  Mar.  16,  1822:  a  stone- 
mason and  farmer.  He  is  a  man  of  extraordinary  mechanical 
genius.  He  was  a  selectman  in  1855  and  1856,  and  a  repre- 
sentative in  1867.  In  1852  and  1853  he  was  in  California.  He 
m.,  Feb.  7,  1854,  Betsey  A.  Emerson,  dau.  of  Jonathan  and 
Sally  (White)  Emerson,  b.  Mar.  15,  182S. 

Frances  Z.,  b.  May  20,  1855.  E.  Nettie,  b.  Mar.  26,  1859. 

Charles  J.,  b.  Feb.  28,  1862. 


Moses  R.  Emerson,  s.  of  Clark ;  b.  May  19,  182S;  when  a 
boy  of  13  years,  went  to  live  with  John  B.  Stowell,  who  was 
appointed  post-master,  and  had  charge  of  the  office  several 
years.  Later  he  was  clerk  in  a  dry-goods  store  at  Lowell, 
Mass.,  and  afterwards  clerk  in  a  hardware  store  in  Boston  two 
years.  Returning  to  Newport,  he  entered  the  store  of  S.  Rich- 
ards &  Sons  as  clerk,  where  he  remained  until  1S53,  when  he 
was  married,  and  settled  at  Ludlow, Vt.,  beginning  business  for 
himself  in  a  country  store.  In  1855  he  sold  out  his  business  at 
Ludlow,  and  removed  to  Claremont,  N.  H.,  where  he  was  in 
the  dry -goods  business  nearly  twenty  years.  In  1S73  he  sold 
out  his  business  at  Claremont  to  accept  the  position  of  special 
agent  and  adjuster  for  the  Home  Fire   Insurance  Company  of 


GENEALOGY.  377 

New  York,  for  the  states  of  Maine,  New  Hampshire,  and  Ver- 
mont, which  position  he  now  occupies.  In  1S77  he  removed 
to  Concord,  where  he  is  now  permanently  locatech  lie  repre- 
sented tlie  town  of  Chxremont  in  the  letrislature  in  1S66  and 
1S67;  was  bank  commissioner  in  1S70,  1871,  1S73,  and  1S74. 
Married,  Sept.  23,  1S53,  Helen,  dau.  of  Capt.  Seth  Rich- 
ards, who  d.  Mar.  30,  186S  ;  m.,  2d,  June  9,  1S69,  Alice  Bart- 
lett  Goddard,  dau.  of  E.  L.  Goddard,  of  Claremont. 

Edwin  Herbert,  b.  Mar.  16,  1855;  d.  Nov.  21,  1865. 

Fanny  Richards,  b.  June  15,  1857. 

Charles  Henry,  b.  May  27,  1S59;  d.  Sept.  19,  1859. 

William  Foster,  b.  Aug.  6,  1861.   Herbert  Clark,  b.  Dec.  19,  1865. 


Jonathan  Emerson,  b.  April  24,  1799;  came  here  from 
Goshen,  his  native  place,  in  1828.  He  settled  on  Thatcher 
hill,  but  now  has  a  residence  on  the  Goshen  road.  He  m., 
July  10,  1822,  Sally,  dau.  of  Enoch  White,  b.  Aug.  24,  1802. 

Betsey  A.,  b.  Mar.  15,  1828;  m.  Charles  Emerson. 


Jonathan  Emerson,  2d,  b.  Aug.  25,  1792,  at  Weare ; 
came  to  this  town  from  Newbury;  lived  in  the  north  part  of 
the  town,  on  the  S.  Kempton  farm,  now  occupied  by  Hilliard 
Rowell ;  subsequently  removed  to  Lebanon,  where  he  tl.  Feb. 
12,  1873.  He  was  an  enterprising  and  prosperous  farmer.  M., 
1S13,  Polly  Collins,  of  Danville,  b.  July  3,  17S7,  d.  Sept.  S, 
1867. 

\Hiram,  b.  May  17,  1813. 

Susan,  b.  May  12,  181 5  ;  m.  Wilder  L.  Bartlett. 

\yonathan,  b.  Sept.  1,  18 17. 

Ar^nlla  B.,  b.  Apr.  22,  1820;  m.  L.  N.  Kempton,  of  Claremont. 

\James,  b.  Jan.  2,  1823.  \Moses  IV.,  b.  Mar.  21,  1825. 

\Albro  v.,  b.  July  10,  1827.  \CyrHs  J.,  b.  Mar.  ii,  1830. 

Lticena  A.,\).  Km^.z-j,  1834;  twin;  d.  July  18,  1858.  Married  Oren 
T.  Hayes.  Ch.,  Harry  H.,  b.  Sept.  25,  1851  ;  d.  young.  Henry 
H.,  b.  June  21,1853:  m.,  Dec.  3,  1874,  Caceelia  N.  Chicquot.  of 
Hastings,  Minn.;  r.  in  Sunapee ;  ch.,  Harry  H.,  b.  June  28,  1876; 
Harly  H.,  b.  Oct.  26,  1877.     Nina  A.,  b.  Oct.  2,  1878. 

Lucina  J/.,  b.  Aug.  27.  1834;  twin;  m.,  Dec.  24,  1857,  Robert  Buck; 
d.  at  Hastings,  Minn.,  June  7,  1859. 


Hiram  Emerson,  s.  of  Jonathan  and  Polly  (Collins)  Emer- 
son; b.  May   17,   1S13.     He   spent   his   boyhood   on   the  farm 


37^  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

with  his  father,  after  which  he  learned  the  blacksmiths'  trade, 
and  was  for  several  years  engaged  at  that  business  in  this 
town.  He  removed  to  Lebanon,  where  he  has  since  resided. 
He  m.,  Oct.  5,  1S37,  Lydia  K.,  eldest  dau.  of  Hon.  Jeremiah 
D.  Nettleton,  of  this  town. 

Zilpha  E.,  h.  Dec.  15,  1838;  d.  May  7,  1840. 

jhanny  A.,  b.  Mar.  22,  1841  ;  m.,  Mar.  10,  1863,  Edwin  Harris;  r.  at 

St.  Johnsbury,  Vt. 
Willie,  b.  Mar.  7.  1843;  d.  young. 
Z.  Elisabeth,  b.  Oct.  19,  1844;  m,,  Mar.  25,  1868,  Grafton  Griggs;  d. 

May  I,  1870,  at  Rutland,  Vt. 
Ellen  B.,  b.  May  22,  1847;  m.,  July  6,  1871,  Harvey  H.  Carter;    r.  at 

Holyoke,  Mass. 
Edwin  B.,  b.  May  22,  1847;  m.  July  6,    1871,  Mary  L.  Parsons;  r.  at 

Salisbury.  N.  H. 
Marietta  E.,  b.  Apr.  18,  1852;  d.  young. 
Frederick  H.,  b.  Feb.  2,  1857;  r.  at  Lebanon. 


Jonathan  Emerson,  s.  of  Jonathan  and  Polly  (Collins) 
Emerson;  b.  Sept.  2,  1817;  m.,  June  7,  1S40,  Lucretia  W. 
Martin,  of  Weare,  b.  July  8,  1815.  He  learned  the  black- 
smiths' trade,  and  opened  a  shop  at  Northville,  where  he  has 
long  had  a  prosperous  business.  He  has  an  especial  gift  at 
horse-shoeing. 

Christiana  L.,  b.  Nov.  13,  1843;  "^m  Nov.  30,  1865,  Edwin  H.  Wake- 
field. 
^Charles  M.,  b.  Nov.  25,  1846. 
Addie  L.,  b.  Sept.  18,  1848  ;  m.,  Oct.  19,  1869,  Chas.  H.  Matthews. 

Charles  M.  Emerson,  s.  of  Jonathan  Emerson,  Jr.  ;  b. 
Nov.  35,  1846  ;  was  at  New  London  Academy  in  1S65  and  '66. 
The  latter  year  he  became  a  clerk  in  the  store  of  Gilman  C. 
Whipple,  at  Lebanon,  where  he  remained  seven  years.  He 
then  came  to  Newport,  and  commenced  business  for  himself 
He  m.,  April  15,  1873,  Luella  E.,  dau.  of  Qiiartus  Fletcher,  of 
Cornish,  b.  Feb.  7,  1849. 

James  Emerson,  s.  of  Jonathan  and  Polly  (Collins)  Emer- 
son; b.  Jan.  2,  1823  ;  was  for  a  while  engaged  in  the  harness 
business  with  E.  Wheeler,  after  which  he  went  to  Manchester, 
and  from  thence  to  Lowell,  Mass. ;  m.  Sarah  A.  Whitcomb,  of 
this  town,  dau.  of  Dea.  Parmenas  Whitcomb. 

Ella  T.,  Minnie,  Hattie  F.,  yames. 


GENEALOGY.  379 

Moses  W.  Emerson,  s.  of  Jonathan  and  Polly  (Collins) 
Emerson  ;  h.  Mar.  21,  1825  ;  removed  to  Enfield,  where  he  d. 
Apr.  20,  1872  ;  m.,  1850,  Ann  E.  Crosby,  dau.  of  Freeman 
Crosby,  of  Croydon. 

Arthur  S.,  b.  Aug.  9.  1852.  Ida  ;]/.,  b.  Sept.  8,  1855. 

Florence  B.,  b.  Aug.  23,  1864.  Alma  C,  b.  July  4,  1866. 


ArnRO  V.  Emerson,  s.  of  Jonathan  and  Polly  (Collins) 
Emerson  ;  b.  July  10,  1827  ;  a  farmer;  r.  at  Lebanon  ;  m  ,  Jan. 
I,  1S50,  Josephine  E.  Kempton. 

Mary  A.,  b.  Sept.  29,  1850.  Lucy  Isabel,  b.  July  18,  1852. 

Frank  F.,  b.  Sept.  16,  1854.  Helen  J.,  b.  June  10,  1857. 

Elmer  E.,  b.  Sept.  22,  1858. 


Cyrus  J.  Emerson,  s.  of  Jonathan  and  Polly  (Collins)  Emer- 
son ;  b.  Mai-.  II,  1S30;  m.,  Apr.  21,  1850,  Betsey  M.,  dau.  of 
Harvey  and  Mary  Straw,  b.  in  Claremont,  Oct.  24,  1S30;  r.  at 
Granby,  Conn. 

George  E.,  b.  July  28,  185 1.  Cyrus  J.,  b.  Mar.  9,  1854. 

Alice  M.,  b.  July  27,  1856.  Katie  E.,  b.  Mar.  14,  1859 

Henry  E.,  b.  Aug.  31,  1862.  Arthur  D.,  b.  June  20,  i865. 
■Jiarlie  H.,  b.  Dec.  21,  1867. 

William  Emerson,  b.  June  i,  1S06  ;  came  here  from  Goshec 
m  1855,  and  purchased. the  farm  on  Unity  road  now  occupiea 
by  Simon  A.  Tenney.  After  remaining  there  several  years  he 
sold  out,  and  purchased  the  village  grist-mill,  where  he  had  a 
successful  business  for  several  years.  He  m.  Emily  Nichols,  of 
Lempster.     He  d.  in  1871. 

Mary  E.,  b.  Aug.  24,  1829;  m.   Milan  G.   Booth,  of  Unity;  ch.,  Will- 
iam G. 
Troupe  N.,  b.  Dec.  18,  1831  ;  d.  young. 
Helen  N.,  b.  July  28,  1837;  m.  Aaron  N.  Griffin. 
Emily,  b.  May  7.  1840;  d.  young. 
William  O.,  b.  Mar.  12,  1843;  d.  in  the  army. 
Alira  E.,  b.  Dec.  30,  1848  ;  m.  Edward  Stevens. 

EMERY. 

Elijah  P.  Emery,  s.  of  Amos;  b.  May  24,  1S24,  at  New- 
bury; came  here  in  1S55.  He  m.,  Dec.  20,  1849,  Ruth  M. 
Blodgett,  dau.  of  Nathaniel  Blodgett ;  had  two  ch.,  both  d. 
young. 


380  HISTORY   OF   NEWPORT. 

Simon  A.  Emery,  brother  of  Elijah  P.  ;  came  to  this  town 
about  1S55.  He  m..  Feb.,  1S53,  Elvira  D.  Blodgett ;  m.,  3d, 
a  lady  from  Maine  ;  had  two  ch.,  d.  young. 

EMMONS. 

Morris  J.  Emmons,  s.  of  Samuel  Emmons;  b.  May  13. 
1833,  at  Charlestown.  His  father  was  the  former  landlord  of 
the  Newport  House.  He  has  devoted  his  life  to  the  tanning 
business  ;  is  now  in  the  establishment  of  Lyman  Rounsevel ;  m. 
Jane  E.  Osgood. 

Edwin  H.,  b.  Jan.  i,  1862.  Mary  S.,  b.  Oct.  16,  1865. 

Samne/  A/.,  h.  Mar.  17,  1873. 

ENDICOTT. 

Samuel  Endicott  was  b.  at  North  Danvers,  Mass.,  Dec.  14, 
1754.  He  and  his  son,  Timothy  Leach,  came  to  this  town,  and 
bought  the  Giles  mill  in  the  east  part  of  the  town,  on  the  spot 
now  occupied  by  the  Granite  Mills,  where  the  family  resided 
until  1S36,  when  they  sold  out  and  removed  to  the  place  since 
occupied  by  them  in  the  west  part  of  the  town.  He  was  a  de- 
scendant, in  the  sixth  generation,  from  John  Endicott,  the  first 
governor  of  Massachusetts.  He  was  a  surgeon's  mate  in  the 
Revolution  ;  d.  Apr.  8,  1840,  aged  84.  He  m.  Demaris  Os- 
born,  who  d.  May  9,  1S34,  aged  84. 


Timothy  Leach  Endicott,  s.  of  Dr.  Samuel  Endicott;  b. 
Dec.  26,  1785  ;  d.  June  15,  1849.  He  m.  Mary  Trask,  of  Rox- 
bury,  Mass.,  Apr.  5,  1812,  who  d.  May  27,  1871,  aged  78  years. 

\WUliam,  b.  Aug.  20,  18 13.  Mary,  b.  May  8,  18 15. 

Lydia,  b.  Feb.  7,  1817;  m.  Reuben  Roberts,  of  Amherst,  Mass.     Ch., 

Mary  Catherine. 
John,  b.  Sept.  9,  1821.  Jacob  O.,  b.  Apr.  20,  1823. 

John  and  Jacob  r.  at  the  homestead,  west  of  Kelleyville. 


William  Endicott,  s.  of  Timothy  Leach,  a  farmer  residing 
in  the  Kelleyville  district.  He  m.,  Apr.  9,  1839,  Lydia  K. 
Goodwin,  of  Tunbridge,  Vt.,  b.  Mar.  17,  1815. 

^George  IV.,  b.  Nov.  17,  1840.         \Henry  W.,  b.  Jan.  10,  1845. 
Elleti  M.,h.  Apr.  6,  1856. 


GENEALOGY.  38 1 

George  W.  Endicott,  s.  of  William  ;  b.  Nov.  17,  1S40;  a 
farmer,  residing  in  the  Kellcyville  district.  He  m.,June  8, 
1S65,  Marietta  Lewis,  of  Amherst,  Mass. 

Fred  E.,  b.  Apr.  3,  1867.  Clara,  b.  May  30,  1871. 

Ida  M,,  b.  Mar.  29,  1873. 


Henry  W.  Endicott,  s.  of  William;  b.  Jan.  10,  1S45  ;  ^ 
farm  in  the  Kelleyville  district.  He  m.,  Feb.  23,  1S72,  Phebe 
Skilton,  of  Burlington,  Mass. 

Stella. 

EVANS. 

Randall  Evans,  a  farmer;  b.  Mar.  3.  1822;  m.,  Feb.  11, 
1845,  Harriet  E.  Howe,  and  occupies  the  A.  Howe  farm  in 
the  soutli-west  part  of  the  town. 

Albro  (J.,  b.  Mar.  18,  1846;  m.,  Sept.   10,  1872,  Ada  Farnsworth,  of 

Claremont.     Ch.,  Charles  A.,  b.  Alar.  4,  1873. 
Emma  J.,  b.  July  18,  1852;  m.,  Oct.  10,  1869,  Horace  D.  J.  Sprague. 

Ch.,  Minnie,  b.  May  3,  1870;  Herman  H.,  b.  July  29,  1873. 

EVERETT. 

Richard  C.  Everett,  b.  ]Mar.  7,  1792,  at  Lunenburg,  Vt.  ; 
a  farmer  ;  lived  on  the  west  slope  of  Oak  hill,  on  the  farm  now 
occupied  by  his  son,  Charles  P.,  where  he  d.  Aug.  18,  1869. 
He  m.  Rhoda  Hoskins,  of  Grafton,  who  d.  Feb.  15,  1877,  aged 
84  years. 

Samuel  H.  IV.  B.,  b.  Sept.  17.  1820;  had  a  literary  taste,  and  was  ac- 
tively engaged  in  its  pursuits  during  his  brief  life  ;  d.  May  5,  1843. 
[See  Literature.] 

\Charlcs  P.,  b.  Mar.  28,  1825. 

Rhoda  H.  E.,  b.  Aug.  26,  1829;  m.  James  M.  Kenerson.  [See  Litera- 
ture.] 


Charles  P.  Everett,  s.  of  Richard  C.  Everett ;  b.  Mar.  28, 
1825  ;  has  devoted  himself  to  farming,  operating  at  the  home- 
stead on  Oak  hill.  Has  twice  been  a  candidate  for  represent- 
ative.    He  m.,  ]May  6,  1858,  Rosaline  G.  Page,  dau.  of  John 


Page. 


382  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

FAIRBANKS. 

Jabez  Fairbanks,  b.  Feb.  24,  1788;  came  from  Frances- 
town  in  1840,  and  purchased  the  farm  on  Ehn  street  now  occu- 
pied b}'  his  son,  George  H.  Fairbanks,  and  there  remained  until 
his  death.  He  m.,  Jan.  3,  1814,  Sally  Bixby,  b.  Jan.  29,  1789; 
m.,  2d,  Mary  Bixby. 

Elmira,  b.  Dec,  1814;  d.  May  30,  1846. 
Sarah  Ann,  b.  Dec.  16,  1818;  m.  Henry  Davis. 
Eliza  J.,  b.  Mar.  5,  1821  ;  d.  Aug.  31,  1821. 
Mary  E.,  b.  Jan.  29,  1826;  m.  Dexter  Peabody. 
\George  H.,  b.  June  4,  1830. 


George  H.  Fairbanks,  s.  of  Jabez  ;  b.  June  4,  1830;  came 
to  this  town  with  his  father  in  1S40,  and  labored  with  him  on 
his  farm  until  he  attained  his  majority  ;  since  which  time  he 
has  had  charge  of  the  farm  and  stock,  and  has  been  a  thriving 
and  successful  farmer.  He  has  also  for  many  years  been  en- 
gaged in  trade,  at  first  with  George  W.  Nourse,  and  since  with 
Philip  Royce,  with  whom  he  still  operates.  He  was  a  rep- 
resentative in  1877  ;  is  an  active  and  leading  member  in  the 
Methodist  church.  He  m.  Eunice  E.  Chapin,  dau.  of  Dea. 
Henry  Chapin;  m.,  2d,  Nov.  19,  1855,  Helen  M.  Nourse,  b. 
Aug.  18,  1S29. 

Charles  H.,  b.  Nov.  28,  1856. 

Mary  H.,  b.  June  26,  1861  ;  d.  Aug.  i,  1863. 

George  A.,  b.  Mar.  24,  1863.  Burton  E.,  b.  Nov.  15,  1870. 

FARNSWORTH. 

Joseph  Farnsworth,  b.June  25,  1772,  at  New  Ipswich; 
came  to  this  town  from  Alstead  in  1S14,  and  was  in  trade  for  a 
while  in  tlie  Nettleton  block  ;  afterwards,  in  connection  with 
Alvin  Hatch,  he  built  the  Stowell  building,  now  occupied  by 
C.  ]M.  Emerson,  where  they  carried  on  a  prosperous  business 
until  his  death,  which  occurred  July  19,  1837.  ^^  ^^^^  ^'"^  ^^" 
emplary  deacon  in  the  Baptist  church,  and  had  the  confidence 
of  all  who  knew  him.  He  m.,  Feb.  28,  1803,  Martlia  Shep- 
herd, of  Alstead,  b.  Nov.  4,  1780,  d.  Apr.  2,  1834;  '^''•'  ^d, 
Nov.  27,  1834,  ^Ii's«  Tryphena  Cheney,  widow  of  Col.  William 
Cheney. 


GENEALOGY,  383 

Zerviah,  b.  Jan.  20,  1804;  m.  Nov.  12,  1828,  Dea.  David  B.  Chapin. 

Martha  A.,  b.  Oct.  2,  1806;  m.,  Sept.  6,  1831,  Rev.  Leonard  Tracy; 
she  d.  Apr.  22,  1845.     Ch.,  Jane  E.,  Martha  J.,  Jo.seph  L. 

Joseph  Shepherd,  b.  Mar.  31,  181 1  ;  was  bred  a  merchant  in  his  father's 
store,  and  upon  the  death  of  his  father  took  his  interest  and  con- 
tinued in  trade  with  Mr.  Hatch.  He  was  a  fine  penman,  and  later 
in  life  taught  writing. 

James  I{ar7>ey,  b.  May  2,  1813,  at  Alstead ;  early  in  life  removed  to 
Windsor,  Vt.,  where  he  now  resides;  m.,  Oct.  3,  1836,  Caroline 
J.  Harry,  of  Windsor,  Vt.   Ch.,  Shepherd,  Leonard  Tracy,  .Martha. 

Elizabeth  litnery,  b.  Nov.  12,  1814;  m.,  Sept.  23,  1838,  Jesse  W'ilcox, 
s.  of  Jesse  Wilcox.  Jr.  ;  she  d.  Dec.  16,  1845.     [See  Literature.] 

^Oliver  Thomas,  b.  July  3    18 18. 


Oliver  Thomas  Fahnsworth,  s.  of  Joseph  Farnsworth  ;  b. 
July  3,  181S;  was  educated  at  Newport  and  Lebanon  acade- 
mies ;  became  a  merchant,  and  spent  his  life  at  trade  in  Boston, 
where  he  d.  Mar.  5,  1875.  He  m.,  1854,  Caroline  A.  Hunt,  of 
Boston,  b.  at  Gilmanton,  Aug.  24,  1832. 

Lizzie  M.,  b.  Oct.  23,  1855,  at  Newport;  m.,  Oct.  9,  1878,  Seth  M. 

Richards,  of  this  town. 
Carrie  Edith,  b.  Dec.  11,  1858,  in  Boston,  where  she  now  resides. 

FERREN. 

Zebulon  Ferren,  m.,  Sept.  25,  17S5,  Lydia  Coburn. 

Daniel,  b.  June  10,  1786.  John,  b.  Dec.  25,  1789. 

Cynthia,  b.  Apr.  22,  1791.  Zebulon,  b.  Oct.  23,  1793. 

Orren,  b.  Nov.  27,  1798. 

FITCH. 

Luther  J.  Fitch,  b.  Feb.  14,  1S20;  came  from  Marl- 
borough, N.  H.  ;  m.  Erosina  Dame  ;  m.,  2d,  Rusilla  C.  Haven. 

Wilbur,  b.  Sept.  9,  1845.  Sarah  E.,  b.  Apr.  28,  1852. 

Lucy  A.,  b.  Apr.  20,  1853.  Levi  W..  b.  Dec.  24,  1854. 

Delia  L.,  b.  June  24,  1857.  Emma  C,  b.  Nov.  24,  i860. 


Etta  A/.,  h.  July  17,  1863. 


FISHER. 


Nathaniel  Fisher,  a  tanner  and  merchant ;  lived  at  tiie  E. 
Noyes  place,  having  his  store  in  the  upper  story. 


Nathaniel  Fisher, Jr.,  s.  of  the  above;  was  a  hatter,  and 


384  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

worked  in  the  basement  of  his  father's  house  ;  m.  Mary  Wilcox, 
dau.  of  Maj.  Jesse  Wilcox. 

\Natha7iiel  Wilcox,  b.  1799. 

Catherine,  b.  Jan.  15,  1801  ;  m.  Dea.  Henry  Chapin. 


Nathaniel  Wilcox  Fisher,  s.  of  Nathaniel  Fisher,  Jr.,  was 
b.  at  Auburn  in  i799?  graduated  at  Amherst  college,  and  stud- 
ied theology  at  Auburn,  N.  Y.  He  was  for  several  years  a 
missionary  in  Ohio,  and  was  an  agent  for  Marietta  college  in 
that  state.  After  preaching  a  while  at  Lockport  and  Palmyra, 
N.  Y.,  he  was  settled  at  Sandusky,  O.,  where  he  d.  at  the  age 
of  50  years.     He  was  a  man  of  talent  and  a  fluent  speaker. 


Amos  Fisher,  b.  Mar.  3,  1766  ;  a  native  of  Dedham,  Mass.  ; 
lived  on  the  A.  Wright  farm  ;  m.,  Apr,  21,  1798,  Huldah  Arms, 
of  Deerfield,  b.  Apr.  28,  1766. 

Gtistavus,  b.  Feb.  22,  1796.  Daniel,  b.  Mar.  15,  1797. 

Amos,  b.  May  10,  1800. 


Timothy  Fisher,  lived  with  his  son,  Timothy,  Jr.,  on  the 
R.  P.  Claggett  farm.     They  also  came  from  Dedham,  Mass. 


Elisha  p.  Fisher,  a  jeweller  ;  b.  June  30,  1843,  at  Nantuck- 
et, Mass. ;  came  here  from  Concord,  N.  H.,  in  1873  ;  m.  Hel- 
en J.  Kniglit. 

Elijah  K.,  b.  Aug.  25,  1869;  d.  y.    Phebe,  b.  Jan.  12,  1873  ;  d.  y. 

FISKE. 

Erastus  Fiske,  s.  of  Samuel  Fisk,  2d;  b.  June  i,  1809; 
came  from  Claremont  to  this  town  in  1S63,  and  purchased  a 
farm  at  Northville,  where  he  has  since  resided.  Married  Anna, 
dau.  of  Timothy  Perry. 

Charles  H.,  b.  Aug.  8,  1838  ;  m.  Ruth  McGowen,  of  Unity. 
Susan  A.,  b.  May  6,  1840;  m.  Martin  L.  Whittier. 
Samuel  E.,  b.  Sept.  20,  1842;  a  printer;  r.  at  Fall  River,  Mass. 
Sewell,  b.  June  9,  1846.  Franklin,  b.  Sept.  27,  1847. 

Harriet  //.,  b.  Nov.  9,  1849;  ™-  Ruel  Loverin,  of  Croydon;  has  a  fam 

ily. 
Minerva  E.,h.  June  10,  1853. 
Isabel  Maria,  b.  Sept.  22,  1856;  m.   Mar.  4,  1877,   Frank   P.  Winter 

Ch.,  Arthur  George,  b.  Jan.  10,  1878. 


GENEALOGY. 


385 


FLANDERS. 

William  II.  Flanders,  a  native  of  Concord  ;  came  here  in 
1S56;  lived  on  the  East  mountain  ;  resides  at  Haverhill,  Mass. 
Married  Lois  B.  Kempton. 

FLINT. 

Isaac  C.  Flint,  b.  Sept.  3,  179S  ;  came  from  Mont  Vernon  in 
1855,  '*"^  purchased  a  farm  in  the  south  part  of  the  town,  on 
the  Unity  road.  He  afterwards  lived  on  the  Goshen  road,  on 
the  place  now  occupied  by  F.  S.  Little,  but  removed  to  Goshen, 
where  he  d.  soon  after.     Married  Susan  Russell. 


FLETCHER. 

Ephraim  Fletcher  came  from  Sturbridge,  Mass.,  with  his 
three  sons,  Joel,  Ephraim,  and  Timothy;  d.  Jan.  i,  1836,  aged 
94.  He  m.  Sarah  M.  Davenport,  who  d.  Nov.  4,  1806,  aged 
66.  Joel  went  to  Sunapee,  where  he  was  drowned  in  Sunapee 
lake. 


Ephraim  Fletcher,  s.  of  Ephraim  ;  b.  Nov.  23,  1767  ;  r.  on 
the  west  slope  of  Oak  hill,  his  farm  bordering  on  Sugar  river. 
He  d.  Apr.  27,  1S54;  '""•'  F^^-  20,  1794,  Jael  Mores,  b.  Mar. 
23,  1775,  d.  Jan.  3,  1863. 

Oliver,  b.  Jan.  19,  1795  i  d.  young. 

Orpha,  b.  Mar.  23,  1797 ;  d.  Dec.  3,  1867  ;  m.,  June  i,  1825,  Silas  Met- 
calf;  m.,  2d,  Jan.  9,  1855,  Ruel  H.  Keith  ;  m.,3d,  Parnienas  Whit- 
comb.  She  bequeathed  at  her  death  several  thousand  dollars  to 
the  Baptist  church,  which  aided  very  materially  in  the  erection  of 
their  present  beautiful  church  edifice. 

\Qjiartiix,  b.  Apr.  22,  1799.  William,  b.  Nov.  20,  iSoi  ;  d.  y. 

Mahala,  b.  June  11,  1804;  m.  David  Wilmarth,  Dec.  19,  1802. 

Polly,  b.  June  29,  1806;  d.  young. 

Electa  M.,  b.  Mar.  23,  1809;  m.  William  Kelley,  Apr.  18,  1833. 

Bela  J.,  b.  Jan.  16,  181 1  ;  d.,  July  26,  1877,  at  Claremont;  m.  Marcia 
L.  Cummings,  Jan.  26,  1841.     Ch.,  Frances  E. 

Austin  C,  b.  Mar.  23,  1813;  m.  Roxana  Thatcher,  June  6,  1843. 

\Lyinan,  b.  Mar.  26,-1819. 


Qltartus  Fletcher,  s.  of  Ephraim   Fletcher;  b.  Apr.  22, 
1799  ;  early  in  life  removed  to  Cornish,  and  settled  in  the  south- 
east corner  of  the  town,  in  a  neighborhood  called  Hempyard, 
25 


386  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

where  he  spent  his  life  ia  farming,  and  where  he  d.  Apr.  27, 
1S74.  He  m.,  Feb.  6,  1827,  Annie  Kelley,  sister  of  William 
Kelley  ;  m.,  2d.,  Jan.  16,  1844,  Charlotte  Hillard,  of  Cornish. 

William  K.,  b.  Feb.  12,  1828  ;  m.  Annie  L.  Tufts,  Dec.  30,  1874;  r.  at 

Somerville,  Mass. 
Ruel  //.,  b.  May  16,  1829 ;  m.  Rebecca  C.  Wyman  ;  r.  at  E.  Cambridge, 

Mass. 
James  IV.,  h.  Oct.  24,  1830;  m.  Lucy  C.  Fletcher,  of  Preemption,  III. 
Elisabeth  A.,    b.    1832;    m.    Edwin  N.    Fletcher;  m.,  2d,    Benjamin 

Brooiis. 
\Charles  F.,  b.  Feb.  24,  1834;  m.  Martha  J.  Wilmarth,  of  Newport. 
Ursula  K.,  b.  Nov.  22,  1836;  m.  George  W.  Hillard,  of  Cornish. 
Olive?-  aM.,  b.  Aug.  7,  1838;  m.  Josie  Merrill;  r.  at  Elmira,  N.  Y. 
Orpha  M.,  b.  Feb.  24.  1840;  m.  Benjamin  F.  Atwood;  r.  at  E.  Cam- 
bridge, Mass. 
Henry  Z.,  b.  Apr.  18,  1845  !  i"->  Feb.  20,  1869,  Angeline  N.  Freeman, 

of  Cornish. 
Luella  E.,  b.  Feb.  7,  1849;  "i-'  -^P^-  ^5-  ^^l^''  Charles  M.  Emerson,  of 

Newport. 
Etfima  J.,  b.  Mar.    15,  1852;  m.,  Jan.  3,  1871,  Orlando  P.  Burr;  r.  at 

Cornish. 
Jael  M.,  b.  May  i,  1855;  m.,   Sept.  15,  1877,  Orison  W.  Page;  r.  at 

Newport. 


Charles  W.  Fletcher,  s.  of  Qiiartus  Fletcher  ;  b.  May  24, 
1834  '  s^^'ly  ii''  lif^  came  to  this  town,  and  settled  on  East  moun- 
tain. Upon  the  death  of  David  Wilmarth,  his  father-in-law, 
he  took  a  part  of  the  Wilmarth  homestead,  and  erected  a  res- 
idence at  the  north  end  of  the  village  ;  is  one  of  our  thriving 
farmers.     He  m.  Martha  Wilmarth,  b.  Jan.  27,  1S36. 

Etta,  b.  Apr.  26,  i860.  Lillian,  b.  Dec.  10,  1861. 

Henry,  b.  May  i,  1864.  IVilliam,  b.  Nov.  20,  1866. 


Lyman  M.  Fletcher,  s.  of  Ephraim  Fletcher ;  b.  Mar.  26, 
1819  ;  a  farmer  ;  occupied  the  homestead,  which  is  on  the  west 
slope  of  Oak  hill,  and  borders  on  Sugar  river.  M.,  Nov.  29, 
1844,  Sarah  S.  Carr,  dau.  of  David  Carr,  who  d.  Sept.  4,  1873  ; 
m.,  2d,  Dec.  24,  1874,  Mary  L.  Bascom,  dau.  of  Reuben  Bas- 
com,  who  d.  Nov.  15,  1877,  aged  43  years. 

Ann,  b   Jan.  14,  1850;  m.  Allen  Marshall. 

Alice  J.,  b.  Feb.  25,  1852;  m.  Simeon  C.  Ayer.     Ch.,  Frank  A. 

Fred  C,  b.  Apr.  10,  1856.  Ma/y  E.,  b.  Mar.  13,  1859;  d.  y. 


Timothy  Fletcher,  b.  July  14,  1778;  lived  in   the  north- 
west part  of  the  town  ;  and  was  an  active  and  devoted  deacon 


GENEALOGY.  387 

in  the  Baptist  church.     Married  Lois  Metcalf,  of  Croydon,  who 
is  now  (1S78)  in  the  99th  year  of  her  age. 

Laura,  b.  Apr.  18,  1804;  m.  Josiah  Nichols;  d.  at  Sutton. 

Auril/a,  b.  Nov.  3,  1807;  m.  Austin  L.  Kibbey. 

Sannicl  M.,  b.  June  6,  1810;  m.  Lucy  Hagar,  and  went  West. 

Cyrus  K.,  b.  Oct.  8,  1812;  a  fanner  at  Croydon;  m.,  Mar.  8,  1835, 
Rachel  S.  Jacobs;  m.,  2d,  IVIrs.  Albert  Sprague.  Ch.,  Aurora  W., 
d.  at  20  Silas  J.  Melvin  S.,  b.  November,  1843;  m.  Georgie 
Perry.     Eveline  A. 

\Thiiothy  S.,  b.  Aug.  6,  1817. 

Benjamin  F.,h.  Mar.  18,  1823  ;  went  to  Oregon. 


Timothy  S.  Fletcher,  s.  of  Timothy  ;  b.  Aug.  6,  1S17  ;  m., 
Sept.  13,  1S40,  Parmela  Spicer  ;  m.,  2d,  Dec.  21,  1S59,  Mary 
Allen,  who  d.  Nov.  iS,  1S76,  aged  44  years. 

Edward  S.,  b.  Dec.  21,  1843;  m.  Lizzie  Di.xon,  of  Dayton,  O. ;  r.  at 

Boston,  Mass. 
Henry  IV.,  b.  June  12,  1846;  a  farmer;  m.,  Oct.  4,  1872,  Laura  Morse, 

Groveland,  Mass. 
Miriam  /..,  b.  June  30,  1848  ;  m.,  Nov.  26,  1868,  David  Newton. 
Malvin  L.,  b.  May  25,  1850.  George  A/.,  b.  Oct.  6,  1853. 

William  S.,  b.  Nov.  24,  1855.         Aicrilla  P.,  b.  Nov.  26,  1863. 
Laura  E.,h.  Feb.  11,  1869. 


David  Fletcher,  a  blacksmith,  and  s.  of  Joseph  ;  b.  1799; 
came  from  Sturbridge,  Mass. ;  m.  Polly  Wakefield. 

Clarissa,  b.  Mar.  8,  1805  ;  m.  Erastus  Huntoon. 

\David,  a  rakemaker;  b.  July  13,  1S07. 

Mary  A.,  b.  Mar.  i,  1810;  m.  Chas.  Wakefield. 

Thomas  B.,  b.  Apr.  12,  1812;  m.  Mary  P.  George.     Ch.,  Betsey  J.,  b. 

Sept,  18,  1832.     Frances  M.,  b.  Oct.  15,  1843;  m.  Warden  White. 

T.  Wallace,  b.  Sept.   12,  1849.     Alice  O.,   b.  Oct.    14,    1851  ;  m. 

Simon  A.  Hale. 
Betsey,  b.  June  22,  1814;  m.  Reuben  Johnson. 
\Luther  J.,  b.  Nov.  25,  1818. 
MclitaM.,  b.  May  10,  1819;  m.  Austin  Stockwell. 


David  Fletcher,  s.  of  David  Fletcher;  m.  Betsev  Wake- 
field  ;   m.,  3d,  Martha  Vining. 

Calvin  H.,  b.  Apr.  9,  1828  ;  a  clergyman  ;  educated  at  Newport  acade- 
my ;  secretary  of  N.  H.  Conference  of  Advent  Christians  for  three 
years;  m.  Hannah  Crowell.  Ch.,  Ella  E.,  b.  July  17,  1853;  Em- 
ma G.,  b.  Apr.  26,  1858. 

David  W.,  m.  Sarah  Mclntire. 

Hiram  M.,  b.  Aug.  3,  1835;  m.  Martha  Jackson.  Ch.,  Edith  M.,  b. 
Aug.  22,  1854;  Effie  A.,  b.  Aug.  9,  1856;  George  H.,  b.  Oct.  12, 
1859. 

Betsey  A.,  m.  Richard  ^L  J.  Hastings. 


388  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

Luther  Jacobs  Fletcher,  s.  of  David,  senior;  b.  Nov.  28, 
181S;  came  to  this  town  from  Croydon,  with  his  father,  when 
quite  a  hid.  His  father  was  a  blacksmith,  and  he,  the  youngest 
son,  was  "  heir  apparent"  to  the  bellows  and  the  anvil,  but  his 
love  of  books  was  his  master  passion.  He  had  his  preparatory- 
training  at  Unity  academy,  and  graduated  at  Norwich  Univer- 
sity in  1 841.  He  was  a  successful  teacher  and  writer.  He  was 
in  the  practice  of  law  at  Lowell,  Mass.,  where  he  was  appoint- 
ed a  Commissioner  of  Insolvency,  and  soon  after  elevated  to 
the  position  of  judge  :  but  he  has  devoted  most  of  his  life  to 
the  ministry.  He  was  first  settled  over  the  Universalist  church 
at  Surry,  since  which  time  he  has  had  charge  of  the  church  at 
Brattleborough,  Vt.,  at  Cambridge  and  Lowell,  Mass.,  at  Bath, 
Me.,  and  at  Brooklyn  and  IBuffalo,  N.  Y.,  and  now  r.  at  the 
latter  place.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Mass.  House  of  Repre- 
sentatives in  1856,  in  which  body  he  took  an  active  part.  [See 
Literature.]  Married  a  dau.  of  Rev.  Dr.  Whittemore,  of  Bos- 
ton ;  m.,  2d,  Caroline  Greenwood,  of  Brighton,  Mass. 

Rosa,  Ella,  Eiigene. 

FOGG. 

Jeremiah  Fogg,  a  cooper  by  trade  ;  s.  of  Joseph  Fogg ; 
b.  at  Kensington,  May  27,  17S2.  His  father  was  quarter- 
master in  Col.  Poor's  regiment,  in  tlie  war  of  the  Revolution. 
Jeremiah  came  from  Enfield  to  Newport  in  February,  1834, 
and  settled  at  Northville,  where  he  followed  his  trade  until  the 
spring  of  1S48.  He  then  removed  to  North  wood,  where  he  re- 
sided with  his  son,  Alonzo  J.,  until  his  death,  which  occurred 
Jan.  I,  1S52.  He  was  fond  of  books,  and  possessed  a  consider- 
able  fund  of  information,  which  he  took  pleasure  in  displaying 
in  the  discussions  of  the  village  lyceums.  M.,  Sept.  2,  1809, 
Mary,  dau.  of  Ira  James,  of  Deerfield,  b.  July  25,  17S8. 

Almira,  b.  Apr.  19,  181 1  ;  m.,  Aug.  7,  1836,  Ephraim  Kempton,  whod. 

1855. 
Hannah,  b.  Feb.  17,  1814;  d.  Mar.  7,  1857. 
Alonzo  J.,  b.  Jan.  2,  1820;  d.  Nov.  22,  1822. 
\Alon20  J.,  b.  Aug.  29,  1823. 


Alonzo  James  Fogg,  s.  of  Jeremiah  ;  b.  Aug.  29,  1S23,  at 


GENEALOGY.  389 

Enfield  ;  removed,  with  his  father,  to  Newport,  in  February, 
1S34,  ^'"'^^  settled  at  Northville.  His  educational  advantages 
were  limited  to  the  common  school  of  his  district,  except  that 
he  enjoyed  the  advantages  of  a  high  school  kept  in  the  same 
part  of  the  town  during  a  portion  of  his  youth.  In  the  year 
1S43  he  was  employed  as  a  clerk  in  a  dry-goods  store  in  North- 
ville, and  in  1843  he  obtained  similar  employment  in  Nashua, 
but  returned  to  Newport  in  the  autumn  of  the  same  year.  On 
reaching  his  majority  he  settled  in  Northwood,  where  he  en- 
gaged with  success  in  the  manufacture  and  sale  of  shoes,  in 
connection  with  G.  &J.  P.  Lancaster,  the  name  of  the  partner- 
ship being  Lancaster,  Fogg  &  Co.,  until  i860,  except  that  a 
portion  of  the  year  1S56  he  spent  in  a  banking-house  in  New 
York  city.  In  1855  and  1856  he  was  a  selectman  of  the  town 
of  Northwood.  In  1S60  he  was  elected  register  of  deeds  for  the 
county  of  Rockingham,  wliich  office  he  held  by  successive  elec- 
tions for  three  years,  his  residence  during  that  time  being  at 
Exeter.  In  the  autumn  of  1863  he  was  appointed  by  the  sec- 
retary of  war  to  a  position  in  the  adjutant-general's  office  at 
Washington,  D.  C,  which  place  he  held  until  1865,  when 
he  resigned  and  returned  to  Exeter.  In  the  fall  of  1866  he  re- 
moved to  Concord,  and  for  a  period  of  about  five  years  was 
connected  with  various  mercantile  houses  in  Boston  and  Chica- 
go. In  1 87 1  he  was  chosen  sergeant-at-arms  to  the  House  of 
Representatives.  In  the  fall  of  this  year  he  was  appointed  bank 
commissioner,  and  held  the  office  under  that  appointment  for 
one  year  only,  but  in  the  year  1S75  he  was  again  appointed  to 
the  same  office,  which  he  held  till  July,  1876.  In  the  autumn 
of  1877  he  removed  from  Concord  to  Troy,  N.  Y.,  where  he 
now  r.,  and  is  in  the  employ  of  the  Boston  &  Troy  Railroad. 
[See  Literature.]  M.,  Sept.  27,  1847,  Alary  A.  Lancaster,  dau. 
of  Jonathan  Lancaster,  of  Northwood. 

Elgina,  b.  1849. 

Austin,  b.  1856;  married,  and  resides  in  Troy,  N.  Y. 

Lizzie  B.  \V.,  b.  1861. 

FORSAITH. 

JosiAii  FoRSAiTH  [see  Lawyers],  b,  Dec.  14,  1780;  m.,  Oct. 
6,  1822,  Maria,  dau.  of  William  Southworth,  of  Ilingham, 
Mass.,  b.  Sept.  30,  1802. 


390  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

Charles  L.,  b.  Oct.  14,  1826;  d.  May  29,  1833. 

Geo?-ge  Wilder,  b.  Nov.  22,  1828;  r.  at  Princeton,  111 ;  m.,  and  has  two 

daughters. 
Henry,  b.  June  i,  1832;  d.  y.         \William  Josiah,  b.  Apr.  19,  1836. 
Edward,  b.  Sept.  28,  1839;  r-  ^^  the  homestead. 

William  Josiah  Forsaith,  s.  of  Josiah  Forsaith  ;  b.  Apr. 
19,  1836  ;  fitted  for  college  at  Kimball  Union  Academy  ;  was 
at  Amherst  college  from  1853  to  1855,  and  at  Dartmouth  college 
from  1S55  to  1857,  ^"^  graduated  at  the  latter  institution  in 
1857.  -^^  commenced  the  study  of  law  with  Burke  &  Wait,  of 
this  town,  in  1858,  and  continued  it  with  Hon.  Benjamin  F. 
Hallett,  of  Boston,  at  the  Harvard  Law  School,  and  with  Ran- 
ney  &  Morse,  of  Boston,  until  i860,  when  he  was  admitted  to 
the  bar.  In  May  of  the  same  year  he  began  practice  in  Boston, 
where  he  has  since  resided.  He  was  appointed  judge  of  the 
inunicipal  court  of  Boston  in  1872,  which  office  he  still  holds. 
M.,  Oct.  31,  1865,  Annie  Maria,  dau.  of  John  W.  Veazie,  and 
grand-daughter  of  Gen.  Veazie,  of  Bangor,  Me.  He  has  one 
son  and  two  daughters. 


Lydia  Forsaith,  b.  July  11,  1774;  was  the  widow  of  David 
Forsaith,  a  merchant  in  Boston,  and  brother  of  Josiah.  Upon 
her  husband's  decease,  she  came  here  with  her  young  family, 
and  was  for  many  years  a  successful  milliner.  She  d.  Oct.  21, 
1854. 

Frances  M.,  b.  Jan.  30,  1813;  d.  Mar.,  1874;  m.,  Nov.  16,  1831,  Ros- 
well  Elmer,  editor  of  the  Spectator,  at  Rutherford,  N.  C,  but  after- 
wards became  a  planter  on  the  Red  river  in  Louisiana. 

Willia?n  IV.,  h.  Feb.  15,  1815;  became  a  printer;  d.  on  his  way  to 
California. 

Helen  L.,  b.  Oct.  20,  1817;  m.,  Jan.  14,  1841,  William  P.  Hale,  Esq., 
of  Hollis. 

yane  IV.,  b.  Sept.  17,  1819;  m..  May  11,  1837,  David  H.  Hale;  went 
to  California. 

Caroline  Z.,  b.  June  13,  1821 ;  m.,  Jan.  20,  1842,  Parker  N.  Newell,  who 
afterwards  became  a  merchant  at  Princeton,  III;  now  lives  at  Santa 
Barbara,  Cal. 

FOOTE. 

Francis  Foote,  b.  Jan.  27,  1826,  at  Leeds,  Eng.  ;  came  to 
this  town  from  Vermont,  and  has  been  for  many  years  an  over- 
seer in  the  Sugar  River  Mills.     He  is  a  deacon,  and  an  active 


GENEALOGY.  39 1 

worker  in  tlie  Congregational    cluircli.      Married    Abigail  A. 
Whitconil),  of  Cavendish,  Vt. 

Abbie  M.,  b.  Mar.  3,  1851.  Lizzie  E.,  b.  Nov.  23,  1852. 

Francis  14'.,  h.  Jan.  12,  1854. 

A'//a  £.,  b.  Jan.  26,  i860;  graduated  at  Newport  high  school  in  1878. 

FOSS. 

Thomas  Foss,  b.  Oct.  25,  1S06;  is  a  carpenter  and  joiner; 
a  native  of  Gilford  ;  came  to  this  town  in  1S43  from  Goshen. 
He  was  a  lieutenant-colonel  (jf  the  31st  regiment.  M.,  Feb.  9. 
1S34,  Lucretia  Carr,  of  Palermo,  Me.,  b.  Oct.  10,  180S. 

George  C,  b.  May  2,  1835,  ^t  Goshen;  was  a  painter;  d.  Dec.  26,  1862, 
at  Harwood  hospital,  Washington,  D.  C,  from  wounds  received  at 
Fredericksburg,  Va. ;  m.,  Oct.  2,  1854,  Eliza  A.  Heath,  who.  d. 
Jan.  12,  1869.  Ch.,  Clara  E.,  b.  July  7,  1855  ;  m.  Edwin  Gould; 
ch.,  George  E.,  b.  Sept.  30,  1877 — a  grandchild. 

Fairfield,  b.  Sept.  23,  1842  ;  d.  Sept.  6,  1853. 

Milton  C-,  b.  Nov.  26,  1843,  at  Newport;  a  printer;  was  for  several 
years  in  the  government  printing-office  at  Washington  ;  m.  Sept.  i, 
1873,  Saliie'Swasey,  of  Washington,  D.  C.  Ch.,  Nellie  M.,  b. 
June  26,  1874. 

FOWLER. 

David  G.  Fowler,  a  lumber  dealer  ;  b.  Dec.  30, 1S28  ;  came 
from  Grantham  in  1S57,  ^"^^  purchased  the  saw-mill  at  Kelley- 
ville,  where  he  has  since  operated.  Married  Lucy  Patten,  of 
Croydon. 

Horace  S.,  b.  June  7,  1853.  Nancy  M.,  b.  Sept.  11,  1855. 

Calista  J.,  b.  Oct.  28,  1857.  John  C,  b.  Jan.  4,  i860. 

George  H.,  b.  Jan.  18,  1865.  Martha  E.,  b.  Apr.  19,  1867. 

Clara  B.,  b.  July  25,  1869.  Charles  E.,  b.  Sept.  5,  1871. 
Lucy  P.,  b.  Nov.  8,  1S74. 

FRENCH. 

Benjamin  B.  French.     [See  Literature  and  the  Press.] 


Nathaniel  French  came  to  town  in  1S63,  and  settled  on 
the  L.  Lawton  farm  on  Pike  hill  ;  m.  Mary  E.  Marshall,  of  St. 
Johnsbury,  Vt.  At  the  end  of  nine  years  they  both  died,  nearly 
at  the  same  time,  leaving  six  orphans  to  seek  new  homes. 

FREETO. 

William  Freeto,  m.  Amy  Meggs,  and  lived  on  the  Mrs. 
Wheeler  farm  at  Northville. 


392                                      HISTORY  OF    NEWPORT. 

Calisfa,  m.  James  Haven.  Sally,  m.  Silas  Barden. 

^Lorenzo  M.,  b.  Oct.  23,  1801.  Zcba.    Polly. 

Amy,  m.  Simeon  Wakefield.  Harvey,  went  West. 


Lorenzo  M.  Freeto,  s.  of  William  ;  b.  Oct.  23,  1801  ;  m. 
Ruth  Wakefield ;  m.,  2d,  Sarah  M.  Jones.  He  lives  on  the 
George  Haven  farm. 

Mary.  Dexter  S.,  m.  Mary  J.  Sargent. 

Merinda,  m.  Jotham  Willard.  Pillsbtiry,  m.  Mary  A.  Greeley. 

Lucinda,  m.  John  Davis.  Delia  A.,  m.  William  Poor. 

Cynthia,  m.  Norman  Tenney. 
George  M.,  b.  Mar.  14,  1847;  m.  Sarah  M.  Moore. 


John  Freeto,  brother  of  William  ;  m.  Eunice  Barden,  and 
went  West. 

GARDNER. 

Peyton  R.  Gardner,  b.  Mar.  27,  1815,  at  vSunapee  ;  came 
here  in  1849.  In  1871  all  the  village  streets  and  side-walks, 
hitherto  belonging  to  several  districts,  were  consolidated  into 
one,  so  that  he  might  be  appointed  the  superintendent,  on  ac- 
count of  his  acknowledged  skill  in  that  direction.  He  m.,  Jan. 
16,  1S37,  Mary  M.  Woodward,  of  Bradford,  Vt. 


Dennis  F.  Gardner,  an  adopted  son  of  Peyton  R.  Gardner  ; 
b.  Nov.  17,  1842;  m.  Lizzie  A.  Hurd,  dau.  of  Isaac  B.  Hurd. 
He  lives  at  the  F.  A.  Beard  place  on  East  mountain. 

GAY. 

David  Gay,  a  tanner  ;  came  from  New  London,  and  settled 
at  Northville,  where  he  spent  the  remainder  of  his  life.  He  m. 
Asenath  Davis. 

Lydia  D.,  b.  Mar.  10,  1820;  m.  Ezra  T.  Sibley. 


Francis  Gay  was  a  cabinet-maker  ;  came  from  Croydon.    He 
was  an  adopted  son  of  Whitman  Jacobs. 

GEORGE. 

Samuel  E.  George,  a  painter  and  cabinet-maker  ;  s.  of  Eli- 
jah ;  b.  Jan.   13,   iSoo;  d.  Mar.   13,   1874;  came  to  this  town 


GENEALOGY.  393 

from  Sunapee  in  1S24.     lie  m.,  Feb.  21,  1S33,  Charlotte  Hun- 
ton,  dau.  of  John  Hunton,  b.  Feb.  22,  181 1,  d.  Oct.  5,  1S47. 

Ellen  A.,  b.  Feb.  11,  1834;  m.  William  Campbell,  of  Mont  Vernon; 

d.  July  14,  1867. 
William    W.,  b.  Aug.  14,  1839;  a  merchant  in  New  York,  where  he 

had  a  brief  but  successful  career;  d.  Jan.  29,  1864. 
Charlotte  A.,  b.  Apr.  8,  1843;  d.  Apr.  11,  i860. 
Kate  P.,  b.  Apr.  13,  1845  i  f"-  George  A.  Ellis. 


Putnam  George,  brother  of  Samuel ;  a  farmer  and  specula- 
tor;  b.  Feb.  5,  1817  ;  came  to  this  town  in  1839.  lie  attained 
the  rank  of  lieutenant-colonel  in  the  31st  regiment.  Mar- 
ried Mar}'  Stoddard  ;  m.,  2d,  Dorotha  Adams;  m.,  3d,  Lavina 
Comstock  ;  m.,  4th,  Mrs.  Charlotte  Bartlett. 

Lavina,  m.  Clark  Craige. 


Barnard  George,  s.  of  Benjamin  ;  b.June  i,  1S04;  <-l-  ^J^n'- 
4,  1859.  Married  Lavina  Crowell,  b.  July  14,  1806,  d.  Aug.  7, 
1S74. 

Mary,  b.  Oct.  i,  1845  ;  d.  in  1864. 

Abbie  S.,  b.  Mar.  8,  1847  ;  m.,  July  13,  1873,  Benjamin  F.  Peasley. 


Joseph  George  was  the  father  of  Rodney,  Mrs.  Nehemiah 
Rand,  and  Mrs.  Harmon  Richardson. 


John  A.  George,  a  trader  ;  s.  of  Rodney  ;  m.  Lizzie  Dodge, 
dau.  of  Nehemiah  Dodse. 


'to'- 


Ira  p.  George,  a  brother  of  John  A.     [See  Physicians.] 


Clifton  C.  George,  a  painter;  s.  of  Worthen  ;  b.  Feb.  13, 
1819;  came  here  from  Sunapee  in  1S58.  M.,  May  7,  1S47, 
Mary  A.  Ryder,  of  Sunapee  ;  m.,  2d,  May  16,  1874,  Mercy  A. 
Sanborn,  of  Springfield. 

Abby  P.  Elizabeth  M.,  m.  Chas.  Ma.xfield. 

Etta  D. 

Civ  ilia  E.,  vci.  Christopher  J.  George. 


James  E.  George,  a  farmer  ;  s.  of  Worthen  ;  b.  Jan.  6,  1S22  ; 
came  here  in  1869.     Married  Belinda  Baker. 


394  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

Christopher,  b.  Apr.  14,  1846;  rn.  Civilla  E.  George. 

George.  Harriet  H.,  b.  Sept.  3,  1847. 

Albert  W.,  b.  Nov.  8,  1850.  Lovell  B.,  b.  Oct.  10,  1853. 


Wilson  S.  George,  a  painter;  b.  Feb.  15,  1829,  in  Ohio; 
came  here  from  Sunapee  in  1S73.  Married  Harriet  E.  Pike,  of 
New  London,  dau.  of  Capt.  John  Pike. 

GILMORE. 

Thomas  W.  Gilmore  was  b.  at  Amherst,  N.  H.,  Mar.  27, 
1794,  and  was  of  Scottish  descent.  His  grandfather,  James 
GiHmore  (as  he  spelled  his  name),  was  a  captain  in  the  Revo- 
lution, and  carried  the  broad  accent  of  Scotland  in  his  speech. 
Commencing  at  the  age  of  14,  Thomas  was  educated  to  mer- 
cantile pursuits.  On  attaining  his  majority  he  embarked  in 
trade  for  himself,  and  had  a  successful  business  at  Sanbornton, 
at  Goshen,  and  at  Newport,  until  about  1833,  when  he  was 
appointed  clerk  of  the  courts  for  Sullivan  county,  which  office 
he  held  until  185S,  a  period  of  25  years.  In  1S60  he  was  nom- 
inated for  presidential  elector  on  the  Douglas  ticket.  He  was 
one  of  the  founders  of  the  National  Bank  in  town,  was  a  direc- 
tor, and  for  nearly  twenty  years  its  president.  He  was  also  a 
director  in  the  Savings  Bank.  His  mind  was  well  balanced, 
and  his  financial  judgment  seldom  erred.  At  his  death  he  had 
devised  the  largest  estate  ever  left  in  town.  He  always  took  a 
lively  interest  in  the  affairs  of  the  village,  and  gave  to  the  nu- 
merous charities  of  the  day  without  ostentation.  He  m.,  Nov. 
17,  1S22,  Hannah  Batchelder  Lovejoy,  an  accomplished  lady, 
b.  Mar.  18,  1804,  who  d.  June  8,  1847  ;  m.,  2d,  Mar.  27,  1857, 
Maria,  widow  of  Josiah  Forsaith,  b.  Sept.  30,  1802.  Ch.  by 
first  wife  : 

^Thomas  Addisoji,  b.  Oct.  i,  1823.    ■fOin'^tcy  Adams, h.  Mar.  r,  1825. 

Marcia  L.,  b.  June  15,  1828;  d.  July  8,  1849;  m.,  Mar.  3,  1848,  Hen- 
ry E.  Baldwin.  She  is  remembered  for  her  lady-like  qualities  and 
winning  ways. 

Mary,  b.  June  8,  1830;  m.,  Oct.  15,  1851,  Frederick  W.  Leonard,  a 
banker,  at  Pekin,  111.  She  had  intelligence,  culture,  and  a  warm, 
sympathetic  heart,  and  was  much  beloved.  She  d.  April  8,  1875. 
Ch.,  Louisa,  b.  Mar.  10,  1861  ;  d.  Sept.  21,  1872.  Charles  G.,  b. 
June  2,  1863  ;  d.  Jan.  19,  1865.  Isaac  E.,  b.  June  3,  1865.  Thom- 
as G.,  b.  July  I,  1867.     Henry  B.,  b.  Aug.  2,  1871. 


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GENEALOGY.  395 

Andrew  J.,  b.  June  ii,  1834;  was  educated  at  Kimball  Union  Acad- 
emy ;  a  printer. 
Charles,  b.  Aug.  17,  1836;   d.  June  28,  1856. 


Thomas  Addison  Gilmoke,  s.  of  lion.  Thomas  W.  Gil- 
more ;  b.  Oct.  I,  1S23  ;  was  educated  at  Kimball  Union  Acad- 
emy, and  was  for  a  while  a  merchant  at  Concord.  He  was  in 
the  War  of  the  Rebellion,  a  sergeant  in  Co.  F,  i6th  Regt.,  and 
was  for  several  years  a  clerk  in  Washington,  D.  C,  where  he 
d.  May  25,  1877.  [See  Literature.]  M.,  Apr.  21,  1859,  Helen 
M.,  dau.  of  Dr.  Ira  M.  Clark,  of  Orford. 

Mary,  b.  June  23,  i860.  Henry.,  b.  Nov.  12,  1864. 

Ellis  C.,h.  May  21,  187 1. 


QyiNCY  Adams  Gilmore,  s.  of  Hon.  Thomas  W.  Gilmore  ; 
b.  Mar.  i,  1S25  ;  fitted  for  college  at  Kimball  Union  Academy, 
and  graduated  among  the  first  in  his  class  at  Dartmouth  col- 
lege, in  1S45.  After  teaching  some  four  years  at  Haverhill, 
Mass.,  and  a  like  period  in  Boston,  he  turned  his  attention  to 
law,  but  soon  after  went  to  Iowa,  where  he  became  a  specula- 
tor in  lands,  has  amassed  a  fortune,  and  now  resides.  He  m., 
Jan.  8,  1859,  Ann  Maria,  dau.  of  Jonathan  M.  Wilmarth. 

Marcia,  b.  Oct.  8,  1859;  a  student  at  Ann  Arbor  University,  Mich. 
Thomas  IV.,  h.  Oct.  4,  1862 ;  student  at  Ann  Arbor,  Mich. 
Jonathan  AT.,  b.  Oct.  7,  1870. 
Anna  and  Mary,  twins;  b.  Oct.  17,  1871  ;  Anna  d.  young. 


John  Gilmore,  a  joiner  ;  b.  in  1782  ;  d.  Jan.  31,  1843  ;  came 
from  Bedford  in  1813  ;  built  the  Mrs.  J.  Sawyer  house  ;  m.  Ap- 
phia  McAllister,  a  sister  of  William,  b.  Nov.  29,  17S5. 

Mary,  b.  Oct.  28,  1804;  m.,  Nov.  17,  1S30,  Arza  Hayward ;  ch.,  Ba- 
seilla,  Arpha  J.,  George  A.,  Harriet. 

\Benjam'.n  J/.,  b.  Oct.  17,  1806. 

Margaret  J.,  b.  Dec.  27,  1810;  m.,  Oct.  12,  1841,  Benj.  Tuttle,  of 
Hillsborough. 

George  VVhitefield,  b.  Nov.  22,  1812  ;  m.  Emily  Simpson  ;  lives  in  Cal- 
ifornia. 

Stephen  Decatur,  b.  Dec.  22.  1815;  m.  Caroline  Proctor. 

\Williani  M.,  b.  Aug.  30,  18 18. 

James  T.,  b.  Aug.  30,  1820;  m.  Emily  C.  Thatcher:  d.  Oct.  24.  1S63. 

Martha  A.,  b.  May  28,  1824;  m.  Gov.  Ralph  Metcalf. 

John  F.,  b.  Mar.  4,  1826;  m.  Hattie  Frost. 


39^  HISTORY   OF   NEWPORT. 

Benjamin  M.  Gilmore,  s.  of  John  ;  a  joiner;  b.  Oct.  17, 
1806;  was  colonel  of  31st  Regt.  ;  m.,  Mar,  30,  1837,  jSIary  J. 
Cutting  ;  m.,  2d,  Feb.  11,  1857,  Mrs.  Sibyl  H.  Flint,  of  Fitzwill- 
iam,  b.  Nov.  4,  1828.     [See  Joiners.] 

Maty  H.,  b.  June  26,  1839;  ™-  Benj.  R.  Allen. 

Geoi-ge  B.,  b.  Apr.  i,  1842.  Katie  C,  d.  young. 

Charles  C,  h.  Apr.  9,  1847. 

Afat//e  7.,  b.  Oct.  26,  1857;  d.  Aug.  12,  1872. 

Eiiuna  F.,  b.  Sept.  24,  1863.  Maggie  A.,  b.  Mar.  i,  1866. 

Clarence  B.,  b.  June  26,  1868  ;  d.  y.  Arthur  B.,  b.  Feb.  12,  1872;  d.  y. 


William  M.  Gilmore,  s.  of  Capt.  John  Gilmore  ;  b.,  Aug. 
30,  1818  ;  a  fanner  and  mechanic  ;  r.  at  Northville  ;  m.,  Dec. 
22,  1842,  Ruby  L.  McGregor,  b.  May  11,  1845. 

A7m  O.,  b.  Dec.  14,  1843;  d.  Sept.  3,  1852. 

Ellen  y.,h.  Oct.    i,    1846;  m.  Wilbur  F.Dow;  ch.,  Millie,  Eugene, 

Arthur,  Josephine. 
Henry  IV.,  b.  Sept.  22,  185c;  d.  y.       Martha  J.,  b.  June  16,  1852. 


Nathan  P.  Gilmore,  a  carriage-maker;  b.  Oct.  5,  1828; 
came  from  Goshen  to  this  town  in  1875;  m.,  Apr.  i,  1871, 
Mrs.  Eliza  Young. 

Triunan,  b.  Sept.  12,  1846;  killed  at  the  attack  on  Fort  Wagner. 
Alvin,  b.  Aug.  i,  1848;  m.,  Oct.,  1864,  Viola  Spaulding,  of  Goshen. 
Everend,  b.  Dec.  17,  1851;  m.,  April,  1876,  Nora  Butterfield,  of  Go- 
shen. 

GILES. 

Benjamin  Giles,  one  of  the  early  settlers,  said  to  have  been 
an  Irishman  by  birth,  came  from  Groton,  Conn.,  and  was  dur- 
ing his  life  the  leading  man,  not  only  of  the  town,  but  of  this 
section  of  the  state.  He  was  a  man  of  wealth  and  education 
beyond  most  of  the  early  settlers.  He  w^as  a  devoted  patriot. 
During  the  Revolution  he  was  an  important  member  of  the 
provincial  councils  of  the  state  ;  and  during  almost  the  entire 
Revolutionary  struggle  he  was  a  delegate  to  the  various  con- 
ventions, or,  as  they  were  then  called,  "provincial  congresses," 
which  met  to  devise  means  for  carrying  on  the  war,  and  form- 
ing plans  of  government.  He  was  a  member  of  the  convention 
which  formed  the  first  constitution  of  the  state  ;  was  a  member 
of  the  commission  to   settle   the  ditficulties  in  regard  to  the 


GENEALOGY.  397 

boundary  between  Massachusetts  and  New  Hampshire.  It  is 
said  that  he  was  imprisoned,  by  authority  of  His  Majesty,  for 
seditious  acts,  but  wlien  it  was  evening  he  was  rescued  by  a 
band  of  patriots  dressed  in  female  attire.  He  was  a  represent- 
ative, in  1775  ^"<^^  "77^7  ^^  six  then  classed  towns  in  this  vicin- 
ity ;  he  was  also  a  member  of  the  state  senate,  and  was  elected 
to  the  council.  When  this  town  seceded  from  New  Hamp- 
shire, in  March,  1781,  he  was  elected  a  delegate  to  the  general 
assembly  of  Vermont,  which  was  to  meet  at  Windsor.  He 
erected  the  first  grist-  and  saw-mill  in  town.  He  died  Nov., 
^7^7'  ^g^^^  7*-*  yC'^^'s.  Plis  sister  Mary  m.  Christopher  Newton. 
Mr.  Giles  had  a  family,  an  account  of  which  we  have  been 
luiable  to  obtain.  One  of  his  davighters,  //a/iua/i,  m.  Isaac 
Newton;  and  another,  Ruth,  m.  Rev.  Abijah  Wines;  both  r. 
in  town. 

GLEASON. 

Amos  Gleason,  b.  Mar.  3,  177S  ;  came  from  Rowe,  ]Mass. ; 
m.  Lucy  Hall. 

Emerson  H.,  Ebenezer  L.,  and  Samuel  L.  went  to  the  West. 
Adaliza,\i.  Apr.  8,   1810;  m.  Calvin  Messenger;  m.,  2d,  Joseph  S. 

Hoyt. 
Eliza  and  Lucy,  twins,  b.  Mar.  26,  1816;  one  d.  in  1852,  the  other  in 

1858. 
Amos,  b.  May  10,  1820;  d.  Sept.  13,  1854;  m.  Caroline  H.  Langdon. 
Catherine,  m.  Stephen  F.  Lund;  she  d.  Sept.  24,  1859. 
Caroline  IV.,  b.  1825  ;  m.,  May  7,  1843.  Joseph  G.  Hoyt. 
Zemira,  b.  Sept.  30,  1831  ;  m.  Stephen  F.  Lund, — second  wife. 

GLIDDEN. 

Milton  Glidden,  b.  May  6,  1S09;  came  to  this  town  from 
Unity,  his  native  place,  Jan.  i,  1S41,  and  purchased  the  New- 
port House,  which  he  kept  for  some  fifteen  years.  He  was  gen- 
erous, and  full  of  anecdotes,  and,  having  a  skilful  hostess  to  as- 
sist him,  his  house  was  a  favorite  resort  for  the  public.  He  d. 
IMay  24,  1S56.  M.,  May  6,  1841,  Clarissa  McCollom,  dau.  of 
John  ^SlcCollom,  of  Claremont,  b.  June  10,  1S17. 

GOLDTHWAITE. 

Samuel  Goldthwaite,  b.  Apr.  14,  1760;  came  from 
Northbridge,  Mass.,  in    17S0,   to  Croydon,  and  settled   in  the 


398  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

west  part  of  the  town.  He  was  a  wealthy  and  industrious 
farmer,  was  a  soldier  in  the  Revolution,  and  was  at  the  surren- 
der of  Burgoyne  and  in  other  engagements.  He  was  one  of 
the  most  influential  agents  in  procuring  the  construction  of  the 
old  Croydon  turnpike ;  was  a  selectman  and  representative 
while  there.  He  came  to  Newport  in  1815,  and  settled  upon 
the  farm  in  the  north  part  of  the  town,  afterwards  occupied  by 
his  son  Zina,  now  by  his  grand-children,  where  he  d.  at  the  age 
of  98.     Married  Lydia   Fletcher. 

Aseneth,  m.  Ansel  Lathrop;  d.  in  1836,  aged  51. 

]Zi7ia,  b.  Nov.  6,  1787. 

Alvin,    m.    Polly   Chase,    of  Croydon.     Ch.,  Julia;    Melinda;   Obed ; 

Lydia;  Abigail;  Arnold;  Nancy;  Samuel,  b.  Apr.    13,  1828;  Ira 

P.,  b.  Feb.  6,  1830;  Calvin,  b.  Apr.  10,  1832. 


Zina  Goldthwaite,  s.  of  Samuel;  b.  Nov.  6,  1787;  came 
from  Croydon,  where  he  had  been  an  extensive  farmer  and 
dairy  man,  keeping  some  fifty  cows.  He  had  good  judgment, 
was  modest  and  gentlemanly  in  his  bearing,  and  was  always 
quite  a  favorite.  He  was  elected  both  in  this  town,  and  while 
in  Croydon,  to  many  important  offices,  and  was  a  representa- 
tive here  in  1841  and  1843.  He  was  a  leading  member  and  a 
liberal  supporter  of  the  Baptist  church.  Married  Anna  How- 
ard, of  Grantham. 

Mary  Ann,  b.  Sept.  5,    1816;  m.   Daniel  Ward,  of  Croydon,  a  physi- 
cian ;  moved  to  111.,  where  they  became  wealthy,  and  where  she  d. 
Alvira  IV.,  b.  Aug.  23,  1819;  remains  at  the  old  homestead. 
^Francis  H.,  b.  July  14,  1823. 

Francis  H.  Goldthwaite,  s.  of  Zina  Goldthwaite ;  b. 
July  14,  1823  ;  occupies  a  part  of  the  old  homestead  ;  has  most 
of  his  life  been  interested  in  thoroughbred  horses  of  the  Morgan 
breed;  m.  Julia  P.,  dau.  of  Leavitt  Humphrey;  m.,  2d,  Bettie 
Ide,  of  Croydon. 

Leland H.,  b.  Jan.  i,  1857.  Alice  C,  b.  Nov.  25,  1871. 

GOODWIN. 

Richard  Goodwin,  the  father  of  the  Goodwin  race  in  this 
town,  came  here   about  1780,  and   settled  on  what  was  after- 


GENEALOGY.  399 

wards  known  as  tlic  Dr.  Corbin  place,  now  occupied  by  B.  C. 
Shattuck,  where  he  d.  in  1S21,  at  the  age  of  75  years. 

Betsey,  m.  Nathan  Gould. 

\Moses,  b.  Dec.  28,  1768.  Benjamin.    Hannah.    Polly. 

Elisabeth,  dau.  by  2d  wife,  m.  Jonathan  Wakefield. 

Moses  Goodwin,  s.  of  Richard  Goodwin  ;  b.  Dec.  28,  1768  ; 
came  to  this  town  with  his  father  in  1780;  lived  on  the  C. 
Kelsey  farm  on  Oak  hill ;  d.  Jan.  23,  1863.  M.,  Aug.  6,  1794, 
Sally  Stannard,  b.  Oct.  6,  1771. 

\Alpheus,  b.  July  24,  1795. 

Afinda,  b.  Feb.  i,  1798;  m.  William  Stannard,  and  went  to  Ohio. 

■finiliam  S.,  b.  Nov.  22,  1805. 


I 


Alpiieus  Goodwin,  s.  of  Moses  Goodwin  ;  b.  July  24,  1795  ; 
was  a  mechanic,  and  built  the  upper  dam  on  Alorse  brook  at 
Northville,  where  he  had  a  sash  and  blind  shop,  the  first  man- 
ufactory of  the  kind,  by  water,  in  this  town.  He  subsequently 
removed  to  Craftsbury,  Vt,  where  he  now  resides.  M.,  Nov. 
8,  181S,  Rebecca  Darling,  b.  Mar.  4,  179S;  m.,  2d,  Apr.  8, 
1874,  Judith  C.  Avery. 

Orpha  F.,  b.  Dec.  5,  1819;  m.,  Nov.  25,  1838,  Otis  F.  Ford. 

Sylvia  C,  h.  Mar.  3,  1821  ;  m.,  Sept.  8,  1842,  Calvin  N.  Perkins. 

Eliza  D.,  b.  Nov.  7,  1825  ;  m.,  Jan.  2,  1843,  David  D.  Davis. 

Moses,  b.  Aug.  29,  1827. 

Eli  S.,  b.  June  i,  1829;  m.,  Nov.  9,  1867,  Susan  Nichols:  m.,  2d,  Em- 
ma S.  Mitchell. 

Martha  M.  and  Mary  M.,  b.  Mar.  27,  1832.  Martha  m.,  Sept.  8,  1850, 
Lyman  G.  Woodbury. 

Charles  F.,  b.  July  22,  1835;  m.,  Mar.  14,  1865,  Mary  P.  Houston. 

William  S.  Goodwin,  a  farmer,  s.  of  Moses ;  b.  Nov.  22, 
1805  ;  m.  Dorotha  Cooper,  of  Croydon. 

Vi7ianV.,  an  artist,  b.  Jan.  21,  1831  ;  m.  Melinda  Cram,  of  Unity.    Ch., 

William  J.,  Charles  E.,  Edwin  V". 
Ellen  M.,  m.  Charles  S.  Partridge.     Ch.,  Gracia. 


TiiEOPHiLUS  Goodwin,  brother  of  Richard  Goodwin  ;  b.  at 
Hampstead,  Sept.  21,  1753;  came  to  this  town  in  1784,  from 
Dunbarton,  and  settled  on  the  W.  Shattuck  farm,  long  known 
as  the  Dr.  Corbin  place.  M.,  Mar.  9,  1773,  Abigail  Adams,  of 
Rowley,  Mass.,  b.  Sept.  2,  1750.     He  d.  in  1799. 


400  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

Deborah,  b.  Dec.  12,  1776;  m.  Ralph  Chamberlain. 

Betsey,  b.  Dec.  31,  1780. 

Polly,  b.  Feb.  2,  1783;  m.  Jeremiah  Kelsey,  who  was  a  merchant,  and 

built  the  old  Nettleton  store,  where  he  carried  on  business. 
Molly,  b.  Mar.  2,  1785. 

Rhoda,  b.  June  13,  1788;  m.  David  Reed,  and  went  to  Plainfield,  Vt. 
Ruth,  b.  Apr.  30,  1791.  \Israel,  b.  Feb.  14,  1793. 


Israel  Goodwin,  s.  of  Theophilus  Goodwin  ;  b.  Feb.  14, 
1793  ;  was  for  several  years  a  merchant  at  Croydon.  He  re- 
moved to  Plainfield,  Vt.,  to  which  place  several  members  of 
the  family  had  preceded  him  ;  he  was  a  representative  from 
that  town  two  years,  and  was  a  state  senator  two  years  ;  was 
subsequently  appointed  a  judge,  and  removed  to  Montpelier, 
where  he  resided  until  his  death.  He  was  noted  for  his  clear 
intellect  and  his  social  qualities  ;  had  a  wide  influence,  and 
was  a  most  correct  and  competent  business  man. 

GOODRIDGE. 

David  J.  Goodridge,  b.  Aug.  21,  1816,  at  Winchendon, 
Mass. ;  came  to  this  town  from  Troy,  N.  H.,  in  1S49.  -^^  ^^^ 
a  manufacturer,  and  in  1844,  while  residing  at  Troy,  invented 
the  process  of  carding  wool  and  cotton  together  for  the  man- 
ufacture of  cloth,  and  on  coming  here  introduced  the  making  of 
cotton  and  wool  twilled  flannels,  for  which  our  town  has  since 
been  so  long  and  so  justly  celebrated.  He  was  for  some  time  a 
joint  owner  of  the  Sugar  River  Mills,  with  Seth  Richards  & 
Son,  and  afterwards  operated  at  the  Diamond  Mills.  He  now 
r.  at  Medford,  Mass.  M.,  Oct.  16,  1S38,  Harriet  E.  Scovel,  of 
Walpole,  b.  Aug.  18,  1817;  m.,  3d,  June  29,  1857,  Lucinda  C. 
Batchelder,  of  Sunapee,  b.  May  25,  1S27. 

Charles  A.,h.  Aug.  15,  1839. 

Alary  L.,  b.  Sept.  9,  1840;  m.,  June  5,  1873,  Geo.  S.  Pierce,  Rantoul, 
111. 

Susie   v.,  b.  Oct.  50,  1842;  m.,  June   18,  1868,  W.  Y.  Jones,  Rindge, 
N.  H. 

Hattle  E.,  b.  Nov.  29,  1844. 

Al/ny  P.,  b.  April  22,  1847;   m.,  June  5,  1872,  Emma  Pratt,  of  Green- 
bush,  N.  Y. 

Abbott  L.,  b.  Aug.  22,  1849. 

Mattie  M.,  b.  Dec.  19,  1851  ;  m.  Nov.   22,   1877,  Tarbell  Haskall,  of 
Fitchburg,  Mass. 

Nettie  E.,  b.  May  17,  1854. 


GENEALOGY.  4OI 


GORDON. 

James  M.  Gordon,  a  farmer;  b.  May  6,  1837;  came  to 
this  town  from  Goshen  in  1863;  m.,  September,  1873,  Ellen, 
dau.  of  Joseph  Svvett ;  r.  on  East  mountain. 

Frank  M.,  b.  Feb.  27,  1865.  Burhm  S.,  b.  Aug.  i,  1868. 

James  A".,  b.  June  28,  1874.  John  Laui^don,  b.  Oct.  2,  1876. 

Fred II.,  b.  Dec.  2,  1877. 

GOULD. 

Nathan  Gould,  b.  Feb.  21.  1767;  came  from  Ilopkinton; 
lived  in  the  north-west  part  of  the  town,  his  farm  lying  on  the 
old  Cornish  turnpike  ;   m.  Betsey  Goodwin,  of  Hampstead. 

Ah'ira,  b.  March  9,  1794;  m.  John  Goodwin  ;  r.  at  Starr,  O. 

Gideon,  b.  March  3,  1796;  d.  Aug.  6,  1877;  m.  Sally  Ward,  of  Croy- 
don.    Ch.,  Alfred  J.,  b.  Jan.  18,  1840. 

Silva  y.,  b.  April  9,  1797  ;  m.  Joseph  Fisher.  Ch.,  Elvira,  m.  L.  Har- 
dy; r.  at  Wayland,  Mich. 

Carlos,  h.  Feb.  15.  1799:  m.  Fanny  Knapp.  Ch.,  Loren,  Mary  E., 
Fanny,  Nathan,  Ellen  E. 

Moses  Milton,  b.  July  31,  1800;  m.  Hannah  Town,  of  Croydon.  Ch., 
John,  Nathan,  Betty  A.,  Vashti.     Resides  at  Boston,  Mich. 

Betsev,  b.  Julv  6,  1802  ;  m.  Moses  Blakesly;  both  d.  at  West  Bloomfield, 
Mich. 

Zarilla,  b.  Dec.  6,  1803;  m.  Zephaniah  R.  Green;  r.  at  West  Bloom- 
field,  Mich. 

Nathan,  b.  Apr.  6,  1806;  m.  Mrs.  John  Sherman;  d.  at  Newport. 

Nancy,  b.  May  26,  1810;  m.  Joseph  Metcalf;  removed  to  Acworth, 
where  he  died. 


Alfred  J.  Gould,  s.  of  Gideon  Gould;  b.  Jan.  18,  1840;  is 
a  farmer;  occupies  the  old  homestead  in  the  north-west  part  of 
the  town;  m.,  Dec.  15,  1861,  Sarah  Ayers,  of  Cornish,  b.  Aug. 
6,  1840,  d.  Oct.  6,  1864  ;  m.,  2d,  Feb.  3,  1866,  Orpha  A.  Honey, 
of  Lempster,  b.  Sept.  16,  1S47.  He  was  a  candidate  for  rep- 
resentative in  1878. 

Oliver  Gould  m.  a  dau.  of  Jesse  Kelsey,  and  lived  on  the 
E.  Burke  place,  at  Kellcyville. 

Oliver,  Marcus,  Nathan,  Lucius,  Carlos. 

Willard  Gould,  a  brother  of  Oliver;  m.  Mary  Hill ;  lived 

in  the  south-west  part  of  the  town. 
26 


402  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

Barbary,  m.  Joel  Cutts. 

Alonzo  F.,  m.  Laura  Parrish,   of  Claremont;  ch.,  Alice  H.,  Ada  M., 

Edwin  A.,  Mary  E. 
Helen  M.,  m.  Moses  French. 

GOVE 

Mark  Gove,  a  farmer;  b.  Apr.  8,  iSii  ;  came  from  Henni- 
ker  in  1839,  and  settled  in  the  south-east  part  of  the  town.  He 
was  a  selectman  in  185 1.  M.,  Oct.  26,  1839,  Sarah  Sargent,  of 
Henniker,  b.  June  19,  1817. 

Mary  E.,  b.  Feb.  21,  1843;  "i.  Byron  C.  Shattuck. 

Mark  A.,\).  Nov.  22,  1846;  m.  Angeline  Cutts. 

Ira  F.,  b.  June  12,  1849.  George  A.,h.  Apr.  27,  1853. 

Celia  A.,  b.  Sept.  20,  1855.  Madora  A.,  b.  Sept.  7,  1861. 


Peter  Gove,  a  farmer;  b.  Oct.  16,  1810;  m..  May  22,  1835, 
Betsey  D.,  dau.  of  Col.  Jessiel  Perry,  b.  Oct.  28,  1815  ;  r.  in 
Goshen  ;  part  of  the  family  b.  here. 

Jessiel  P.,  b.  Apr.  7,  1837;  m.,  Feb.  11,  1867,  Ellen  M.  Nichols. 

Susan  E.,  b.  Feb.  11,  1839;  ™-'  August,  1858,  Ira  D.  Cheney. 

Emma  F.^  b.  May  7,  1845  ;  "■>•'  Sept.  9,  1877,  Orlo  F.  Way,  Claremont, 
Minn. 

Mattic  J.,  b.  June  26,  1851;  twin;  m.,  Aug.  13,  1874,  Warner  B.  Sar- 
gent; a  teacher;  d.  Dec.   13,  1876. 

Marcia  A.,  b.  June  26,  1851;  twin;  has  been  a  teacher  in  N.  H.  and 
Minn. 

GRAVES. 

Alexis  J.  Graves,  b.  Dec.  4,  1826,  at  Unity ;  was  a  mer- 
chant in  Boston  some  twenty  years  ;  came  here  from  Claremont 
in  1866.  M.,  Nov.  27,  1859,  Almira  C.  Rounsevel,  dau.  of  Ly- 
man Rounsevel. 

Delfred  R.,  b.  Mar.  i,  i860.  Hotner  A.,  b.  Aug.  14,  1863. 

Sarah  B.,  b.  Apr.  16,  1876. 

GREGG. 

James  A.  Gregg  [see]_Physicians],  m.  Priscilla  Glidden,  of 
Unity. 

James  A.  DeWitt,  b.  1823  ;  a  physician;  d.  in  California. 
Levancia,  b.  1823;  m.  Frederick  S.  Canlield,  of  Arlington,  Vt. 
Ewiice  C,  b.  Apr.  15,  1828  ;  m.  Joseph  E.  Wilcox. 
Sarah  A.,  b.  1831;  m.  Dr.  Langdon  Sawyer,  of  Springfield,  Vt. 


GENEALOGY.  403 

GRIFFIN. 

Isaac  Griffin,  a  farmer  ;  came  from  Sandown  when  a  lad, 
and  lived  with  Aaron  Nettleton,  Esq.,  until  he  was  twenty -one. 
He  purchased  the  farm  on  tiie  Unity  road  now  occupied  by 
George  E.  Dame,  where  he  resided  until  his  death, — some  i\hy 
years  ;  he  erected  the  })resent  brick  house  ;  was  a  selectman  in 
1846.     Married  Abigail  Young,  of  Sunapee. 

Austin,  b.  May  18,  1817  ;  m.  Frances  Ashley,  of  Claremont.    Cli.,  Frank, 

b.  June  27,  1855  ;  Ella  J.,  b.  Abu-.  23,  1857,  who  m.  John  Patten,  ot 

Croydon. 
Speda,  b.  Mar.  30,  1822  ;  m.  Nathaniel  C.  Savory,  of  Newbury. 
Sarali,  b.  I\L-ir.  27,  1827  ;  m.  Reuben  M.  Clougli,  of  Unity.    Ch.,  Abby, 

b.   Mar.   3,  1853;  George,  b.   Oct.   22,  1857;  Speda,  b.   Feb.  17, 

1865. 
Aaron  N.,  b.  Oct.  7,  1832  :  m.  Helen  Emerson.     Ch.,  Bert  E.,  b.  Sept. 

23,  1859;  William  E.,  b.  Oct.  '3-  i860 ;  I'erley  N.,  b.  Oct.  i,  1870; 

Merton  L.,  b.  Apr.  12,  1874. 

GRISVVOLD. 

Jonah  Griswold,  b.  Sept.  3.  1777  ;  came  here  in  1800  from 
Enfield,  Conn.  ]M.,  Jan.  23,  iSoo,  Clarissa  Challee,  of  Somers, 
Conn.,  b.  Apr.  16,  17S1.  Lived  at  Northville  ;  a  favorite  teach- 
er, and  a  clerk  at  the  old  store  on  Baptist  hill. 

Jonah,  b.  Aug.  31,  1800.  Clarissa,  b.  Dec.  4,  1801. 

HALE. 

David  IIai.k,  m.,  Oct.  23,  1813,  Sarah  Josepha  Bucll,  dau. 
of  Gordon  Buell.  He  was  a  successful  lawyer,  and  was  prom- 
inent among  the  Freemasons  [see  Lawyers].  After  the  early 
death  of  Mr.  Hale,  his  widow,  in  order  to  procure  the  necessa- 
ry means  by  which  to  maintain  ami  educate  her  young  family, 
devoted  herself  to  literature,  and  became  one  of  the  most  emi- 
nent of  the  literary  women  of  the  country.  For  a  sketch  of 
her  life  and  works,  see  Literature. 

David  Enter  son  Hale,  eldest  son  of  David  and  Sarah  J.  Hale  :  b.  Feb. 
19,  1815.  He  entered  West  Point  .Military  Academy  at  the  age  of 
14,  and  on  his  graduation,  in  1833.  although  the  youngest  in  his 
class  of  one  hundred  and  fifty,  he  stood  the  eighth  in  rank.  He 
was  ai)pointed  lieutenant  in  the  First  Artillery,  at  Beaufort,  S.  C, 
in  1833,  and  the  following  year  he  served  against  the  Seminoles  in 


404  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

Florida.  In  1839  he  was  ordered  to  the  Canada  line,  to  defend  the 
frontier  during  the  difficulty  between  this  country  and  England  re- 
garding the  steamer  "Caroline."  The  change  of  climate  from 
Florida  was  too  sudden  for  his  constitution  ; — in  April,  1839,  he  was 
seized  with  hemorrhage  of  the  lungs,  and  died  in  a  few  hours,  at 
the  age  of  25. 

^Horatio,  b.  May  3,  18 17. 

Frances  AtiJi  Hale,  d-a.\x.  of  David;  b.  Mar.  20,  1819;  was  educated 
at  Troy,  N.  Y. ;  m.,  Apr.  23,  1844,  Dr.  L.  B.  Hunter,  U.  S.  N. ; 
r.  at  Philadelphia.  Ch.,  Richard  S.,  b.  Feb.  20,  1845  ;  a  graduate 
of  Princeton,  and  a  member  of  the  Philadelphia  bar.  Mary  S.,  b. 
July,  1851.  Francis,  b.  1855.  Charles,  b.  Dec.  24,  1858;  in  West 
Point  Military  Academy.  Sarah  J.  Hunter,  b.  Nov.  16,  1862.  Lew- 
is, b.  Jan.  4,  1867. 

Sarah  J.  Hale,  second  dau.  of  David  and  Sarah  J.  Hale;  b.  Dec.  4, 
1820.  She  was  educated  for  a  teacher  at  the  seminary  of  Mrs.  Wil- 
lard,  at  Troy,  N.  Y.;  after  graduating  she  spent  several  years  at 
the  South  in  teaching.  While  there  she  was  invited  to  take  charge 
of  one  of  the  most  prominent  seminaries  in  Georgia,  which  offer 
she  declined,  preferring  to  return  to  Philadelphia,  where,  in  1856, 
she  established  a  school  for  young  ladies,  and  where  she  continued 
her  vocation  until  her  death,  which  occurred  May  3,  1863.  The 
wide  range  of  her  acquirements,  her  varied  reading,  and  the  happy 
influences  which  came  to  her  by  a  constant  intercourse  with  culti- 
vated circles,  are  clearly  evinced  by  the  numerous,  graceful,  and 
interesting  sketches  which  she  furnished  for  the  magazines. 

■f  William  George,  b.  Oct.  29,  1822. 


Horatio  Hale,  s.  of  David  and  Sarah  J.  Hale  ;  b.  May  3, 
1817  ;  an  attorney  ;  was  admitted  to  the  bar  at  Chicago  in  1855, 
and  resides  at  Ch'nton,  in  the  Province  of  Ontario,  where  he 
has  since  been  in  the  practice  of  his  profession,  and  where  he 
has  had  charge  of  important  real  estate,  which  had  descended 
to  his  wife.  [For  a  more  complete  account  of  life  and  works, 
see  Literature.]  M.,  Jan.  21,  1S54,  Margaret  Pugh,  b.  Sept.  12, 
1S34,  dau.  of  Wm.  and  Eliza  C.  Christy  Pugh,  of  Clinton,  for- 
merly of  London,  England. 

Alfred  Jarvis,  b.  Jan.  5,  1855;  d.  Jan.  21,  1855. 

Florence,  b.  Jan.  2,  1856;  was  educated  at  Philadelphia,  and  soon  after 

graduating  m.  an  Englishman,  a  native  of  London;  r.  at  Clinton, 

Ont. 
Willia7n  Bucll,  b.  July,  1868,  at  Clinton. 


William  George  Hale,  youngest  s.  of  David  and  Sarah  J, 
Hale  ;  b.  Oct.  29.  1822  ;  graduated  from  Harvard  college  the 
second  of  his  class  ;  after  which  he  turned  his  attention  to  the 
law,  the  study  of  which   he  pursued   in  Virginia.     On  being 


GENEALOGY.  4O5 

admitted  to  the  bar  he  went  S(juth,  and  was  for  many  years  a 
prominent  hivvyer,  residinj:^,  first,  at  Galveston,  and  subsequent- 
ly at  New  Orleans,  in  wbicii  city  he  d.  Jan.  S,  1876.  M.,  Aug. 
2,  1S54,  l*"iiiiny  Eliza  Simmons,  dau.  of  James  W.  SimuKJiis,  of 
Charleston,  S.  C,  b.  June  3.  1S31. 

Fanny  Joscpha,  b.  May  23,  1855.  Herbert,  b.  June  13,  1857;  d.  i860. 

M'iUiam  //.,  b.  Oct.  29,  1858.  Susan  liucll,  b.  \w^.  2,  i860. 

Harrieit  Louisa,  b.  Apr.  2,  1863.  Sarah  M.,  b.  Mar.  20,  1866. 
Richard,  b.  Nov.  9,  1868. 


James  Hale,  a  younji^er  brf)ther  of  David  :  b.  March  13. 
1785,  at  Alstead,  N.  H.  ;  came  to  this  town,  from  Walpole,  in 
1850,  and  purchased  a  farm  in  the  soutli  part  of  the  town, 
where  he  remained  until  his  death  in  1866,  at  tlie  a^^e  of  81 
years.  He  was  an  extensive  reader,  and  was  regarded  as  a 
man  of  integrity  and  sound  judgment  [see  Literature].  M. 
April  8.  1807,  Jerusha  Yeamans,  of  Alstead,  who  d.  Jan.  8 
1S38,  aged  50  years;   m.,  2d,  Abigail   Brow^n,  of  Alstead. 

yerusha  Maria,  b.  Feb.  10,  1810;  d.  June  23,  1827. 

Stephen  Ycainans^  b.  May  23,  1813;  has  been  engaged  in  various  spec- 
ulations at  the  West  and  in  California.  Ls  now'retired  from  a  suc- 
cessful career.      Resides  at  Ukiah,  Cal. 

Harriet  Ann,  b.  Sept.  22,  1823;  m.,  March  4,  1845,  Ephraiin  Hev- 
wood  ;  d.  at  Manitowoc,  Wis.,  Mar.  27,  1877. 

Charles  James,  v.  at  the  farm  lately  occupied  by  his  father. 

Leonard,  the  youngest  son,  is  an  extensive  farmer,  residing  in  Califor- 
nia. 


Syene  Hale,  another  brother  of  David  ;  studied  medicine 
with  Dr.  Carpenter,  of  Alstead  ;  graduated  at  Dartmouth  col- 
lege in  1833,  and,  after  a  brief  sojourn  here,  went  West.  He 
practised  for  a  while  in  Fiedonia,  ().,  after  which  he  removed 
to  Chicago,  where  he  has  been  pecuniarily  quite  prosperous, 
and  where  he  has  become  distinguished  in  his  profession.  He 
m.,  June  20,  1824,  Betsey,  dau.  of  Moses  Dow,  of  this  town, 
by  whom  he  had  two  sons,  Edzvin  Moses  and  Parker^  both 
of  whom  studied  medicine,  graduated  at  Cleveland,  O.,  ami 
are  in  practice  in  Chicago.  Edwin  M.  is  a  professor  in  Hahne- 
man  college,  Chicago  [see  Literature]. 


Enoch    Hale,    another   brother  of   David ;  came   to    town 


406  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT, 

about  the  same  time.  He  was  a  fine  scholar,  and  graduated  at 
Dartmouth  college  ;  became  a  teacher.  He  gave  astronomi- 
cal lectures.     Died  in  Hopkinton. 

Hannah  Hale,  a  sister  ;  m.  Hon.   Cyrus  Barton   [see  Bar- 
ton] . 


Mary  Prescott  Hale,  dau.  of  Dr.  Wm.  Hale,  of  Hollis, 
and  a  cousin  of  the  distinguished  historian,  Prescott,  of  Boston, 
m.  James  Wheeler,  and  came  to  this  town  in  1S31.  She  was 
well  educated,  and  a  most  successful  teacher. 

David  H.  Hale,  a  brother;  a  saddler;  m.  Jane  Forsaith, 
and  went  to  California. 

HALL. 

Amos  Hall,  one  of  the  earliest  settlers  :  came  from  Stoning- 
ton,  Conn.,  and  lived  on  the  M.  Hurd  farm,  on  the  Unity  road. 
Married  Jemima  Carter,  of  Connecticut. 

Ezra,  lived  on  the  J.  Hale  farm  ;  no  children. 
Uriah,  lived  on  the  B.  Logue  place ;  no  children. 

Reuben,  studied  medicine  with   Dr.   Shaw,  of  Unity,  and  practised  at 
Goshen,  where  he  m.  a  Miss  Willey. 


Levi  Hall,  brother  of  Amos  ;  settled  on  the  M.  Gove  farm. 
M.,  June  S,  17S3,  Mrs.  Patty  Putney,  sister  of  John  Silver,  Sen. 

Samuel  P.,  b.  April  7,  1784.  Anna.  b.  July  31,  1786. 

Nancys  m.  Daniel  Hall,  of  Lempster.     Ch.,  Sally,  m.  Joseph  Seavey. 

Edzuard,  m.  Ann  Robinson;  m.,  2d.  Ahs.  Sargent. 

Mclinda.  m.  Samuel  Chase,  of  Laconia. 

Eiiieliiie,  m.  Francis  Durrill.  of  Laconia. 

Edward,  removed  to  Marlow;  m.  Eunice  Brown,  dau.  of  John  Brown. 

Patty,  m.  Simeon  Eastman,  of  Hopkinton;  had  four  children. 


Albina  Hall  [see  Physicians]. 

James  Hall,  a  farmer;  b.  at  Richmond,  Vt.,  July  22,  1792. 
He  was  a  son  of  James  Hall,  one  of  the  first  settlers  of 
Ci'oydon  ;  came  to  this  town  in  1S36,  and  purchased  the  farm 
on  the  Croydon  road  long  known  as  the  Stanard  place,  where 
he  has  since  resided.     He  was  a  selectman  in  1S43.     In  1S45 


GENEALOGY.  407 

and  1846  he  represented  this  town  in  the  legislature  ;   has  also 
filled  other  offices  of  trust  at  various  times  in  this  town  and  in 
Croydon.     M.,  April,  1S13,  Ruth   Hall,  dau.  ofjohn  Hall,  of 
Croydon,  who  d.  vSept.  16,  1845  ;   m.,  2d,  Nov.  10,  1847,  Sarah 
Dustin,  of  Lebanon,  who  d.  Dec.  19,  1S73. 

John,  b.  Oct.  3,  1814;  d  1852;  m.  Mary  Mahaney;  he  chose  the  med- 
ical profession,  and  studied  with  Ur.  Albina  Hall ;  graduated  at 
Bowdoin  Coll.  in  1842,  and  practised  at  Newark,  Ohio.  Ch.,  Julia, 
b.  1S35;  m.  Rev.  John  Wesley  Thompson,  of  the  N.  Y.  Conference, 
now  (1878)  stationed  at  Troy;  has  three  children, — John  Randolph, 
b.  1838;  was  a  brave  soldier,  and  died  in  the  army.  Mary,  b.  1839; 
m.  Otis  Hall,  of  Fredonia,  N.  Y.  ;  has  two  children. 

Sarah  J/.,  b.  Aug.  27,  1817  ;  m.,  April  i,  1848,  Isaac  Miles,  of  Charles- 
town.  Ch.,  Carrie  M.,  b.  Sept.  22,  1858;  m.  Barbor  P.  Gregg,  of 
Barnstead ;  r.  at  Chelmsford,  Mass. 

Caroline  7.,  b.  Mar.  18,  1825;  m.  Ralph  N.  Hall,  of  Fredonia.  N.  Y. 

George  Dustin,  s.  of  the  second  wife  of  James  Hall  by  a  former  husband, 
and  who  had  his  home  here,  was  b.  in  Lebanon,  Nov.  26.  1828;  he 
graduated  at  Dartmouth  college  in  1852,  and  at  the  Andover  Theo- 
logical Seminary  in  1859;  in  the  latter  year  was  settled  over  the 
church  in  Peterborough,  where  he  has  since  remained.  He  was  a 
representative  from  that  town  in  1870  and  1871  ;  he  was  a  member 
of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  State  Normal  School. 


Ralph  H.  Hall,  b.  at  Portland,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  3,  1821  ;  he 
was  a  descendant,  in  the  fifth  generation,  of  Ahira  Hall,  one  of 
the  first  settlers  in  the  town  where  he  was  born.  He  was  edu- 
cated at  the  academies  at  Jamestown  and  Westfield  ;  he  pur- 
sued the  profession  of  teacher  for  ten  years  ;  was  principal  of 
the  high  school  at  Westfield,  and  also  of  the  academy  at  Silver 
Creek  ;  after  which  he  turned  his  attention  to  agriculture  and 
stock  brokerage.     M.,  1853,  Caroline  J.,  dau.  of  James  Hall. 

Julian  y.,  b.  April  9,  1853;  d.  Aug.  11,  1853. 


Albert  L.  Hall,  s.  of  Dr.  Lyman  Hall,  of  Cornish,  and  a 
descendant  of  James  and  Huldah  (Cooper)  Hall,  of  Croydon  ; 
is  a  trader  ;  was  for  a  while  in  the  employ  of  Henry  Carter,  of 
Lebanon,  since  which  he  has  been  engaged  for  several  3ears  by 
prominent  houses  in  Boston  ;  m.  Lama  Robinson,  dau.  of  Ja- 
cob Robinson. 


Jonas  Cutting  Hall,  b.  Dec.   20,  1S20;  was  an   adopted 
son  of  Jonas  Cutting;  d.  Oct.  5,  1850;  m.  Lucinda  Strong. 


408  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

Hiram  C,  b.  Dec,  20,  1844;  m.,  June  23,  1869,  Abbie  J.  Rider.     Ch., 

Willard  N.,  b.  Aug.  25,  1870.     Lillian  M.,  b.  April  4,  1873. 
Jonas  C,  b.  Jan.  11,  1846.  Ann  E.,  b.  Feb.  12,  1848. 


James  Hall,  2d,  a  farmer  ;  came  from  Cornish,  and  settled 
in  the  north-west  part  of  the  town  ;  m.  Prudence  Jackson,  of 
Cornish. 

Adelitia  S.,  ni.  Luther  P.  Tenney. 


Moses  Hall,  a  cabinet-maker  ;  was  a  brother  of  James  Hall, 
2d  ;  m.  Henrietta,  dau   of  Maj.  Wm.  Harris. 

Elisabeth,  William,  George. 


Abner  Hall,  a  farmer;  s.  of  Abijah  Hall,  of  Croydon  ;  b. 
March  21,  1S04;  came  to  this  town  in  1833;  m.,  March  17, 
1828,  Fanny  Hurd,  of  Croydon,  b.  May  2,  1800.  He  was  a 
successful  financier.     Died  in  1877,  l^^iving  a  valuable  estate. 

Ai  Hall,  a  joiner,  s.  of  Oliver  and  Lois  (Clement)  Hall,  of 
Warner  ;  b.  Feb.  5,  1839  ;  came  to  this  town  in  1873  ;  m.,  June 
I,  1859,  Martha  A.  Perry,  of  Croydon. 

Willie  Horatio^  b.  April  18,  i860.       Charlie  Fred,  b.  Dec.  30,  1867. 
Cora  Electra,  b.  Feb.  18,  1872. 


Uriah  Hall,  a  tanner;  s.  of  William  ;  b.  Aug.  20,  1823,  at 
Hancock;  came  here  in  1855;  m.,  Oct.  5,  1843,  Abigail 
Gregg,  of  Deering,  b.  Sept.  15,  1819. 

Eliza  J.,  b.  Feb.  5,  1844. 

Abby  F.,  b.  June  7,  1846;  m.  Lorenzo  Bird,  of  Bethel,  Vt. 
Adelifte,  b.  March  17,  1848;  m.,  Sept.  i,  1875,  Sylvester  S.  Ingalls. 
Charles  E.,  b.  Jan.  2,  1852.  Mary  G.,  b.  Oct.  4,  1855. 

HANSON. 

Isaac  Hanson,  b.  Oct.  8,  1816,  at  Weare ;  came  to  this 
town,  and  settled  at  Northville,  where  he  has  been  engaged  in 
shoemaking;  m.,  July  8,  1840,  Zilpha  O.  Dunbar,  of  Hopkin- 
ton,  b.  April  13,  1817. 

Lizzie,  b.  April  13,  1841.  Mina,  b.  Dec.  31,  1846. 


GENEALOGY.  4O9 

Hezekiah  E.  Hanson,  a  brother  of  Isaac  ;  b.  Aug.  18, 1819  ; 
settled  in  the  north  part  of  the  town,  on  the  Croydon  road,  on 
the  place  now  (1878)  occupied  by  Marshall  E.  Hatch  ;  m.  Car- 
oline C  ,  (lau.  of  Nathan  Taylor. 

Frank  L.,  b.  Jan.  18,  1856;  a  graduate  of  Newport  high  school. 

HARRIS. 

John  Harris  came  from  Killingworth,  Conn.,  between  17S0 
and  17S4;   m.  Lois  Johnson,  of  Guilford,  Conn. 

yoel,  b.  Sept.  29,  1779.  John,  b.  Jan.  13,  1784. 


David  Harris,  d.  May  10,  1S30,  aged   78  years.     Rebecca, 
his  wife,  d.  Feb.  20,  1S31,  aged  So  years. 


I 


WiLLARD  Harris,  s.  of  Dr.  David  Harris  ;  a  wood-worker 
and  excellent  mechanic  ;  came  to  this  town  in  1806  ;  d.  Aug. 
II,  1848,  aged  66  years.  Mary,  his  wife,  d.  Feb.  27,  1S40,  aged 
57  years  [see  Cabinet  Makers]. 

Willard,  d.  Feb.  14,  1827,  aged  19  years. 

^  David. 

Rebecca  W.,  d.  July  5,  1868,  aged  63  years;  m.,   Dec.    14,  1845,  John 

Lynch,  who  d.  June  23,  1849,  aged  46  years. 
Henrietta,  m.,  Nov.  24,  1831,  Moses  Hall. 
Mary,  m.,  Sept.  29,  1840,  Edward  Kenipton. 
Sally,  b.  1820;  d.  Feb.  11,  1846;  m.  Paul  J.  Wheeler. 
Abigail,  m..  May  14,  1843,  James  W.  Crowell. 
yames  B.,  r.  at  Worcester,  Mass. 
Lucinda  P.,  b.  1S20;  d.    Dec.  16,    1850;  m.    Dennison  Humphrey,  of 

Croydon. 


David  Harris,  s.  of  Willard  Harris:  a  carriage-painter; 
operated  in  this  town  for  many  years.  He  was  a  door-keeper 
of  the  House  of  Representatives  in  185  i  and  1852,  and  was  a 
deputy-sheriff,  a  jailer,  and  a  fife-major  in  the  31st  Regt.  He 
was  a  Freemason.  Died  Feb.  6,  1855,  aged  51  years.  J^Iar- 
ried  Rosamill  Hoyt,  who  d.  March  i,  1858,  aged  53. 

James  B.,  m.,  Jan.  23,  1845,  Emma  A.  Wakefield. 

Simon  Broion,  d.  Aug.  27,    1857,  aged  21  years. 

Sylvester,  killed  at  Granville,  on  railroad,  July  4,  1851,  aged  22  years. 


410  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

Melvin  J.  Harris,  a  cousin  of  Maj.  David  Harris ;  b.  at 
Goshen,  April  3,  1S05  ;  came  here  from  Orange,  Vt.,  in  1857  ; 
m.  Polly  Cutler,  of  Orange,  Vt.,  who  d.  Feb.  26,  1878  ;  m.,  2d, 
Laura  More,  of  Plainfield,  Vt. 

Viola  A.,  b.  Feb.  3,  1855.  E/ucline,  b.  Nov.  23,  1840. 

Marion,  m.  Henry  A.  Wilcox. 

HARVEY. 

Matthew  Harvey,  s.  of  Col.  John  Harvey,  of  Sutton,  and 
nephew  of  Gov.  Matthew  Harvey  ;  b.  at  Sutton,  Jan.  14,  1815  ; 
came  to  this  town  in  the  autumn  of  183 1,  and  was  an  appren- 
tice in  the  office  of  the  TV.  H.  Spectator.  After  serving  his 
full  time  here,  he  went  to  Boston,  where  he  was  engaged  in 
printing;  returned  to  Newport  in  1S37,  and  ^"  1840,  in  con- 
nection with  Henry  G.  Carleton,  purchased  the  Argus  and 
Spectator  establishment,  where  he  has  since  been  engaged  in 
business.  M.,  Sept.  21,  1847,  Experience  R.  Grossman,  dau. 
of  John  Grossman,  of  Unity,  b.  June  21,  1819,  d.  Nov.  16,  1869; 
m.,  2d,  Nov.  28,  1S76,  R.  Emma  Chapman,  of  Providence, 
R.  I.    [For  a  further  account  of  him,  see  Press  and  Literature.] 

Sophia  C,  b.  May  11,  1849. 

Minnie  Attn,  b.  May  8,  1853;  m.,  May  15,  1878,  Frank  P.  Meserve. 

HARDING. 

Madison  Harding,  a  farmer  ;  b.  Mar.  24,  1835  ;  came  from 
Croydon  in  1859.  Married  Lucinda  Powers  ;  m.,  2d,  Charlotte 
M.  Rogers,  of  Goshen. 

Lincoln  H.,  b.  May  6,  i86o.  Mary  L.,  b.  Sept.  4,  1864. 

Sarah  E..  b.  Jan.  19,  1867.  Frank  M.,  b.  Aug.  3,  1869. 

Increase  y.,  b.  June  3,  1872. 

HASTINGS. 

Benjamin  B.  Hastings,  b.  Dec.  6,  1804 ;  a  native  of  Maine  ; 
came  here  from  Grantham  in  1858,  and  lived  on  what  was 
known  as  the  Silas  Wakefield  farm.  Married  Eliza  Smith,  of 
Grantham. 

Elijah  D.,  b.  Nov.  2,  1831  ;  studied  the  profession  of  law  with  Amasa 
Edes,  Esq.,  of  this  town  ;  r.  at  St.  Louis,  Mo. ;  m.  Frances  Corbin, 
dau.  of  Col.  Charles  Corbin. 


GENEALOGY.  4I  I 

Alexander,  h.  July  20,  1834;  in.  Helen  A.  Tibbetts.     CIi  ,  Nellie  M., 

Lillian  F. 
Andrew  J.,  b.  June  27,  1836;  m.  Marcia  M.  Story.     CI1.,  Eugene  F., 

Josephine. 
Edwin,  b.  Mar.  20,  1838;  m.  Abbie  M.  Beman.     CIi.,  Frank  C,  Fred 

E.,  Grace. 
Zilpha  C,  b.  Mar.  27,  1840;  m.  William  M.  Dewey.     CIi.,  Albert  E., 

Alpheus  ]}.,  Mary  A.,  George,  P'rank  E.,  Fred  L. 
Alvira  B.,  b.  Sept.  5,  1842;  m.  Frank  S.  Taylor. 
Lyman  B.,  b.  Oct.  10,  1846;  m.  Jennie  Heman. 
E/iza  A.,  b.  July  11,  1848  ;  m.  Stephen  H.  Hurd.     Ch.,  Delmer  G. 
James  L.,  b.  Mar.  24,  1850;  m.  Isabel  A.  Crowell. 


Eben  Hastings  came  from  Grantlian  ;  lived  at  Northville. 
Richard M.  J.,  b.  Dec.  14,  1837;  m.  Betsey  A.  Fletcher.     Ch.,  Ella. 

HATCH. 

The  Hatclies  descended  from  Joseph  Hatch,  who  came  from 
England  to  this  country,  and  settled  at  Plymouth,  Mass. 


Alvix  Hatch  came  from  Alstead  ;  for  a  number  of  years 
drove  a  large  team  between  this  town  and  Boston  ;  afterwards 
turned  his  attention  to  mercantile  business,  and,  in  connection 
with  Dea  Joseph  Farnsworth,  built  the  brick  building  now 
owned  by  Sylvanus  Stowell,  where  he  continued  trade  until  his 
death,  which  occurred  Dec.  16,  1S4S,  at  the  age  of  56  years. 
He  was  a  selectman  in  1S35  ''^^^^  ^^S^?  ^^^^  '^  representative  in 
1S3S  and  1S40.  M.,  Nov.  39,  1S35,  Sally  B.  Stevens,  who  d. 
July  17,  182S,  aged  24;  m.,  2d,  Mary  Fairbanks,  sister  of  Ste- 
phen Fairbanks,  of  Boston,  who  d.  Feb.  25,  1S49,  ''^g^d  S^ 
years.     Had  two  children. 

Trypiiena  Hatch  [see  Col.  William  Cheney]. 


Reuben  Hatch,  b.  June  29,  17S7.  at  Alstead;  m..  May  6, 
iSio,  Lucy  Andrews,  of  Hillsborough,  b.  Nov.  16,  17S7;  m., 
2d,  Mary  A.  Gilmore,  sister  of  Hon.  Thomas  W.  Gilmore,  who 
d.  at  Greggville,  111. 

Seih  Chel/is,  b.  Nov.  9,  1810;  became  a  physician  at  the  West. 


Mason  Hatch,  b.  in  Alstead,  Mar.  3,  1791  ;  m.,  March  5, 


412  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

iSi8,  Apphia  Andrews,  b.  Mar.  5,  1795,  d.  Sept.  18,  1855  ;  m., 
2d,  Nov.  12,  1S56,  Mary  R.  Day,  b.  May  11,  1S12.  [vSee  Phy- 
sicians.] 

Etnily  Train^  b.  April  i,  1819;  d.  Oct.  i,  1839. 

Abigail  Andreivs,  b.  Feb.  6,  1821;  d.  Oct.  13,  1839. 

Leonard  Maso7i,  b.  May  14,  1823;  d.  May  26,  1823. 

Sarah  S.,  b.  June  19,  1824;  ni.  Samuel  C.  Baldwin. 

Louisa  F.,  b.  April  11,  1827  ;  m.  Hon.  Dexter  Ricliards. 

Charles  M.,  h.  Jan.  7,  1833  ;  d.  Mar.  20,  1834. 

Ellen  A/.,  h.  Sept.  19,  1834;  m.  William  Nourse ;  d.  Feb.  27,  1872. 

Caroline  E.  B.,  d.  April  3,  1837. 

Isaac  Hatch,  b.  Oct.  30,  1795,  at  Alstead  ;  d.  Oct.  3,  1S3S  ; 
a  brother  of  Reuben.  M.,  Sept.  i,  1824,  Philena  Hammond,  of 
Gilsum,  b.  Aug.  6,  1806,  d.  May  14,  1863.      [See  Physicians.] 

Philena  P.,  b.  June  10,  1826  :  lives  at  Milford,  Mass. 

George  H.,  b.  Sept.  26,  1828;  a  merchant  in  Boston;  m.  Marcia  A.  Sim- 
mons, of  Plymouth,  Mass.;  m.,  2d,  Mary  A.  Austin. 

Mary  V.,  b.  Sept.  16,  1830;  m.  William  Lewis,  of  Plymouth,  Mass. 

Ellen,  b.  July  28,  1833;  d.  Sept.  12,  1833. 

E7nily  F.,  b.  July  6,  1838  ;  m.  Leonard  L.  Bullard,  of  Boston  ;  r.  at  Re- 
vere, Mass. 

Marshall  E.  Hatch,  a  tin-worker  and  hardware  trader  ;  b. 
Aug.  27,  1828  ;  is  a  native  of  Berlin,  Vt. ;  came  to  this  town  in 
1872  ;  was  in  trade  with  F.  A.  Sibley,  and  afterwards  with  S. 
G.  Stowell.  Married  Sarah  J.  Fogg,  of  Meredith.  They  had 
a  silver  wedding  in  1877. 

Clara  M.,  b.  Oct.  23,  1857. 

HAVEN. 

William  Haven,  b.  May  4,  1759;  came  to  Newport  from 
Royalston,  Mass.,  in  1778,  and  settled  in  the  north  part  of  the 
town,  on  the  farm  still  owned  by  his  son  Williajn,  yr.  He 
m.  Rebecca  Jacobs,  dau.  of  Rev.  Whitman  Jacobs,  of  Royals- 
ton.  He  had  mechanical  skill,  and  made  most  of  the  plows, 
yokes,  and  carts  for  his  neighbors,  in  the  earlier  days.  He 
raised  fine  stock,  and  had  unusual  tact  at  training  houses  and 
oxen.     He  was  a  soldier  in  the  Revolution. 

Polly,  b.  Nov.  27,  1782  ;  m.  Jacob  Perkins,  and  removed  to  Vermont. 
Rebecca,  b.  Nov.  23,  1786;  m.  Jonathan  Wakefield,  Jr. 
Mary,  b.  Feb.  9,  1790;  d.  unmarried. 


GENEALOGY.  4I3 

Martha,  b.  h.\\%.  5,  1793;  m.  Harvey  Whipple,  of  Croydon  ;  had  a  fam- 
ily ;  (1.  at  the  West. 

Jacob,  b.  May  5,  1795;  a  mechanic  and  preacher;  m.  Catherine 
Strcetcr;  r.  at  the  West. 

\VVillia)ii,  b.  Jan.  21,  1797. 

Mehitable,  b.  Jan.  6,  1799;  m.  Ansel  Metcalf,  of  Croydon;  has  a  fami- 

ly- 

Thomas,  b.  Aug.  2,  1801  ;  a  noted  fox  hunter;  delighted  in  rifles  and 
greyhounds;  r.  at  Goshen:  m.  Jane  Liljbey.  Ch.,  IJcnj.  F.,  d.  in 
the  war;  Rebecca  P. ;  SophroniaA.  ;   Henry  H. ;  George  W. 

Phcbe,  b.  July  29,  1803;  m.  Horatio  Metcalf. 


William  IIavex,  s.  of  William;  b.  Jan.  21,  1797;  has  ever 
remained  at  the  old  homestead,  and  has  dev^oted  his  life  mainly 
to  farming.  He  inherited  much  of  his  father's  mechanical  gen- 
ius. M.,  Dec.  iS,  1S34,  Sarah  M.,  dau.  of  Moody  Dustin,  of 
Claremont,  b.  Aug.  8,  iSoS. 

Lucy  A.,  b.  Nov.  i,  183V 

Cynthia  II'.,  h.  April  14,  1840;  m.  Martin  L.  Whittier. 


Jonathan  Haven,  b.  May  17,  1769;  came  from  Royalston, 
Mass.,  about  17751  '^iK^  settled  on  the  M.  W.  Emerson  farm,  on 
the  Cornish  turnpike;   m.  Sarah  Wakefield. 

Chloe,  b.  Feb.  5.  1794;  m.  John  Jones. 

\  James,  b.  Feb.  27,  1796. 

Reuben,  b.  June  20,   1798;  m.   Abigail  Cheney.     Ch.,  Richard  C,  b. 

April  19,  1823. 
Simeon,  b.  April  22,  1801;  m.  Susan  Rice;  r.  in  Michigan. 


James  Haven,  s.  of  Jonathan  ;  a  mechanic  and  a  lover  of 
books;  lived  at  Northville  ;  m.,  April  i,  1S19,  Calista  Freeto, 
b.  Nov.   23,  1796. 

\Benjamin  F.,  b.  Dec.  25,  1819.  Sally,  b.  June  4,  1822. 

Nancy,  b.  Nov.  6,  1823. 

Ann,  b.  Oct.  21,  1825;  m.  Hon.  Samuel  P.  Thrasher,  of  Cornish. 

George  If'.,  b.  May  22,  1828.  Abial  L.,  b.  Oct.  15,  1S29. 

Drncilla,  b.  Jan.  27,  1832.  John  L.,  b.  Sept.  29,  1833. 

Calista,  b.  Nov.  13,  1837  ;  m.  Lorenzo  D.  Dow. 

James^  b.  Nov.  13,  1837. 


Benjamin  F.  Haven,  s.  of  James;  b.  Dec.  25,  1S19:  took 
the  old  homestead  at  Northville,  where  he  has  been  engaged  in 
milling.  He  was  for  several  years  in  the  hame  business, 
and  has   been  engaged    to   some   extent   in    the  joiners'  trade. 


414  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

He  was,  at   one   time,  a   military  officer.     M.,  Oct.  25,   1842, 
Sarah  B.  Howe,  b.  Jan.  21,  1820. 

"[John  B.,  b.  Feb.  4,  1844. 

Edgar   Willis,  h.   Oct.   27,    1847;  a  jeweller;  m.,   Nov.,    1869,  Julia 

Bridgeman,  of  Binghampton,  N.  Y.  ;  r.  at  Syracuse,  N.  Y.     Ch., 

Mabel  B.,  b.  Jan.  18,  1872. 
Fanny  E.,  b.  Sept.  3,   1852. 

Luella  A.,  b.  April  6.  1855;  m.,  April  11,  1878,  Sanford  H.  Bascom. 
Willie  Frank,  b.  May  16,  1859.      Geoj'gc  McClellan,  b.  Feb.  10,  1861. 


John  B.  Haven,  s.  of  Benj.  F.,  b.  Feb.  4,  1844;  a  butcher 
and  provision  dealer;  m.,  March  23,  1867,  Matilda  A.  Picker- 
ing, of  Mendon,  Mass.,  b.  Aug.  10,  1838. 

Gny  Alton,  b.  Mar.  11,  1875. 

George  P.  Haven,  s.  of  Moses,  and  a  grandson  of  Rev.  Ja- 
cob Plaven,  of  Croydon;  b.  Feb.  25,  1828;  d.  June  18,  1866; 
came  here  from  Plainfield  in  1S57  ;  lived  in  the  north-west  part 
of  the  town,  on  the  old  Cornish  turnpike;  m.,June  8,  1852, 
Martha  Jane  Sherman,  of  Croydon. 

F7-ed  George,  b.  June  9,  1853.  John  Shermaft,  b.  April  23,  1856. 

Moses  H.,  b.  Feb.  26,  1859.  Nellie  Eastman,  b.  Sept.  23,  1864. 

HAWES. 

Shubael  Hawes,  a  sea-captain  ;  b.  Dec.  2,  1802  ;  came  from 
New  Bedford,  Mass.,  and  settled  on  the  A.  P.  Wellcome  place, 
on  the  Croydon  road,  where  he  was  engaged  in  farming.  While 
in  town,  at  the  time  of  the  gold  excitement  in  California,  he 
formed  a  trading  and  mining  company,  purchased  a  vessel  for 
them,  and  sailed  for  San  Francisco.  Like  a  true  sailor,  he  was 
warm-hearted  and  generous.  He  d.  at  Calcutta,  June  3,  1S56, 
aged  53  years.  M.,  July  27,  1827,  Nancy  B.  Smith,  b.  Aug. 
II, 1805. 

Frances  B.,  b.  Nov.  28,  1832;  m.,  Dec.  28,  1851,  Frederic  Crocker,  of 

North  Bridgewater,  Mass.,  a  sea-captain.     She  d.  June  29,  1853, 

while  on  a  voyage  to  Europe. 
Mary  J.,  b.  May  21,  1837;  m..  May  21,  j86i,  Henry  M.  Wilmarth ;  r. 

at  Chicago,  111. 
SJmbael  H..  b.  May  5,  1840;    m.    Lucinda  B.  Pratt,   of  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

Ch.,  Lillian  Clark,  b.   Oct.   8,    1864;  Maria   Louisa,   b.    March   3, 

1868. 
George  £".,  b.  Aug.  28,  1842;  d.  Dec.  14,  1863,  at  Fortress  Monroe. 


GENEALOGY,  415 

IIEALD. 

Thomas  II.  Heai.d,  a  joiner;  b.  April  3,  1S20,  at  Madison, 
Me.  ;  came  to  this  town  in  1873;  ni.,  March  24,  1 841,  Mary 
A.  Rogers,  of  Norridgewock,  Me.,  1).  June  15,  iS?,i  ;  liad  nine 
children,  two  of  whom  came  to  this  town. 

\Daniel R.,  b.  Sept.  21,  1846.         Cora  J/.,  b.  April  24,  1864. 

Daniel  R.  Heald,  s.  of  Thomas  H. ;  b.  Sept.  21,  1846  ;  a 
joiner;  came  to  this  town  with  his  father  in  1873;  m.,  Feb. 
22,  1871,  Susy  A.  Walker,  of  Topsfield,  Me. 

Bell,  b.  Oct.  9,  1873;  d.  young.       Effie,  b.  Dec.  12,  1875. 

HEATH. 

Caleb  Heath  came  from  Bow,  N.  H.,  about  1800,  and  set- 
tled on  the  I.  Millen  farm  ;   m.  Abigail  Page. 

Betsey  C,  b.  July  26,  1792.  Washington,  b.  May  22,  1794. 

Harris,  b.  March  30,  1796. 

Gil/nan,  b.  April  i,  1798;  d.  Jan.,  1804. 

David  P.,  b.  April  22,  1800.  Nelly,  b.  Dec.  30,  1803;  d.  young. 

Solomon,  h.  Feb.  10,  1805;  graduated  at  Dartmouth  college  in  1826; 
studied  law  ;  was  admitted  to  the  bar ;  practised  his  profession  at 
Belfast,  Me.,  until  1849.  when  he  removed  to  Waterville,  Me., 
where  he  d.  June  30,  1875. 


JosiAH  Heath,  b.  Oct.  5,  1767;  came  to  this  town  about 
1793,  and  settled  on  the  P.  &  J.  Crowell  farm,  in  the  west  part 
of  the  town,  and  built  the  house  now  there.  He  was  several 
times  a  selectman.  M.,  Feb.  6,  1794,  Rachel  Nettleton,  a  dau. 
of  Jeremiah.     Moved  to  Vermont. 

Daniel,  b.  Feb.  15,  1795.  William,  b.  March  9,  1797. 

Mehitable^  b.  Jan.  5,  1800.  Sally,  b.  Sept.  5,  1801. 

Rachel,  b.  March  18,  1804.  Deborah,  b.  Aug.  13,  1806. 


Elias  Heath  came  from  Plymouth,  Mass.,  in  1791,  and  set- 
tled on  the  N.  C.  Todd  farm.  Married  Lucy  Cutler.  Pie  re- 
moved with  his  family  to  Woodbury,  Vt. 

\Libbeus,  b.  Dec.  7,  1794.  Lucy,  d.  at  16. 

Richard,  m.  a  dau.  of  Sam.  Sawins,  of  Woodbury,  Vt. 

Elias,  a  large  dairyman  at  Woodljury,  Vt. ;  father  of  Hon.  Chas.  H. 

Heath,  of  .Montpelier ;  a  distinguished  lawyer,  who  was  two  years 

president  of  liie  senate  of  Vt. 
Elvira,  m.  Titus  Wheelock ;  r.  at  Plainfield,  Vt. 


4l6  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

LiBBEUS  Heath,  s.  of  Elias;  b.  Dec.  7,  1794;  m.,  1816,  Lu- 
cinda  Rickard,  of  Cornish,  b.  April  12,  1799.  They  resided  a 
while  at  Woodbury,  Vt.,  Ijiit  returned  here  in  1S32. 

yesse,  b.  Dec.  9,  1820;  m.  Dolly  Goddard ;  r.  at  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Lydia,  b.  Feb.  2,  1822;  m.  Amos  Rawson,  of  Croydon. 

lugalls,  the  second  son,  m.  Betsey  A.  Perry,  of  Croydon.     Ch.,  George, 

m.  Clara  Pike,  of  Springfield,  Vt.;  r.  at  Claremont. 
Eliza,  b.  Feb.  27,  1828;  m.,  Mar.,  1843,  Caleb  Young;  m.,  2d,  April  i, 

1871,  Nathan  P.  Gilmore. 
^Trujiian  L.,  b.  Dec.  5,  1830. 

Alvira,  b.  Oct.  21,  1833  ;  m.,  July  4,  1855,  Daniel  D.  Muzzey. 
Augusta  C,  b.  1836;  m.  Elias  Sawyer. 


Truman  L.  Heath,  s.  of  Libbeus  Heath,  b.  Dec.  5,  1S30;  is 
a  carriage-painter  ;  he  was  a  first  lieutenant  in  Co.  H,  ist  Regt. 
Heavy  Artillery,  during  the  civil  war;  r.  at  Claremont.  Mar- 
ried Sarah  I.  Russell  ;  m.,  2d,  Sept.  18,  1865,  Frances  L.  Young, 
of  Sunapee,  b.  Feb.  11,  1846. 

Charles  y.,  b.  Jan.  30,  1868.  Lillian  S.,  b.  Nov.  16,  1873. 


Bartholomew  Heath  was  for  a  while  a  resident  of  this 
town. 

Keziah,  b.  April  12,  1808.  Lucy,  b.  Oct.  7,  1810. 


Sargent  Heath,  a  drover  and  hotel-keeper ;  came  from 
Henniker  ;  he  built  the  residence  now  occupied  by  W.  A.  F. 
Ladd,  south  of  the  bridge  on  Main  street,  then  known  as  the 
"Newport  Coffee  House,"  where  he  kept  a  hotel  while  he  re- 
mained in  town. 

Robert  R.  Heath,  eldest  son,  was  graduated  at  Dartmouth  college  in 
1825  ;  taught  the  academy  at  Hillsborough,  where  he  studied  law 
with  President  Pierce.  After  being  admitted  to  the  bar,  he  re- 
moved to  Jefferson  county,  N.  C,  where  he  held  several  important 
positions,  and  where  he  remained  until  his  death,  which  occurred 
in  187 1,  at  the  age  of  65.  He  was  an  able  lawyer,  and  fully  real- 
ized the  promise  of  his  youth. 

yereiniaJi,  second  son;  m.  Eunice  Perry. 

yohn,  studied  medicine. 


James  vS.  Heath,  a  carriage-maker;  b.  June  11,  181 1,  at 
Franklin  ;  came  to  this  town  from  Goshen,  where  he  had  re- 
sided for  several  years,  in  1S55,  and,  in  connection  with  Terry 


GENEALOGY.  417 

Ilalpine  and  Elias  Lathrop,  opened  an  extensive  carriage-fac- 
tory ;  after  which  was  in  business  alone  until  his  death,  wliich 
occurred  July  15,  1S73.  M.,  1S34,  Olive  C.  Woodbury,  b. 
April  S,  1816,  who  d.  Jidy  S,  1873. 

\Byron  C,  b.  Jan  22,  1839. 


Byron  C.  Heath,  s.  of  James  S.  ;  b.  Jan.  22,  1839  ;  follow- 
ed his  father's  occupation.  M.,  May  9,  1861,  Annie  M.  Pease, 
b.  June  24,  1836;  r.  at  Grantham. 

Charles  B.,  b.  Sept.  3,  1862.  James  W.,  b.  June  28,  1864. 

Herman  C,  b.  Sept.  10,  1870. 

HENRY. 

Foster  Henry,  b.  Apr.  7,  1817,  at  Perkinsville,  Vt. ;  s.  of 
Capt.  Foster  Henry,  who  was  in  command  in  the  War  of  181 2  ; 
he  was  prepared  for  college  at  the  New  Hampton  Literary 
and  Theological  Institute  ;  graduated  at  Brown  University  in 
1845,  and  at  the  Newton  Theological  Institute  in  1848.  After 
a  brief  time  he  spent  a  year  at  the  West.  While  supplying  the 
First  Baptist  church,  at  Madison,  Wis.,  he  raised  a  subscrip- 
tion of  $6,000  to  erect  them  a  church  edifice.  He  was  ordained 
and  settled  as  pastor  at  Tyringham,  Mass.,  in  1852,  and  subse- 
quently at  Pawtucket,  R.  I.,  and  Danvers,  Mass ;  he  was  or- 
dained over  the  Baptist  church  in  this  town  in  1866.  At  the 
end  of  six  years  he  resigned  liis  pastorate,  and  accepted  a  call 
from  the  church  at  North  Bennington,  Vt.,  where  he  now  re- 
sides. During  his  pastorate  here,  through  his  earnest  and  per- 
sistent labor,  aided  especially  by  the  enterprise  of  the  young 
men  of  his  society,  and  having  the  cooperation  of  the  whole 
parish,  a  substantial  parsonage  was  built,  and  the  beautiful 
church  edifice,  in  which  the  society  has  since  worshipped,  was 
erected.  While  here  he  was  a  superintending  committee  several 
years,  and  labored  hard  to  promote  the  efficiency  of  our  school 
system,  M.,  April  28,  1853,  Sarah  Elizabeth  Prescott,  of  Con- 
cord, dau.  of  Dca.  Abraham  Prescott,  b.  April  2,  1828,  who 
graduated  at  New  Hampton  Female  Seminary,  ranking  among 
the  highest  in   her  class  ;  she  became  a  teacher  of  Latin  and 

Italian  in  the  same  institution,  where  she  remained  four  years 
27 


41 8  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

and  a  half.  She  subsequently  taught  at  the  Chowan  Female 
Collegiate  Institute,  at  Murfreesborough,  N.  C,  until  her  mar- 
riage with  Mr.  Henry. 

Charles,  b.  in  Tyringham,  Mass.,  Sept.  3,  1855;  he  was  educated  at 
New  London,  and  at  the  Colgate  academy,  at  Hamilton,  N.  Y. ;  he 
was  also  at  the  Harvard  Dental  School  at  Boston. 

Esther  Maria,  b.  April  22,  1859;  ^'^^  educated  at  the  North  Benning- 
ton high  school,  Vt.,  and  has  studied  music  in  the  New  England 
Conservatory  of  Music,  Boston. 

HERRICK. 

George  Herrick,  s.  of  Samuel;  b.  Sept,  i,  1808;  came 
from  Hopkinton  in  1838,  and  was  engaged  in  mercantile  busi- 
ness until  his  death,  Dec.  7,  1S69.  M.,  Nov.  12,  1840,  Lydia 
B.,  dau.  of  Benjamin  Muzzey. 

Elizabeth  C,  b.  Dec.  24,  1841  ;  d.  July  17,  1843. 
George,  b.  Aug.  14,  1845. 

Frances  E.,  b.  June  i,  1849;  i"-'  June  3,  1866,  E.  W.  Young.  Ch., 
Effie  F.,  b.  June  2,  1867 ;  George  W.,  b.  Feb.  9,  1870. 


Truman  Herrick,  s.  of  Asa;  a  native  of  Hopkinton  ;  lived 
on  Summer  street ;  a  skilful  farmer.  Married  Susan  Carter ; 
m.,  2d,  Abigail  Knight,  of  Newburyport,  Mass. 

Susan  C. 

HIGBEE. 

John  H.  Higbee,  b.  Oct.  13,  1814,  at  Claremont ;  a  mer- 
chant ;  was  clerk  in  the  store  of  B.  Nettleton  for  many  years, 
and  afterwards  in  trade  with  Nathan  Mudget  at  the  C.  H. 
Whitney  store.  He  was  a  justice,  town-clerk,  and  a  coroner. 
M.,  May  17,  1842,  Adeline  Emmons,  of  Bristol,  b.  July  4, 1S19. 

Isa  M.,  b.  Nov.  29,  1844.  Charles  R.,  b.  Feb.  24,  1847. 

John  IV.,  h.  Mar.  11,  1848.  Carrie  A/.,  b.  May  29,  1852. 

Edward  W.,  b.  Dec.  26,  1853. 


Samuel  A.  Higbee,  b,  July  21, 1823  ;  came  from  Claremont 
on  his  wedding  day,  March  19,  1S63.  Married  Bethiah  D. 
Wilmarth  ;  r.  at  the  B.  Wilmarth  place,  on  Pike  hill. 

HITCHCOCK. 

Alexander  V.  Hitchcock,  a  merchant  tailor ;  b.  Nov.  4, 
1 82 1,  at  Rockingham,  Vt.  ;  came  from  Claremont  in  1S58.  He 


GENEALOGY.  4I9 

was  a  register  of  deeds  in  185S,  1859,  ^"^  i860;  a  quarter-mas- 
ter sergeant  and  a  lieutenant  in  the  war  of  the  Rebellion  ; 
a  representative  in  1876  and  1S77.  Married  AdalineM.  Nason, 
of  Claremont.     Now  r.  at  Alstcad. 

Ada  M.,  b.  Oct.  13,  1849.  Albert,  b.  July  14,  1856. 

Edwin  C,  b.  Dec.  7,  1858.  Grace  £".,  b.  May  15,  1866. 

IIOGGE. 

Robert  Hogge  was  a  native  of  Ireland.  He  operated  here 
in  the  early  part  of  this  century  ;  was  a  shop-keeper  and  fancy- 
goods  peddler,  having  an  establishment  on  the  site  now  occu- 
pied by  the  Phenix  hotel.  He  had  three  children,  Robert,  Will- 
ia?n,  and  Nancy.  Robert  graduated  at  Dartmouth  college  in 
182S  ;    was  a  teacher  and  a  man  of  talent. 

HOBBS. 

John  O.  Hobbs,  b.  June  2,  1822  ;  came  from  Deerfield  to 
this  town  in  1866.  He  was  a  merchant  tailor,  genial  in  his 
manners,  and  did  an  extensive  business  until  his  death,  which 
occurred  Sept.  25,  1875.     Married  Anna  Moore. 

Katie  M.,  b.  March  8,  1868. 

HOWE. 

Eli  Howe,  b.  Dec.  3,  1781  ;  d.  March  i,  1S71  ;  lived  on  Mt. 
Tug;  m.,  March  26,  1809,  Sally  Dunham,  b.  May  20,  17S9. 
They  lived  together  62  years.     She  d.  March  4,  1874. 

\Se71eca,  b.  March  10,  1810. 

Betsey  Z>.,  b.  Oct.  24,  181 1 ;  m.  John  P.  Wilcox,  of  Lempster. 

Sally,  b.  July  29,  18 14. 

Gilbert,  b.  Oct.  27,  18 16;  m.  Alice  Marston. 

Solomon,  b.  Oct.  27,  1818;  d.  young. 

Sarah  B.,  b.  Jan.  21,  1820;  m.  Benj.  F.  Haven. 

Fanny  D.,  b.  Oct.  17,  1821;  m.  Ira  P.  Thatcher. 

William,  b.  Sept.   19,  1823. 

Cyrus  B.,  b.  Feb.  22,  1825;  m.  Betsey  Comstock;  ch.,  Charles. 


Seneca  Howe,  s.  of  Eli ;  b.  March   10,  1810;  a  farmer;  m. 
Aseneth  Howe  ;  m.,  2d,  ISIehitable  INIuzzey. 

Abel  P.,  b.  July  27,  1840;  m.  Martha  A.  Wright. 
Albert,  b.  May  5,  1841  ;  m.  Electa  Still. 


420  HISTORY    OF   NEWPORT. 

Frank  E.,  b.  April  24,  1843;  "i-  Annie  Hill. 

Elbridi^e  A'.,  b.  July  i,  1850;  m.  Esther  Page. 

Wallace  M.,  b.  April  24,  1852.       John  M.,  b.  Sept.  2,  1855. 

Mary  A.,  b.  Nov.  4,  1858.  Hattie,  b.  Sept.  14,  1862. 

Stephen  Howe,  b.   Feb.  25,  17S6;  came  from  Henniker, 
and  settled  on  the  L.  P.  Tenney  farm  ;  m.  Ruth  Colby. 

yoshiia  C,  b.  July  12,  1810;  m.  Lydia  Kelley. 

Janet,  b.  Jan.    3,    1812;  m.   Harvey  Case;  m.,   2d,  Joseph  Mason,  of 

Sunapee,  May  10,  1874.     Ch.,  Rufus. 
Stephen,  b.  June  13,  18 14;  m.  Arvilla  Robinson,  ofWindsor,  Vt. 
Lois  M.,h.  Nov.  25,  1816;  m.  Stowell  Hovi'e,  of  Mass. 
Philip,  b.  Jan.  4,  1819;  a  physician;  m.  Ann  E.  Howe;  went  West. 
Ruth,  b.  March  20,  1821;  m.  Peter  Hurd,  of  Croydon. 
JerusJia,  b.  March  4,  1823;  m.  George  Howe,  of  Gardiner,  Mass. 
Horace,  b.  Sept.  28,  1827;  m.  Hannah  Muzzey, 
Martha  A.,  b.  Dec.  13,  1831  ;  m.  Luther  P.  Tenney. 


Abel  Howe,  b.  April  12,  17S8;  came  here  from  Henniker 
in  iSii  ;  lived  in  the  south-west  part  of  the  town  ;  m.,  April  4, 
1811,  Jerusha  Colby,  b.  Oct.  25,  1790. 

■fGeorge  IV.,  h.  June  22,  1812. 
Aseneth,  b.  June  11,  1815;  m.  Seneca  Howe. 
Calista  R.,  b.  July  11,  1819;  m.  Daniel  B.  Dunham. 
Harriet  £".,  b.  May  15,  1826;  m.  Randall  Evans. 


George  W.  Howe,  s.  of  Abel ;  m.  Sally  M.  Carr,  and  lived 
in  the  south  part  of  the  town. 

Daniel  W.,  m.  Maroa  Page;  r.  atMarlow. 

Harriet  A.,  m.  Chas.  Kempton;  ch.,  Nettie. 

Flora,  m.  Dr.  Ira  P.  George;  r.  in  Nebraska. 

Marcia,  m.  in  Nebraska.  George  A.  Etta  A. 


Mitchell  W.  Howe,  a  marble-worker;  b.  June  16,  1816; 
came  from  Whitefield,  N.  H.,  in  1851  ;  m.  Mary  M.  Moody, 
Nov.  24,  1S40. 

Solomon  Howe  [see  Free  Will  Baptist]. 


Richard  S.  Howe,  a  civil  engineer;  b.  at  Plainfield,  July 
23,  1822  ;  came  here  from  Lebanon  in  1869  as  engineer  in  the 
construction  of  the  C.  &  C.  Railroad.  He  was  educated  at 
Lebanon  academy,  was  under  the  instruction  of  J.  C.  C.  Hos- 


GENEALOGY.  421 

kins,  of  Virginia,  engineer  at  Boston  four  years,  and  has  de- 
voted most  of  his  hfe  to  his  favorite  caHing,  mainly  in  connec- 
tion with  raih'oads.  Upon  the  formation  of  the  Union  school 
district  he  was  elected  one  of  tiie  Board  of  Education,  and  has 
taken  a  lively  interest  in  our  schools.  Married  Emeline,  dau.  of 
Moody  Dustin,  of  Claremont. 

Ardin  S.,  b.  June  22,  1855. 

Emma  L.,  b.  May  5,  1859;  ^  graduate  of  Newport  high  school. 

Alice  E.,  b.  Oct.  5,  1861. 

HOYT. 

Joseph  S.  Hoyt,  b.  Oct.  25,  1791  ;  d.  Jan.  i,  1S63  ;  a/arm- 
er  ;  came  from  Warner  in  Nov.,  1834,  and  settled  at  Kelleyville. 
He  was  a  selectman  in  1843  ;  also  a  justice  of  the  peace,  a  major 
in  the  militia,  and  for  many  years  was  a  prominent  member  of 
the  Congregational  church.  M.,  May  4,  1S19,  Judith  Davis,  of 
Warner,  b.  July  31,  1796,  d.  July  24,  1842;  m.,  2d,  Mrs.  Ada- 
liza  Gleason. 

Fanny,  b.  July  31,  1820;  m.  Solon  Kimball;  lives  at  Milford. 

Emeline,  b.  Oct.  24,  1826;  m.  Francis  W.  Comstock. 

Susan  D.,  b.  Oct.  7,  1828;  m.  Ethan  S.  Cfiase. 

Nancy  S.,  Jan.  26,  1830;  d.  Apr.  13,  1868. 

Moses,  b.  June  12,  1833;  a  machinist  at  Fitchburg,  Mass.  ;  m.  Harriet 

H.  Bascom.     Ch.,  Francis  C,  Frank,  Alice,  Harry  M. 
Carrie,  d.  Nov.  9,  1858,  aged  12  years. 


Moses  Hoyt,  Jr.,  b.  Aug.  15,  1765,  at  Salisbury;  d.  Aug. 
27,  1836;  m.,  Jan.  3,  1799,  Sarah  Whitcomb,  of  Henniker,  b. 
Apr.  29,  1769. 

Olive,  b.  Nov.  14,  1801.  Sally,  b.  Feb.  5,  1806;  m.  Joel  Putney. 

Gould,  b.  Nov.  30,  1809. 


Joseph  Hoyt,  b.  Sept.  27,  1778,  at  Weare  ;  m.  Nov.  iS,  1802, 
Mary  Patterson,  of  Henniker,  b.  June  25,  17S1. 

Polly  P.,  b.  Sept.  12,  1805. 


Joseph  G.  Hoyt,  d.  Oct.  17,  1851,  aged  43  years.  M.,Mar. 
6,  1835,  Catherine  C.  Parmelee,  who  d.  Jan.  23,  1840,  aged  33 
years;  m.,  2d,  Catherine  Gleason,  who  d.  Jan.  ii,  1846,  aged 
21  years. 


422  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 


HOWARD. 

Alokzo  D.  Howard,  s.  of  Rev.  Lewis  Howard  ;  b.  Feb.  17, 
1833  ;  a  merchant  and  tivil  engineer  ;  came  here  from  Hopkin- 
ton  in  1871  ;  he  was  educated  at  the  N.  H.  Conference  Semi- 
nary.    Married  H,  Augusta  Jewett. 
Ralph  R.,  b.  June  10,  i860.  Emma  M.,  b.  Oct.  7,  1862. 

HOWLAND. 

Zenas  C.  Howland,  b.  Feb.  32,  1844;  came  from  Charles- 
town,  Mass.,  in  1S64,  and  purchased  the  P.  R.  Gardner  farm, 
on  East  mountain,  where  he  resides.  Married  Olive  J.  Savory, 
of  Sunapee. 

Henry  L.,  b.  Nov.  20,  1867. 

HUNT. 

Abxer  Hunt,  s.  of  Thomas  and  Deborah  (Nickerson)  Hunt ; 
b.  March  24,  1823  ;  came  from  Charlestown,  in  1852,  and  set- 
tled on  the  B.  Logue  farln,  on  the  Unity  road,  where  he  died  in 
1853.  He  had  been  a  music  teacher.  M.,  in  the  spring  of 
1852,  Nancy  Howard,  of  Townsend,  Mass.,  who  was  a  gradu- 
ate at  Mount  Holyoke  Seminary, — a  lady  of  intelligence,  and  a 
successful  teacher  ;  d.  at  Fitchburg,  Mass. 

HUNTOON. 

Ransom  Huntoon,  b.  April  25,  1836  ;  a  son  of  Harvey  Hun- 
toon,  of  Unity;  came  here  in  1S64,  and  was  in  trade  in  the 
Burke  block  ;  he  was  a  soldier  in  the  war  of  the  Rebellion.  M., 
Sept.  12,  1859,  Elizabeth  L.  Thorp,  of  New  York,  b.  Nov.  29, 
1839. 

Harry  H.,  b.  July  8,  1862.  Mary  E.,  b.  Nov.  i,  1867. 

Ida  A.,  b.  Sept.  21,  i86g.  Charles  H.,  b.  Sept.  20,  1871. 


Ariel  A.  Huntoon,  a  brother  of  Ransom  ;  a  merchant ;  b. 
Sept.  29,  1851  ;  commenced  here  in  1873.  Married  Carrie 
Kenerson,  b.  July  20,  1853. 

Everett  H.,  b.  Dec.  6,  1875.  Katie  E.,  b.  June  24,  1876. 


GENEALOGY.  423 

Erastus  Huntoon,  b.  Aug.  27,  1797;  came  from  Unity  in 
1S40;  lives  at  Northville.  Married  Clarissa,  dau.  of  David 
Fletcher,  Sen. 

^ David  Fletcher,  b.  Feb.  2,  1831. 

Harriet  A.,  b.  Dec.  18,  1833;  m.,  June  20,  1851,  Wm.  W.  Page. 

Melita  A.,  b.  April  27,  1836;  m.  Peter  Crowell. 

David  Fletcher  Huntoon,  s.  of  Erastus  Huntoon  ;  b.  Feb. 
2,  183 1  ;  at  the  age  of  twelve  went  to  reside  with  his  uncle,  Rev. 
Luther  J.  Fletcher,  and  under  his  tuition  received  most  of  his 
early  training  ;  studied  law,  and,  on  being  admitted  to  the  bar, 
was  for  a  while  in  practice  at  Lov^^ell,  Mass.,  but  went  to  the 
West,  and  is  now  doing  a  prosperous  business  at  Grand  Ha- 
ven, Mich. 

HULL. 

Nathaniel  B.Hull,  b.  Sept.  i,  1802;  a  farmer;  came 
from  Lempster,  where  he  was  a  representative  two  years,  and 
lived  on  the  Goshen  road  ;  removed  to  Manchester,  where  he 
now  resides.  Married  Lima  Ke3'es,  of  Acworth,  b.  1807,  d. 
1S39;  ^^'t  '^^1  Emeline  C.  Moore,  of  Lempster,  b.  May  31, 
1819, 

Lima  J.,  b.  Jan.  28,  1828 ;  m.  Oliver  F.  Stearns. 
^Orison  N.,h.  March,  1839. 

Edmund  Burke,  b.  June,   1850;  m.  Sarah    Foster   of  Bedford;   ch., 
Harry  Foster,  b.  July  25,  1878. 


Orison  N.  Hull,  s.  of  Nathaniel  B. ;  b.  March,  1S39;  ^^^ 
learned  the  jewellers'  trade  of  Amos  O.  Woodbury;  was  in 
business  for  a  while  in  this  town,  but  soon  went  to  Sweetsburg, 
Canada,  where  he  has  had  a  prosperous  career.  Married  Nel- 
lie Gleason,  of  Sweetsburg. 

Alberta.     Edith. 

HUNTON. 

John  Hunton  was  among  the  pioneer  shoe-makers  and  tan- 
ners in  the  village.  His  first  shop  stood  on  the  site  of  the  pres- 
ent Burke's  building.  He  afterwards  operated  where  the 
Rounsevel  tannery  now  stands.  He  d.  Nov.  21,  1841.  I^Lar- 
ried  ALary  Brown,  b.June  16,  17S0;  d.  March  10,  185S. 


424  HISTORY   OF   NEWPORT. 

Sally  ^  b.  Sept.  6,  1797;  m.  Abel  Moody,  of  Unity;  d.  April  7,  1828. 

Mary,  b.  April  13,  1800;  m.  Hezekiah  Whittemore ;  d.  May  20,  1841, 

Portia,  b.  May  30,  1803  ;  m.  John  Cummings;  d.  July  20,  1844. 

Salona,  b.  Aug.  25,  1805  ;  m.  Samuel  W.  Dame. 

Sophia,  b.  Sept.  20,  1809;  m.  Abner  B.  Kelley,  Feb.  5,  1832. 

Charlotte,  b.  Feb.  22,  1811;  d.  Sept.,  1847;  m.  Samuel  E.  George. 

Pamelia,  b.  June  8,  1813;  m.  Daniel  M.  Knight;  r.  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Angeline,  b.  Aug,  20,  1815;  m.  Lyman  Kimball,  of  Thetford,  Vt. 

\John  H.,  b.  Aug.  15,  1818. 

Abbie  B.,  b.  Dec.  14,  1820;  m.  Geo.  A.  Searles;  ch.,  Frank. 


John  H.  Hunton,  son  of  John  Hunton ;  b.  August  15, 
181S.  He  was  bred  a  tanner,  learning  the  trade  in  the  es- 
tablishment of  John  B.  Stowell,  of  this  town,  and  has,  with 
the  exception  of  a  brief  time  spent  in  hotel-keeping  at  Man- 
chester, followed  his  trade.  He  has  had  an  extensive  and 
thriving  business,  mainly  at  the  lower  tannery,  where  he  oper- 
ated until  he  sold  out  to  Lyman  Rounsevel  in  1867.  His 
buildings  were  burned,  and  in  1865  he  rebuilt  the  establish- 
ment now  occupied  by  Rounsevel  &  Son.  In  i87i,in  con- 
nection with  J.  W.  Ladd,  he  purchased  the  upper  tannery, 
where  he  has  since  operated.  Mr.  Ladd  d.  in  1875,  since 
which  time  he  has  carried  on  the  business  alone.  He  was  rep- 
resentative in  1858,  and  again  in  1859.  M.,  Sept.  6,  1843, 
Mary  A.  McCollum,  of  Unity,  b.  Dec.  20,  1821. 

Martha  J.,  b.  July  29,  1844;  m.  Himan  A.  Averill,  March  19,  1867. 
Edward,  b.  Apr.  18,  1846;  d.  Nov.  12,  1847. 

Edwin  M.,  b.  May  5,  1852;  is  a  tanner,  operating  in  his  father's  estab- 
lishment.    He  is  a  Knight  Templar. 


Hills  Hunton,  b.  Oct.  23,  1777;  came  from  Unity  ;  m., 
March  3,  1800,  Hepsibah  Hurd. 

Lydia,  b.  June  23,  1801. 

HUTCHINSON. 

Elisha  Hutchinson,  b.  at  Sharon,  Conn.,  in  1749;  gradu- 
ated at  Dartmouth  college  in  1775  ;  was  the  first  settled  minis- 
ter at  Pomfret,  Vt.,  and  became  pastor  of  the  Baptist  church 
here  in  Nov.,  1814,  which  relation  he  continued  till  disabled  by 
sickness.  He  d.  in  1833,  aged  84  years.  Married  Martha 
Eddy,  who  d.  at  Windsor,  Vt.,  in  185 1,  aged  75  years. 


GENEALOGY.  425 

^Moses,  b.  April,  1800.  ]David,  b.  Sept.  21,  1802. 

Enoch,  b,  June  7,  1810;  a  clergyman  and  teacher;  now  r.  in  New  York 

city. 
^Elijah,  b.  June  7,  1810. 


MosKS  Hutchinson,  s.  of  Rev.  Elijah  Hutchinson  ;  a  farmer  ; 
after  operating  here  for  a  while,  he  removed  to  Cornish,  where 
he  now  resides.  M.,  June  12,  1S25,  Mehitable,  dau.  of  Benja- 
min Whitcomb. 

Saimtel^  b.  Aug.  17,  1826;  m.  Angeline  Dean,  of  Cornish. 

Elisha,  b.  Nov.  i,  1828. 

Martha  J.,  b.  Sept.  28,  1830;  m.  Alonzo  Webb,  of  Windsor,  Vt. 

Austin  C.,  b.  Oct.  28,  1831;  is  a  farmer;  r.  at  the  B.  Whitcomb  place. 

Sarah  y.,  b.  Sept.  28,  1834;  d.  in  1872. 

Moses  H.,  b.  Aug.  20.  1836.  Ellen,  went  to  Maine. 

Benjamin,  went  to  Massachusetts. 


David  Hutchinson,  a  farmer  on  Thatcher  hill ;  s.  of  Rev. 
Elijah  Hutchinson.  Married  Esther  Reddington,  of  Wenham, 
Mass. 

yacob  R.,  b.  Feb.  15,  1836;  m.  Augusta  L.  Lear,  of  Goshen;     m., 

2d,  Ellen  Peters.     Ch.,  Elmer  E. 
Prentice  C,  b.  May  6,  1838  ;  m.  Sarah  M.  Weed,  of  Unity. 
Elijah,  b.  Feb.  5,  1841  ;  killed  in  battle  at  Spottsylvania,  Va. 
George  A.,  b.  Sept.  17,  1845  !  d.  at  Camp  Nelson,  Ky.,  March  23,  1864. 
Charles  E.,  b.  Oct.  7,  1849;  m.  Annie  Thomas,  of  Malone,  N.  Y. 
Albert  E.,  b.  June  30,  185 1.  Henry  C,  b.  Jan.  29,  1858. 


I 


Elijah  Hutchinson,  s.  of  Rev.  Elisha  Hutchinson  ;  after  a 
preparatory  training,  studied  theolog}',  and  was  ordained  as 
pastor  of  the  Baptist  church,  at  Windsor,  Vt.,  in  1S34,  which 
relation  continued  until  1S59, — twenty-five  years, — at  which 
time  he  resigned  his  charge.  Married  Laura,  dau.  of  Benjamin 
Skinner. 

Henry  E.,  a  lawyer  in  New  York,    yohn,  a  student  in  college. 

HUNTER. 

Zeno  Hunter,  b.  1S13  ;  a  carriage-maker;  came  from  Cor- 
nish.    M.,  Feb.  14,  1835,  Almira  M.  Burnap,  of  Cornish. 

yohn  H.,b.  March  14,  1841  ;  a  carriage-maker;  m.  Ellen  P.  Harris; 
r.  at  Hartford,  Vt.  Ch.,  Lettie  M.,  b.  Feb.  10,  1864  ;  Annie  L.,  b. 
Feb.  5,  1870. 


426  HISTORY   OF   NEWPORT. 

Harlan  P.,  a  carpenter  and  joiner;  b.  Oct.   30,  1844;  m.  Nellie  A. 

Weaver,  of  Charlestovvn,  Mass.     Ch.,  Maud  A.,  b.  Nov.  26,  1872; 

Florence  M.,  b.  Jan.  20,  1875. 
Lyman  H.,  b.  Feb.  9,  1853;  a  carriage-maker. 

HURD. 

The  Hurds,  Samuel  and  Nathan,  were  sons  of  Samuel. 
They  came  from  Killingworth,  Conn.,  and  were  among  the 
earliest  settlers. 


Samuel  Hurd,  s.  of  Samuel,  was  one  of  the  eight  young  men 
who  came  to  this  town  in  June,  1766,  and  made  the  first  settle- 
ment. He  was  a  selectman,  a  representative,  and  otherwise  a 
prominent  man  among  the  early  settlers.  His  residence  was  at 
the  A.  B.  Chase  house,  now  owned  by  Col.  Jacob  Redding- 
ton,  in  the  south  part  of  the  village.  Married  Lydia  Wilcox, 
a  dau.  of  Stephen,  and  a  sister  of  Jesse  and  Uriah.  The  father 
gave  them  the  land  on  which  they  settled. 

\Samuel,  b.  Nov.  12,  1858.  \Stephen,  b.  Dec.  4,  1760. 

Rebecca,  m.  John  Pike,  of  Nevi'  London. 

Hepsibah,  d.  July  26,  1774. 

Lydia,  b.  June  7,  1768  ;  m.  Reuben  Bascom. 

^Asa. 

Polly,  b.  May  6,  1770;  m.  Ruel  Keith. 

\Elnathan. 


Samuel  Hurd,  s.  of  Samuel  and  Lydia  (Wilcox)  Hurd  ;  b. 
Nov.  12,  1758;  d.  March  8,  1S26;  came  here  with  his  father 
when  eight  years  of  age ;  was  a  prosperous  farmer.  He 
lived  on  the  Endicott  farm,  in  the  west  part  of  the  town  ;  m., 
May  I,  1782,  Anna  Thurston,  who  d.  May,  1835,  ^g^d  73  years, 

Ajtna,  m.  Zadoc  Bowman;  went  West. 

Parmenas,  m.  Sophia  Dean,  of  Claremont ;  lives  in  western  New  York. 

Sanmel,  d.   Aug.  5,   1826;  m.,  Jan.,    1818,   Mary  Ann  Corbin.     Ch., 

Charles,  clerk  in  A.  T.  Stewart's  store,  New  York  city  ;  W.  Wallace, 

a  dentist  in  New  York;  Samuel. 
Lydia,  m.  Moses  Chapin.  Rtia,  m.  Parmenas  Whitcomb. 

Paulina,  m.  David  S.  Newell. 


Stephen  Hurd,  s.  of  Samuel  and  Lydia  (Wilcox)  Hurd  ;  b. 
at  Killingworth,  Conn.,  Dec.  4,  1760;  m.,  Dec.  20,  1781,  Abi- 
gail Glidden,  of  Deerfield  ;  m.,  2d,  Oct.  15,  1793,  Betsey  Clein- 
mens ;  lived  on  the  Wm.  Carr  farm,  on  the  Unity  road. 


GENEALOGY.  42/ 

Fa7t}!v,  b.  March  27,  1783.  \Stcphen,  b.  Jan.  8,  1787. 

Polly,  b.  Dec.  28,  1788.  Eiiplicba,  b.  March  i,  1791. 

^j«,  b.  Feb.  5,  1793.  Betsey,  b.  May  29,  1794. 

\Carleton,  b.  Dec.  26,  1795.  Nelly,  b.  March  23,  1798. 

Stephen  Hurd,  s.  of  Stephen  :ind  Abigail  (Glidden)  Ilurd  ; 
b.  Jan.  8,  1787  ;  lived  in  the  south-west  part  of  the  town  ;  m., 
Nov.  27,  1S06,  Nabby  Wilcox. 

Hubbard  G.,  b.  Nov.  19,  1808.         Abigail,  b.  June  20,  181 1. 
Miriam  W.,  b.  Feb.  2,  1813.  Eiinice  S.,  b.  March  21,  1815. 

Owen,  b.  Dec.  25,  1817  ;  fl.  young.  A'orman,  b.  Oct.  30,  1820. 
Elizabeth,  b.  Jan.  20,  1823,  Jesse  VV.,h.  July  14,  1824. 

Albin  P.,  b.  Nov,  19,  1827.  Owen,  b.  Jan.  2,  1830. 


Carleton  Hurd,  s.  of  Stephen  and  Betsey  (Clemmens) 
Hurd;  b.  Dec.  29,  1795;  graduated  at  Dartmouth  college, 
1818,  and  at  Andover  Theological  Seminary,  1S22  ;  entered  the 
ministry  as  pastor  of  the  Congregational  church,  at  Fryeburg, 
Me.,  Sept.  17,  1S23  ;  d.  Dec.  6,  1S55.  He  was  an  eminent  di- 
vine and  a  learned  scholar.  M.,  May  11,  1S23,  Sophronia 
Wines,  dau.  of  Rev.  Abijah  Wines. 

Nathan  Clark,  b.  May  16,  1826;  graduated  at  Dartmouth  college,  1846; 
a  clergyman;  d.  at  Kalamazoo,  Mich.,  aged  40. 

May  Chase,  b.  Nov.  12,  1827;  m.  Rev.  Lyman  White,  pastor  of  Con- 
gregational church,  Deerfield. 

Joh7i  Sydney,  b.  Dec.  28,  1831 ;  graduated  at  Dartmouth  college,  1851 ; 
a  physician  in  Iowa. 

Marion  Lyle,  b.  Jan.  25,  1837;  d.  young. 


Asa  Hurd,  s.  of  Samuel,  senior;  d.  May  11,  1844,  aged  71 
years;  m.  Phebe  Griswold,  of  W^alpole,  who  d.  Jan.  20,  1S39, 
aged  64  years.     They  lived  on  the  S.  S.  Wilcox  place. 

Sylvanus,  a  deacon  in  the  Congregational  church;  d.  Aug.  18,  1831, 

aged  33  years  ;  m.  Betsey  Wilcox. 
Calvin,  d.  Sept.  28,  1849,  ^S^d  50  years;  m.  Elizabeth  Dickson;  m., 

2d,  Laura  Sawyer;  ch.,  Calvin  A. 
Josiah,  m.  Mary  Wright,  of  Killingworth,  Conn. ;  r.  in  Wisconsin. 
Hial,  d.  in  Boston;  m.  Anna  Sargent. 
Emmons,  d.  at  40.  Phebe,  d.  young. 

Pamelia,  b.  Dec.  17,  1800;  m.  Orlando  Chapin. 
Speda,  m.  S.  S.  Wilcox;   r.  at  Claremont. 


Elnathan  Hurd,  s.  of  Samuel,  senior ;  lived  on  East  moun- 
tain ;  was  a  deacon  in  the  Congregational  church  for  many 
years.     Married  Lovisa  Griswold,  of  Walpole, 


428                                    HISTORY  OF   NEWPORT. 

Jemima,  m.  John  Reddington.  ^Albert,  b.  April  20,  1814. 

Lovisa,  m.  Horace  Everett.  Lucy,  m.  Hiram  Roby,  of  Warner. 

Clarissa,  m.  Sylvanus  Richards.  Lydia,  m.  Obediah  Peters. 
Willard,  killed  by  accident. 


Albert  Hurd,  s.  of  Dea.  Elnathan  Hurd  ;  b.  April  20, 
1814;  d.  Feb.  19,  1876.  Lived  on  the  Goshen  road;  was  an 
industrious  farmer.  M.,  Dec.  5,  1839,  Harriet  Silsby,  of  Ac- 
worth,  b.  July  3,  1808. 

Milton  S.,  b.  Feb.  27,  1841  ;  m.  Mattie  Morrill. 

William  C,  b.  April  7,  1843;  r"-  I^^lle  Chase,  dau.  of  Nelson  Chase. 

Charles  E.,  h.  March  25,  1845;  d.  young. 

Harriet  A.,  b.  Oct.  23,  1846;  m.  Jacob  K.  Adams,  of  Sutton. 

Henry  A.,  b.  Oct.  23,  1846;  m.,  Oct.  15,  1874,  Emma  C.dau.  of  L.  W. 

Darling. 
Martha  A.,  b,  Nov.    12,   1849;  »''•'    Nov.  4,  1874,  Wm.  H.Welch,  of 

Claremont. 
Franklin  E.,  b.  April  12,  1852;  d.  Jan.  20,  1872. 


Nathan  Hurd,  b.  at  KilHngworth,  Conn.,  Feb.  2, 1746  ;  m., 
Feb.  22,  1770,  Ruth  Labree,  of  Charlestown,  b.  May  19,  1747; 
lived  on  the  D.  B.  Robinson  place,  on  East  mountain. 

\Peter,  b.  April  26,  1771.  ^Nathan,  b.  Sept.  9.  1772. 

\john,  b.  Jan.  18,  1774.  Elisha,  b.  Mar.  27,  1775;  d.  young. 

Abigail,  b.  Sept.  29,  1776;  m.  Nathan  Cutts. 

Sarah,  b.  Mar.  2,  1778.  \Levi,  b.  Sept.  30,  1780. 

\David,  b.  Jan.  28,  1784. 

Thankful,  b.  Feb.  4,  1786;  m.  Tristam  Noyes. 


Peter  Hurd,  s.  of  Nathan  ;  lived  on  the  Elisha  Hurd  farm, 
on  East  mountain  ;  m.,Jan.  3,  1793,  Sally  Hitchcock;  m.,  2d, 
May  5,  1796,  Mary  B.  Atwood. 

Phila,  b.  Oct.  i,  1793;  m.  Jonathan  Patten,  of  Deering. 

Sally,  b.  March  18,  1795  ;  m.  Benjamin  Blood;  m.,  2d,  Benjamin  Mes- 

ser. 
Jacob  A.,  b.  Dec.  10,  1796;  d.  April  28,  1813. 
\Ira,  b.  Aug.  25,  1798;  m.  Dolly  Baker,  of  Goshen. 
Hiram,  b.  June  2,  1800;  m.  Esther  Patten,  of  Deering. 
Phebe,  b.  March  23,  1802;  m.  Charles  Coburn,  of  Newbury. 
Lydia,  b.  May  15,  1804;  d.  Feb.  23,  1806. 
John  A.,h.  Nov.  28,  1806;  m.  Elizabeth  Jewett,  of  Croydon. 
Afoses  A.,  b.  May  12,  1808  ;  d.  April  23,  1818. 
\Elisha,  b.  Jan.  10,  181 1  ;  m.  Florinda  Stevens,  of  Claremont. 
Tirzah,  b.  Jan.  19,  1813;  m.  Isaac  Messer,  of  Goshen. 
Irena,  b.  April  28,  1815 ;  m.  Orrin  George,  of  Sunapee. 


GENEALOGY.  429 

Ira  Hurd,  s.  of  Peter,  and  grandson  of  Nathan  ;  lived  in  the 
south-west  part  of  the  town  ;  removed  to  Goshen,  where  he  d. 
M.,  iSiS,  Dolly  Baker,  of  Goshen. 

Peter,  m.  Ruth  Howe.     Ch.,  Stephen  H.,  Henry  J.,  Luther  M.,  Mary 

R.,  George  A.     Resides  in  Croydon. 
Ja})tes  B.,  m.  Lucretia  Dudley. 
John,  m.  Aurilla  Rowell.     Ch.,  Edwin  J.,  Adelbert  A.,  Albert  I.,  Mary, 

Marilla,  Clark,  Carl,  James,  P>ank.     Resides  in  Croydon. 
Sylvarius,  m.  Martha  Greeley;  r.  at  Sunapee. 
Ira,  r.  at  the  old  homestead;  m.  Sophia  Maxfield. 
Richard  M.,  d.  at  20. 


Elisiia  Hurd,  s.  of  Peter,  and  grandson  of  Nathan  ;  b.  Jan. 
II,  iSii;  m.  Florinda  Stevens,  of  Claremont.  lie  lived  on 
East  mountain,  on  the  place  now  occupied  by  his  son  Bela. 

Charles,  b.  Dec.  27,  1830;  m.  Sarah  F.  Alden,  of  Claremont. 

Lois,  b.  March  4,  1833;  d.  at  22. 

Julana,  b.  July  24,  1840;  m.  Center  L.  Cutts.     Ch.,  Lewis. 

George,  b.  Nov.  20,  1842;  m.  Helen  L.  Alden,  of  Claremont. 

Bela,  b.  Jan.  3,  1845;  r.  at  the  homestead;  m.  Nettie,  dau.  of  Isaac 

C.  Tenney.     Ch.,  Willie  E. 
Ellen,  b.  Jan.  4,  1848;  ni.  Charles  L.  Gardner.     Ch.,  George  E.,  Bela 

W. 


Nathan  Hurd,  Jr.,  b.  Sept.  9,  1772;  a  clothier,  and  had 
his  mill  at  the  falls  above  the  Sugar  River  Mills.  M.,  Aug.  31, 
1797,  Sarah  Maxfield,  of  Bradford. 

Cynthia,  b.  July  26,  1778  ;  m.  John  Lamberton. 

Alinira,  b.  Aug.  5,  1799.  Farnielia,  b.  Feb.,  1802. 

Sarah,  b.  Jan.  5,  1804;  m.  Elisha  Sturtevant. 

Ruth,  b.  Aug.  25,  1805;  m.  George  Metcalf. 

Mariah,  b.  July  20,  1807;  m.  Elbridge  Reed. 

Lavina,  b.  Jan.  22,  1809;  m.  Paul  Fitch. 

Lydia,  b.  Feb.  4,  181 1  ;  m.  Erastus  Reed. 

Sophronia,  b.  Nov.  29,  1812;  m.  Elias  Stephens. 

Mary  A.,  b.  Aug.  i,  1814;  m.  William  H.  Dunbar. 


John  Hurd,  s.  of  Nathan  and  Ruth  (Labree)  Hurd  ;  b.  Jan. 
18,  1774;  m.,  Nov.  I,  1815,  Dorcas  Noyes,  b.  Feb.,  17S2; 
ived  on  the  E.  Hurd  farm  on  East  mountain. 

Mary  N.,  b.  Oct.  15,  1S16;  m.  David   E.  Carr;  lives  on  East  moun- 
tain. 
\Enoch  N.,  b.  Nov.  25,  1S18. 

Enoch  N,  Hurd,  s.  of  John;  b.  Mar.  25,  iSiS;  a  farmer, 


430  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

and  took  the  homestead,  where  he  remained  until  his  death. 
Married  Jerusha  Colby,  of  Hopkinton. 

Woodbury  A'.,  b.  Feb.  27,  1847  ;  remains  at  the  homestead. 
Maty  S.,  b.  July  20,  1849;  ™-  Frank  Moore. 
Louisa  J.,  b.  April  10,  1854. 

Lois  A.,  b.  Jan.  10,  1862;  a  graduate  at  the  Newport  high  school;  a 
teacher. 


Levi  Hurd,  s.  of  Nathan  and  Ruth  (Labree)  Hurd  ;  b.  Sept. 
30,  17S0;  lived  on  the  I.  B.  Hurd  farm  on  East  mountain;  d. 
June  3,  1S54.  M.,  Feb.  19,  1806,  Anna  Bradley,  of  Haverhill, 
Mass.,  who  d.  Sept.  33,  1S56,  aged  70  years. 

'[Moses,  b.  Nov.  23,  1806.  Louisa,  b.  Feb.  i,  1811. 

\Isaac  B.,  b.  June  28,  1815.  Marinda,  b.  Jan.  14,  1819. 

\Rial,  b.  Jan.  31,  1826. 

Moses  Hurd,  s.  of  Levi ;  b.  Nov.  23,  1806 ;  lived  at  the  H. 
B.  Barton  place,  on  the  Goshen  road  ;  moved  to  Springfield, 
Vt.,  where  he  now  resides.  M.,  Nov.  7,  1S33,  Caroline  Bas- 
com,  dau.  of  Reuben,  b.  Feb.  18,  1S07. 

Asenath  L.,  b.  Oct.,  1834;  m.,  Nov.,  1856,  Daniel  E.  Carr;  went  to 

California. 
\Loren  Bascom,  b.  Aug.  29,  1836. 
Caroli7ie  V.,  b.  April  21,  1840;  m.,  Oct.  31,  1858,  George  Rockwell,  of 

Springfield,  Vt. 

LoREN  Bascom  Hurd,  s.  of  Moses  Hurd ;  b.  Aug.  29, 
1S36  ;  removed  to  Springfield,  Vt.,  where  he  has  been  a  valu- 
able citizen,  and  where  he  is  now  post-master.  M.,  June  4, 
1S67,  Ellen  Louisa  Hazard,  b.  Aug.  9,  1842,  at  Annapolis, 
Maryland. 

Ora  Ella,  b.  Aug.  11,  1869.  Ray  L.,  b.  May  17,  1876. 


Isaac  B.  Hurd,  s.  of  Levi  and  Anna  (Bradley)  Hurd ;  b. 
June  28,  1815  ;  a  wealthy  farmer;  r,  for  many  years  on  East 
mountain,  when  he  sold  out,  and  came  to  the  village  ;  m.  Em- 
eline  Dow. 

Carleton,  b.  Oct.  7,  1842;  commenced  the  druggist  business  in  Eagle 
block,  in  the  store  with  Ira  P.  George.  He  soon,  however,  pur- 
chased the  entire  stock,  and  removed  to  his  present  block,  where 
he  has  a  successful  trade.  M.,  Jan.  3,  1871,  Marietta  Garfield,  of 
Claremont. 


GENEALOGY.  43 1 

Nancy  M.,  b.  Jan.  7,  1845;  m.,  July  i,  1876,  Wallace  W.  White. 
Elizabeth  A.,  b.  April  5,  1848;  m.,  Sept.  i,  1865,  Dennis  J.  Gardner. 


Rial  Hurd,  s.  of  Levi ;  b.  Jan.  31,  1S26  ;  a  prosperous  farm- 
er ;  lives  on  the  Dea.  Phineas  Chapin  farm,  in  the  west  part 
of  the  town;  m.  Elvina  Woods;  m.,  2d,  Emily,  dau.  of  John 
Page. 

Antia  C,  h.  April  16,  1858.  Charles  R.,  b.  Oct.  3,  1863. 

Nellie  is.,  b.  April  29,  1868. 


David  Hurd,  s.  of  Natlian  and  Ruth  (Labree)  Hurd  ;  b. 
Tan.  28,  17S4;  built  the  house  since  occupied  for  many  years 
by  I.  B.  Hurd,  on  East  mountain  ;  m.,  Nov.  23,  1807,  Sally 
Robinson,  of  Pembroke,  b.  July  i,  1786. 

Litcinda,  b.  Aug.  30,  1808.  Mary,  b.  April  8,  18 12. 

Nathan,  b.  Jan.  9,  1815.  Harvey,  b.  Feb.  22,  1818. 

Orren,  b.  April  7,  1820.  Cyrtts,  b.  June  26,  1822. 

Alvah,  b.  May  2,  1824,  Philenus,  b.  Jan.  9,  1827. 


Moses  Hurd,  a  farmer ;  b.  Dec.  13,  1808,  at  Lebanon  ;  came 
to  this  town  from  Croydon  in  1S34.  He  spent  a  few  years  on 
Pike  hill,  but  soon  after,  in  1842,  purchased  his  farm  on  the 
Unity  road,  where  he  resided  until  his  death,  which  occurred 
Feb.  22,  1869.  Married  Adelia  D.,  dau.  of  Bazaleel  Barton,  of 
Croydon. 

Melissa  A.,  b.  1836;  d.  May,  1841. 

Sumner  F.,  b.  1838  ;  was  for  a  while  clerk  at  Lebanon;  went  to  Boston, 

where  he  enlisted,  and  was  with  the  6th  Mass.  Regt.  when  mobbed 

at  Baltimore;  was  in  the  5th  N.  H.  Regt.,  where  he  was  2d  Lieut. 

in  Co.  E;  was  six  weeks  in  Libby  prison;  m.,  1869,  Henrietta  C. 

Elliott,   of  Baltimore;  ch.,   Anna  M.,  Mary,  Josephine,    Sumner 

W.,  Edward  Elliott;  r.  in  Vineland,  N.  J. 
Jennie  //.,  b.  April  11,  1840;  m.,  Dec.  12,  1876,  Eugene  A.  Paul,  s.  of 

Avor.     Ch.,  Eugene  Ralph,  b.  Jan.  9,  1878. 
Melissa  M.,  b.  Aug.  9,  1842;  m.,  Jan.,  i860,  Ira  P.  Smith,  of  Langdon. 
Ziba,  b.  July  27,  1844;  d.  Jan.,  1845. 
Lewis  y.,  b.Sept.  10,  1846;  was  at  the  battle  of  Fredericksburg;  d.  Dec. 

24,  1862. 
Horace  E., -a.  trader  here;  b.   Oct.   4,  1853;  m.,  ALiy  30,  1876,  Nettie 

Prouty,  of  Hardwick,  Mass.     Ch.,  Cuthbert,  b.  July,  1878. 

INGRAM. 

OsHA  Ingram,   a  clothier   and   manufacturer ;   settled   here 
about  1S20;  d.  June  29,  1S57,  ^^^^  ^-'    ^^j  ^"S-  9'  iS2i,Mary 


432  HISTORY   OF   NEWPORT. 

Briggs,  of  Massachusetts,  who  d.  Oct.  5,  1825  ;  m.,  2d,  Oct.  10, 
1S26,  Ann  Roberts,  of  Hartford,  Conn.,  who  d.  Aug.  8,  1S60. 

AdolpJius,  b.  July  5,  1823 ;  m.  Mary  A.  Tarlton,  of  Amherst. 

Mary  B.,  b.  Sept.  21,  1825  ;  m.  Bela  G.  Jones. 

Elis'ha  R.,  b.  Oct.  7,  1827;  d.  Apr.  14,  1832. 

George  M.,  b.  June  24,  1830.  Martha  S.,  b.  Sept.  23,  1833. 

■\Henry  M.,  b.  May  23,  1836.  \ Arthur  H.,  b.  June  16,  1839. 


Henry  M.  Ingram,  s.  of  Osha  Ingram  ;  b.  May  23,  1836; 
m.  CJarinda  George,  of  Acworth.  He  has  for  many  years  been 
one  of  the  overseers  in  Sugar  River  Mills. 

George  H.,  b.  Sept.  16,  1859.  Charles  S.,  b.  Sept.  20,  i860. 

Frank  A.,  b.  July  10,  1872  ;  d.  young. 

Arthur  H.  Ingram,  s.  of  Osha  Ingram;  b.  June  16,  1S39. 
He  was  register  of  deeds  for  Sullivan  county  for  several  years ; 
is  a  fine  penman.  He  was  clerk  in  the  store  of  Averill  &  Bart- 
lett.     M.,  June  i,  1865,  Hattie  A.  Maxfield,  of  Goshen. 

Arthur  F.  and  Alvah  F.,  twins,  b.  Sept.  9,  1868. 
Katie  S.,  b.  May  17,  1874;  d.  young. 

INGHAM. 

Edward  Ingham,  b.  Apr.  16,  1821  ;  was  educated  at  Nor 
wich,  Vt. ;  came  from  Croydon  in  1848,  and  settled  on  the  F. 
M.  Cutting  farm  at  Kelleyville.  He  was  a  superintending 
school  committee,  and  a  successful  teacher.  He  was  after- 
wards in  trade  at  Lebanon,  at  Keene,  and  at  Springfield,  Vt. 
While  at  the  latter  place,  in  1870,  he  was  appointed  superin- 
tendent of  the  N.  H.  State  Reform  School.  He  discharged  the 
duties  of  this  position  with  such  marked  success  that  the  trustees 
of  the  reform  school  at  Meriden,  Conn.,  induced  him,  by  the 
proffer  of  a  greatly  augmented  salary,  to  take  charge  of  that 
institution.  At  the  end  of  two  years  he  resigned  his  trust  there, 
and  removed  to  St.  Paul,  Minn.,  his  present  residence.  M., 
Mar.  6,  1844,  Lucy  Putnam,  dau.  of  Col.  Nathaniel  Wheeler, 
of  Croydon  ;  m.,  2d,  May  20,  1853,  Marinda  D.  Potter,  of  Leb- 
anon. 

Helen,  b.  Mar.  8,  1849;  d.  Dec.  12,  1853. 

Lucy  Isabel,  b.  Feb.  3,  1853  ;  d.  young. 

Edward,  b.  Dec.  5,  1855;  graduated,  1877,  at  Dartmouth  college. 

Nellie,  b.  Jan.  i,  1858  ;  educated  at  New  London  academy. 


GENEALOGY.  433 

INGALLS. 

Sylvester  S.  Ingalls,  b.  May  28,  1839,  at  Goshen:  came 
to  this  town  in  1855.  He  is  a  joiner,  having  learned  his  trade 
of  B.  M.  Gihnore,  and  is  among  our  finest  workmen.  M., 
Dec.  I,  1858,  Marietta  Emery  Dean,  dau.  of  Solomon  Dean  ; 
m.,  2d,  Aug.,  1S76,  Adeline  Hall. 

Josephine  A.,  b.  Aug.  30,  1859;  m.,  Nov.  21,  1875,  William  Thomp- 
son, of  Lynn,  Mass. ;  lives  at  I'ittsfield. 
Edgar  Solomon,  b.  July  11,  1863  ;  d.  June  30,  1868. 

JACOBS. 

Eli  Jacobs,  s.  of  Whitman  Jacobs,  of  Croydon  ;  settled  on 
the  place  now  vacant,  just  north  of  the  C.  C.  Shedd  farm.  He 
moved  to  Vermont.     Married  Jerusha  WhipjDle. 

JACKSON. 

Milton  S.  Jackson,  b.  Apr.  3,  1844;  came  to  this  town 
from  Lebanon  in  1865,  and  was  in  trade  for  several  years  with 
Chester  Averill,  at  Wheeler's  block,  since  which  he  has  been 
a  deputy  sherift',  and  is  now  in  the  livery  business.  He  was 
three  years  in  the  war;  was  a  candidate  for  sheriff'  in  187S. 
M.,  Jan.  I,  1865,  Sarah  Edson,  of  Claremont,  b.  Aug.  13,  1S48. 

Charles  M.,  b.  Nov.  23,  1867. 

JENKS.  * 

This  family  is  descended  from  the  Welsh,  or  ancient  Britons. 
Robert  Jenkes  was  of  W^olverton  (manor),  parish  of  Eaton- 
under-Ey  wood,  Shropshire,  in  the  reign  of  Edward  HI.  Herbert 
Jenks,  Esq.,  possessed  Wolverton  about  1640,  and  his  estate 
fell  to  his  heirs  by  a  daughter.  From  this  ancestry  was  Joseph 
Jenks, ^  founder  and  machinist,  of  Hammersmith,  England,  b. 
in  1602.     He  was  "  a  very  ingenious  man,"  and  was  induced 

•This  surname  is  found  spelled  Jenks,  Jinks,  Jynks,  Jenkes.  Jencks,  and  JenckoB.  Some  of 
these  methods  have  arisen  from  careless  spelling,  the  result  of  false  pronunciation.  The  signa- 
tures of  different  members  of  the  same  family,  as  well  as  in  some  individual  cases,  in  this  coun- 
try, are  found  to  be  Jenks,  Jencks,  and  Jenckes.  Joseph,  Sen.,'  spelled  yenks ;  Joseph,  Jr.,* 
yenckes.  Their  descendants  chiefly  follow  the  first  method.  Jeremiah's"  signatures  weije 
yenks  until  his  later  years,  when  his  signature  is  found  to  be  yenckes,  the  method  adopted 
by  his  sons.  His  grandsons,  however,  have  chiefly  followed  the  first  or  simpler  method. 
28 


434  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

by  Gov.  Winthrop,  2d,  to  estai)lish  ''the  iron  and  steel  works" 
in  Lynn,  Mass.,  about  1642,  the  first  worker  in  iron  and  brass 
in  America.  Joseph,^  b.  in  Eng.,  in  1632,  followed  his  father 
to  Lynn  about  1647  '  '""•  Esther  Ballard,  of  Lynn,  b.  in  Eng.  in 
1633  ;  went  to  Providence,  R.  I.,  and  established  himself  in 
his  father's  line  of  business  at  Pawtucket  Falls,  founding  the 
city  of  that  name.  Nathaniel,^  of  Providence,  b.  in  1662,  m. 
Hannah  Bosworth.  Jonathan,'*  of  Providence,  m.  Mary  Slack, 
of  Scituate.    Jonathan,^  of  Cumberland,  m.  Hannah  Pullen. 


Jeremiah  Jenks,®  mariner  and  farmer;  s.  of  Jonathan'  and 
Hannah  (Pullen)  Jenks  ;  was  b.  in  Smithfield,  R.  L,  Nov.  29, 
1739,  and  came  to  Newport  prior  to  the  Revolutionary  war.  A 
deed  from  James  Sheldon  to  him,  bearing  date  Jan.  24,  177^^' 
attests  the  purchase  of"  one  share,  of  340  acres,  on  east  side  of 
Connecticut  river  (Newport),"  one  sixty-eighth  part  of  its  ter- 
ritory. In  a  deed  of  land  purchased  by  him  in  "Saville,"  July 
2,  1773,  he  is  described  as  "late  of  Smithfield,  R.  I.,  now  of 
Newport."  Feb.  25,  1776,  he  m.  Lucy  Whipple,  of  Cumber- 
land, R.  L,  b.  April  16,  i']^6.  Tradition  says  they  arrived  in 
Newport,  with  their  household  goods,  July  4,  i77^»  '^'^^  first 
established  themselves  on  what  is  known  as  the  Parmelee  place, 
on  the  south  road.  In  1776  Mr.  Jenks's  name  appears  third  on 
the  list  of  signers  of  the  "Association  Test,"  which  was  circu- 
lated for  signatures  at  the  request  of  the  Committee  of  Safety 
for  the  colony.  At  a  meeting  of  the  inhabitants,  July  24,  1776, 
he  was  chosen  lieutenant  of  the  Newport  volunteers,  and  was 
of  those  who  left,  June  9,  1777,  to  take  part  in  the  capture  of 
Ticonderoga.  July  10,  of  the  same  year,  he  was  one  of  a  com- 
mittee of  three  to  fix  the  value  of  farm  products,  which  schedule 
of  prices  was  to  be  used  as  a  basis  of  exchange  in  lieu  of  money. 
In  March,  1791,  he  was  elected  selectman  ;  and  Nov.  7,  of  the 
same  year,  he  was  one  of  a  committee  of  five  to  superintend  the 
building  of  the  Congregational  meeting-house,  which  for  thirty 
years  served  that  society,  and  stood  near  the  foot  of  Claremont 
hill.  Between  177S  'I'^tl  1792  he  made  purchases  of  land  from 
Josiah  Stevens,  Aaron  Buell,  James  Church,  Israel  Bryan, 
Uriah  Wilcox,  Nathan  Fisher,  and  Stephen  Perry,  by  which 
he  became  the  largest  landholder  in  the  town  ;  in  1802  he  was 


GENEALOGY.  435 

the  heaviest  tax-payer  in  Newport.  lie  gave  a  farm  of  more 
than  one  hundred  acres  to  each  of  three  sons,  the  homestead  of 
two  hundred  acres  to  a  fourth,  and  a  forty-acre  lot  of  hind  to 
each  of  three  daughters.  IMr.  Jenks  was  of  unusual  stature,  as 
were  three  of  his  sons.  He  was  several  inches  over  six  feet  in 
height,  witli  a  corresponding  muscular  development.  His 
wife  and  three  of  her  daughters  were  nearly,  if  not  quite,  six 
feet  tall.  Pic  d.  Jan.  4,  181 1  ;  his  wife  survived  him  until  May 
19,  iSiy. 

Hannah,  b.  March  22,  1777  ;  m..  May  26,  1803,  Col.  James  D.  Walcott, 

of  Cumberland,  R.  I.;  d.  in  Newport,  Sept.  2,  1823. 
Nancy,  b.  March  7,  1779;  m.,  April    10,  1796,  Dr.  Abiel   Ledoyt ;  d. 

Dec.  4,  1829.     Ch.,  Albiniis ;  d.  young. 
^yereiniah  Wliipple,  b.  June  11,  1780. 
\Oliver,  b.  Feb.  13,  1782. 
Lucy,  b.  March  15,  1783;  m.,  Jan.  22,  1805,  Asa  Corbui,  of  Newport :  d. 

in  childbirth,  Jan.  4,  1806,  mother  and  child  being  buried  in  the 

same  grave. 
\Bela  Whipple,  b.  March  12,  1785.  ] Thomas  Bowen,  b.  Oct.  8,  1786. 
Betsey,  b.  March  9,  1789;  d.  Feb.  23,  1790. 


Jeret^iiaii  Whipple  Jenckes,  s.  of  Jeremiah  and  Lucy 
(Whipple)  Jenks,  b.June  11,  17S0.  He  received  a  farm  of  100 
acres  from  his  father,  which  is  now  owned  by  A.  P.  Wellcome, 
at  junction  of  the  Cornish  &  Croydon  turnpikes.  He  r.  there 
until  1S15,  then  disposed  of  his  property,  and  moved  to  Brid- 
port,  Vt.,  and  purchased  a  fine  farm  overlooking  Lake  Cham- 
plain.  Two  years  later  he  removed  to  Crown  Point,  N.  Y., 
and  engaged  in  lumbering  and  farming,  where  he  spent  the  re- 
mainder of  his  life.  He  m.,  Jan.  26,  1S03,  Hester,  dau.  of  Rob- 
ert Lane,  of  Newport,  and  sister  of  the  distinguished  physician 
and  surgeon,  Dr.  Robert  Lane,  late  of  Sutton.  She  was  b. 
Jan.  2,  17S4;  d.  Oct.  34,  1850.     He  d.  Aug.  12,  1852. 

Arzelia,  b.  March  3,  1804;  d.  Feb.  13,  1814. 

Lucy  Corbin,  b.  Jan.  10,  1806;  d.  Jan.  24,  1806. 

Nancy,  b.  Aug.  21,  1807;  d.  Aug.  31,  1807. 

Hester  Amelia,  b.  Dec.  22,  1808;  m.,  Oct.  23,  1834,  Royal  Stowell,  of 

Crown  Point,  N.  Y.     In  1856  they  moved  to  St.  Clair,  Michigan. 

Shed.  Feb.  23,    1877.     Ch.,   Sarai,   b.    1835;  Asa   R..  b.  March, 

"Jeremiah,  b.  in  Newport,  N.  H.,  Dec.  13,  1810;  went  with  his  parents 
to  Bridport  and  Crown  Point;  in  1853  removed  to  Michigan,  and 
engaged  in  lumbering  for  many  years  on  the  shores  of  Lake  Huron. 
He  is  the  senior  member  of  the  firm  of  J.  Jenks  &  Co.,  Sand  Beach, 


436  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

Mich.,  manufacturers  of  salt  and  flour,  and  dealers  in  general  mer- 
chandise. He  also  farms  extensively,  and  has  been  very  success- 
ful in  his  business  undertakings.  From  1861  to  1864  he  was  inspector 
of  customs,  and  two  years  deputy  collector  of  internal  revenue.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Michigan  state  senate  in  1875  and  1876.  He 
m.,  Sept.  10,  1837,  Relief  Huestis;  m.,  2d,  April  29,  1874,  Aman- 
da (Messer)  Jeni<s,  widow  of  Benj.  L.  Jenks.  Ch.,  George  Wal- 
ton, b.  May  9,  1838;  Mary  Elizabeth,  b.  Sept.  15,  1846. 

Jesse  Lane,  b.  in  Newport,  April  8,  1813.  In  the  early  part  of  life  he 
engaged  in  farming.  In  i860  he  moved  from  Crown  Point,  N.  Y., 
to  Michigan  and  engaged  in  the  hotel  and  livery  business,  which 
he  followed  to  the  close  of  his  life.  He  m.,  Oct.  6,  1848,  Jane  Mi- 
nor, by  whom  he  had  two  children;  m.,  2d,  April  5,  1856,  Mary 
Martin,  who  had  four  children.  He  d.  March  16,  1876.  Ch.,  Bela 
Whipple,  b.  July  18,  1849.  Robert  H.,  b.  June  19,  1851  ;  d.  Oct. 
10,  1854.  Helen,  b.  April  19,  1858;  d.  April  24,  1862.  Robert 
M.,  b.  Aug.  18,  1859.  Jennie,  b.  Jan.  25,  1861.  William,  b.  Aug. 
2,  1863. 

Arzelia,  b.  July  10,  1815  ;  m.,  March,  1849,  George  G.  Hewitt;  d.  May 
5,  1850.     Ch.,  Arzelia  A.,  b.  May  5,  1850. 

Za^_y  ^«;/,  b.  May  2,  1817;  m.,  June  29,  1837,  Simon  Beckwith,  and 
went  to  Michigan  in  1856.  Ch.,  Charles,  b.  May  7,  1838;  Benja- 
min J. ;  Arzelia  J. 

Benjamin  Lane,  b.  at  Crown  Point,  N.  Y.,  April  25,  1820;  moved  to 
Michigan  in  1856,  and  engaged  in  farming  and  lumbering  all  his 
life.  He  held  several  offices  of  trust  in  his  town.  He  m.,  March 
8,  1849,  Amanda  Messer.  He  d.  Dec.  10,  1868.  Ch.,  James  Mes- 
ser, b.  July  14,  1850;  Robert  Henry,  b.  July  26,  1854;  Jeremiah 
Whipple,  b.  Sept.  2,  1856;  Hester  Pamelia,  b.Dec.  12,  1858;  Mar- 
tin Lane,  b.  July  15,  1861. 

Bela  Whipple,  b.  at  Crown  Point,  N.  Y.,  June  6,  1824.  On  passing 
his  majority,  he  went  to  Michigan ;  is  a  farmer,  and  is  a  partner 
with  his  brother,  Robert  H.  Jenks,  in  a  general  mercantile  busi- 
ness in  St.  Clair;  has  held  several  town  and  city  offices,  and  has 
twice  been  elected  a  state  senator.  He  m.,  Nov.  3,  1853,  Sarah 
Carleton.  Ch.,  Charles  Carleton,  b.  Aug.  24,  1854;  William  Lee, 
b.  Dec.  27,  1856;  Mary  Eliza,  b.  Jan.  4,  1859;  Anna  Barnard, 
b.  July  29,  1 861  ;  Frank  Dike,  b.  March  11,  1864;  Russ  Stowell, 
b.  June  10,  1867;  George  Sandford,  b.  Sept.  11,  1869. 

Robert  Henry,  b.  at  Crown  Point,  April  28,  1827;  went  to  Michigan  in 
1 85 1  ;  a  farmer,  and  is  engaged  in  general  mercantile  business ;  has 
been  post-master  at  St.  Clair  twelve  years,  and  president  and  treas- 
urer of  the  Farmers'  Mutual  Fire  Insurance  Co.  ten  years.  He  m., 
April  13,  1854,  MaryS.  Clarke.  Ch.,  Sarah  Helen,  b.  April  17, 
1855;  d.  Aug.  18,  1856.  Emeline  Clarke,  b.  June  13,  1857.  Her- 
bert Lind,  b.  Oct.  26,  1859;  d.  Oct.  16,  1873.  Lucy  Arzelia,  b. 
Sept.  4,  1861.  Ella  Amanda,  b.  Sept.  3,  1863;  d.  Sept.  28,  1864. 
Helen  Clarke,  b.  Aug.  3,  1865.  John  Henry,  b.  Dec.  4,  1866.  Ben 
Lane,  b.  June  13,  1869.    Tubal  Orren,  b.  Oct.  6,  1871. 

Oliver  Jenckes,  s.  of  Jeremiah;  b.  Feb.  13,  1782;  passed 
a  portion  of  his  boyhood  with  his  uncle,  Oliver  Whip- 
ple, at    Hampton  and   Portsmouth,   where    some  educational 


GENEALOGY.  437 

advantages  were  obtained.  He  received  the  homestead  farm, 
one  of  llie  hugest  and  best  in  town,  and  was  successful  in  its 
management.  He  was  frequently  called  to  ofHcial  position  from 
1814  to  tlic  year  of  his  death.  He  was  selectman  ten  years ; 
five  times  moderator;  representative  to  the  legislature  in  1S28 
and  1S29  ;  and  agent  to  divide  the  town  into  school  districts, 
and  to  lay  out  and  build  roads.  Mr.  Jenckes,  as  a  memljer  of 
the  builchng  committee,  bore  an  active  part  in  erecting  the  bap- 
tist meeting-house  in  the  village,  and  entered  earnestly  into  all 
enterprises  looking  to  the  benefit  of  the  town.  In  1812  and 
1830  he  was  one  of  the  ten  heaviest  tax-payers.  Was  a  captain 
in  the  militia,  and  was  a  justice  of  the  peace.  M.,  IMarch  9, 
1S09,  Levina,  dau.  of  Eleazer  Jackson,  of  Cornish.  He  d.  Sept. 
17,  1S37.  His  wife  was  b.  Sept.  10,  1791,  and  d.  Sept.  7,  1877, 
surviving  her  husband  forty  years.  She  lived  to  see  ten  of  her 
children  reach  and  pass  middle  life  before  death  made  a  breach 
in  their  ranks.  She  was  a  generous  and  self-denying  mother, 
and  remarkable  for  her  bountiful  hospitality. 

A  son,  b.  and  d.  Jan.  17,  1810. 

Lucy,  b.  July  29,  181 1  ;  educated  at  Newport  and  Hopkinton  academies; 
was  a  teacher  in  Newport,  and  in  Belvidere,  N.  J.,  for  several  years. 
She  m.,  Dec.  10,  1846,  Otis  Withington,  of  Brookline,  Mass.,  b. 
Aug.  30,  1801,  d.  March  5,  1873.  She  d.  Jan.  i,  1879.  Ch., 
Charles  Francis,  b.  Aug.  21,  1852;  a  graduate  of  Harv.  Coll.;  a 
successful  teacher  in  the  classical  schools  of  Brookline  and  Rox- 
bury  :  is  a  graduate  of  Harvard  Medical  School. 

Elizabeth  Whipple,  b.  Dec.  6,  1812;  educated  at  Newport  and  Hopkin- 
ton academies;  was  a  teacher,  and  r.  some  years  in  Fredericks- 
burgh,  Va. ;  r.  at  the  homestead. 

Henry  Allen,  b.  March  20,  1814;  educated  at  Chester  (Vt.)  academy. 
In  Feb.,  1836,  after  passing  his  majority,  he  engaged  in  agricul- 
tural pursuits  in  Rhode  Island;  subsequently  went  to  Illinois,  and 
purchased  a  farm,  which  he  occupied  until  the  death  of  his  father, 
when  he  returned  to  Newport  and  took  charge  of  his  mother's  por- 
tion of  the  estate.  He  purchased  the  interests  of  the  otlier  heirs, 
and  now  owns  the  homestead.  In  1858  he  was  elected  selectman; 
was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Newport  Agricultural  Association, 
and  its  treasurer  two  years  ;  is  a  deacon  of  the  Baptist  church,  and 
one  of  its  staunchest  supporters. 

Harriet,  b.  Sept.  20,  1815;  remained  at  the  homestead;  d.  Dec.  13, 
1872. 

^Eleazer  Jackson,  b.  March  3,  1817. 

Oliver,  b.  Feb.  3,  1819;  d.  Feb.  20,  1819. 

Oliver  Boiven,  b.  Feb.  5,  1820;  educated  at  Kimball  Union  .Acad- 
emy: in  1840,  went  to  Virginia  and  engaged  in  teaching.  Having 
excellent  musical  abilities,  he  taught  the  cultivation  of  the  voice, 


43^  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

and  gave  instruction  upon  the  piano,  flute,  and  guitar.  Before 
leaving  Newport,  lie  was  a  leader  of  the  choir  in  the  Baptist 
church.  In  1844  he  began  the  study  of  medicine  with  Dr.  Twy- 
man,  of  Madison  county,  Va.,  and  graduated  at  the  University  of 
Pennsylvania  in  1855.  He  was  twice  chosen  vice-president  of  the 
Virginia  Medical  Society,  and  was  esteemed  by  his  contempora- 
ries as  eminent  in  his  profession.  May  4,  1858,  he  m.  Laura 
Catharine,  daughter  of  Dr.  Tvvyman,  who  was  b.  July  15,  1833, 
and  d.  Nov.  16,  1875.     He  d.  March  22,  1876.     No  children. 

"  Dr.  Jenks,"  says  Dr.  Row,  in  announcing  his  death  to  the 
Medical  Society,  of  which  he  was  an  active  member  and  officer, 
"  was  in  many  respects  a  remarkable  man,  and  in  his  life  displayed 
as  much  energy  and  devotion  in  his  profession  as  any  practitioner 
I  ever  met.  As  a  physician,  he  was  accomplished  and  successful, 
proverbial  for  his  kind  and  courteous  demeanor  towards  his  pro- 
fessional brethren,  and  urbanity  to  all.  He  was  an  active  and 
consistent  member  of  the  Baptist  church,  and  a  devout  Chris- 
tian." Dr.  F.  D.  Cunningham,  of  Richmond,  in  an  address  as 
president  of  the  Virginia  Medical  Society,  says, — "Among  the 
names  of  those  we  mourn,  none  will  be  heard  with  more  regret 
than  that  of  Dr.  Oliver  B.  Jenks,  a  gentleman  who  manifested  the 
liveliest  interest  in  our  society  from  its  organization.  Although 
himself  a  victim  to  ill-health,  with  the  spirit  of  a  true  philanthro- 
pist he  made  use  of  knowledge  acquired  at  the  e.xpense  of  great 
suffering  in  his  own  person  for  the  benefit  of  others.  Those  of 
us  who  attended  the  meeting  at  Norfolk  can  hardly  fail  to  remem- 
ber the  extraordinary  personal  experience  he  then  related,  and  the 
valuable  conclusions  he  had  deduced  from  it  in  regard  to  the  use 
of  chloroform  in  certain  forms  of  heart  disease.  Our  society  never 
had  a  more  ardent  supporter,  nor  our  members  a  better  example." 

\TJwjiias,  b.  Nov.  13,  1822. 

Albiiii/s,  b.  July  15,  1824;  m.,  May,  187c,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Ann  Blake, 
who  d.  April  2,  1876;  no  children. 

Levina,  b.  April  2,  1826;  d.  April  10,  1826. 

A  son.  b.  and  d.  April  26,  1827.         ^George  Edwin,  b.  Sept.  9,  1828. 

\Edivard  Ajtgiistiis,  b.  Oct.  30,  1830. 

A  son,  b.  and  d.  in  March,  1832. 

Charles  William,  b.  May  4,  1833;  d.  March  19,  1834. 


Eleazer  Jackson  Jenks,  s.  of  Oliver  and  Levina  (Jackson) 
Jenckes  ;  b.  March  3,  1S17.  In  September,  1839,  he  entered 
Concord  academy,  then  taught  by  Charles  Peabody,  and  spent 
three  years  as  student,  and  in  teaching  in  Massachusetts.  In 
November,  1S40,  he  walked  from  Concord  to  Newport  to  cast 
his  first  presidential  vote  for  Gen.  Harrison.  In  1S42  he  en- 
gaged in  trade  in  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  remaining  there  some  five 
years.  Returning  to  Massachusetts,  he  was  emplo3'ed  five 
years  as  book-keeper  in  the  Bank  of  Brighton.  In  1S53  he  be- 
came cashier  of  the  Woburn  bank,  where  he  remained  eighteen 


GENEALOGY.  439 

years,  when  he  resigned  to  enter  into  trade.  In  July,  1875,  he 
became  cashier  of  the  Hopkinton  National  Bank  and  treasurer 
of  the  Hopkinton  .Savings  Bank;  has  been  engaged  in  the 
banking  business  twenty-seven  years.  He  was  a  member  ot 
the  liaptist  cluirch  in  Newport,  and  contributed  the  sum  of 
$400  toward  the  expense  of  remodelling  its  house  of  worship. 
He  m.,June  26,  1844,  Sarah  Peabody,  of  Groton,  Mass.,  by 
whom  he  had  three  children.  She  d.  Oct.  21,  1S52.  M.,  2d, 
June  26,  i860,  Elvira  Antoinette  Wolcott,  of  Rochester,  N.  Y., 
who  d.  Sept.  24,  1865.  M.,  3d,  Sept.  3,  1868,  Mrs.  Eliza  W. 
(Perkins)  Thomas,  of  Lynn,  Mass. 

Henry  Francis,  b.  June  26,  1845  i  d.  June  24,  1846. 

William  Edward,  b.  May  2,  1848  ;  became  clerk  in  the  Woburn  Bank 
in  January,  1864;  was  messenger  to  the  National  Bank  of  North 
America,  Boston,  from  April,  1870,  to  July,  1871;  became  cashier 
of  the  Hopkinton  National  Bank  and  treasurer  of  the  Hopkinton 
Savings  Bank  in  July,  1871  ;  became  discount  clerk  in  the  Shawmut 
National  Bank,  Boston.  February,  1876.  He  m.,  Sept.  11,  1872, 
EIna  Persson  (b.  in  Sweden,  Dec.  26,  1847),  adopted  dau.  of 
Abijah  W.  Withington,  of  Boston.  Ch.,  Mary  Withington,  b.  July 
10,  1873  '•  d.  March  6,  1876.  Elizabeth  Nixon,  b.  May  27,  1875. 
Marion  Frances,  b.  April  28,  1877. 

Abbie  Frances,  b.  Aug.  7,  1850. 


Thomas  Jenks,  s.  of  Oliver;  b.  Nov.  13,  1822.  After  leav- 
ing the  homestead,  in  1841,  he  served  several  years  with  Gil- 
more  &  Walker,  traders  in  Union  Village,  Vt.,  and  afterwards 
engaged  in  trade  at  Thetford  Hill  and  at  Thetford  Depot,  Vt., 
and  at  North  Woburn,  Mass.  Dec.  8,  185 1,  he  m.  Henrietta, 
dau.  of  John  Hall,  of  Union  Village,  Vt.,  where  he  now  resides* 
His  wife  was  b.  Feb.  i,  1828,  and  d.  Sept.  8,  1856. 

Ida  Laura,  b.  Jan.  16,  1853.  Alice  Henrieiia,  b.  May  23,  1855. 


George  Edwin  Jenks,  s.  of  Oliver;  b.  Sept.  9,  1828;  was 
bred  to  the  farm,  and  received  common-school  privileges,  and 
one  year's  attendance  at  Thetford  academy.  May  26,  1S45,  he 
apprenticed  himself  to  the  printing  business  with  Asa  McFar- 
land,  of  Concord  ;  in  June,  1850,  he  became  a  partner  with  his 
former  employer.  In  July,  1S51,  they  purchased  the  N'ezu 
Hampshire  Statesman,  and  published  it  until  Oct.,  1871.  Mr. 
Jenks  was  elected  state  printer  for  the  years  1866  and  1867  ;  he 


440  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

was  representative  in  1873  and  1874,  and  was  chairman  of  sev- 
eral committees.  He  was  author  of  the  new  constitutional 
amendment  which  secured  the  reduction  of  the  house  of  repre- 
sentatives about  one  fourth  from  its  former  membership  ;  he  is 
now  (1879)  ^Liditor  of  state  printer's  accounts,  trustee  of  the 
Concord  public  library,  and  secretary  of  Republican  state  com- 
mittee. [See  Literature.]  M.,  Jan.  23,  1855,  Eliza  Jane,  dau. 
of  Joseph  Grover,  of  Concord,  b.  March  9,  1835. 

Frank  Bowen,  b.  Dec.  27, 1855  ;  was  in  the  employ  of  Lawrence  &  Co., 
Boston,  as  clerk  and  paymaster  at  their  mills  in  Belmont,  N.  H., 
and  in  Ipswich,  Mass.,  for  about  five  years;  is  clerk  in  railroad 
treasurer's  office,  Boston. 

Walter  Lyon,  b.  April  12,  1862.       Arthur  Whipple,  b.  Aug.  9,  1863. 

Paul  Rockwell,  b.  June  23,  1872. 


Edward  Augustus  Jenks,  s.  of  Oliver,  was  b,  Oct.  30, 
1S30 ;  spent  the  first  fifteen  years  of  his  life  at  the  homestead  ; 
June  2,  1S46,  became  an  apprentice  to  Asa  McFarland,  printer, 
in  Concord  ;  at  the  close  of  his  apprenticeship,  he  attended 
several  terms  at  Thetford  academy,  Thetford,  Vt.,  closing  his 
connection  with  that  institution  in  1851.  In  April,  1852,  he 
formed  a  copartnership  with  Joseph  C.  Abbott  (afterwards  U. 
S.  Senator  from  North  Carolina),  and  purchased  the  Manches- 
ter American^  beginning  his  active  business  life  in  his  22d 
year,  under  the  firm  name  of  Abbott  &  Jenks.  In  1856  he  sold 
his  interest  in  the  A?nerican,  and  went  to  Lowell,  Mass.,  where 
he  resided  two  years.  In  1858  he  became  a  resident  of  New  York 
city,  where  he  was  "  proof-reader  "  in  some  of  the  largest  pub- 
lishing houses  there  ;  remained  in  that  city  until  the  spring  of 
1S62,  when  he  went  to  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  and  became  connected 
with  the  firm  of  Alexander  Swift  &  Co.,  iron  manufacturers, 
and  contractors  for  the  building  of  the  monitors  Catawba,  One- 
ota,  Klamath,  and  Yuma,  for  the  government,  where  he  re- 
mained until  their  completion  and  delivery  to  the  Navy  De- 
partment. At  the  conclusion  of  the  war,  he  went  to  Vicks- 
burg.  Miss.,  as  the  agent  of  John  Swasey  &  Co.,  merchants  of 
Cincinnati,  for  the  purchase  of  cotton  for  shipment  to  Northern 
markets.  The  prosecution  of  his  business  took  him  to  nearly 
all  parts  of  the  state,  by  I'ail,  steamboat,  and  horseback,  as  well 
as  to  many  of  the  neighboring  states.     In  the  preliminary  work 


GENEALOGY.  44I 

preparatory  to  the  adoption  of  the  new  state  constitution  in 
1S69,  and  tlie  readmission  of  Mississippi  into  the  Union,  lie 
bore  an  active  part.  Oct.  i,  1S71,  lie  was  called  to  the  head  of 
the  Republican  Press  Association,  of  Concord,  N.  II.  (publish- 
ers of  the  Daily  Mo7tttor  and  the  Indcpcndettt  Statesinayi)^  as 
its  Treasurer  and  Business  Manager.  Since  holding  this  posi- 
tion he  has  three  times  been  elected  state  printer  ;  and  in  1877, 
a  vacancy  occurring  in  the  office  of  State  Reporter  (reporter  of 
the  decisions  of  the  Supreme  Court),  he  was  appointed  to  that 
office  by  Gov.  Prescott.  He  has  made  many  contributions 
to  current  literature,  beginning,  among  magazines,  with  "The 
Knickerbocker,"  while  under  the  editorial  control  of  Charles  G. 
Leland.  Poems  of  his  are  to  be  found  in  some  of  the  finest  col- 
lections extant, — notably  Bryant's  new  "  Library  of  Poetry  and 
Song,"  Dr.  Kendrick's  ''  Our  Poetical  Favorites,"  and  Harpel's 
"Poets  and  Poetry  of  Printerdom."  [See  Literature.]  May 
4,  1S52,  he  m.  Harriet  S.  Stickney,  of  Concord,  dau.  of  George 
Stickney,  Esq.,  a  lawyer,  of  Waterville,  Maine.  She  was  b. 
Aug.  4,  1S2S. 

Charles  Brigham,  b.  Oct.  23,  1853;  d.  Oct.  27,  1853. 

Henry  Allen,  b.  Jan.  22,  1855  ;  d.  Jan.  26,  1855. 

George  Oliver,  b.  April  i,  1856;  d.  Oct.  10,  1858. 

Allan  Murray,  b.  in  Lowell,  Mass.,  April  17,  1858.     Was  two  years  at 

the  Mass.  Institute  of  Technology,  in  Boston.     [See  Literature.] 
Robert  Irving,  b.  in  Cincinnati,  O.,  Jan.  17,  1865. 
Mary  Leslie,  b.  in  Concord,  N.  H.,  Oct.  7,  1866. 


Bela  Whipple  Jenckes,  s.  of  Jeremiah  ;  b.  March  12,  178^  ; 
a  farmer  and  house-joiner;  was  captain  of  artillery  in  tlie  mili- 
tia. At  a  supper  given  to  celebrate  Washington's  birthday,  he 
acted  as  toast-master,  and  gave  all  the  sentiments  in  humorous 
rhyme.  Married  Mary,  dau.  of  Maj.Josiah  Stevens,  who  d. 
April  15,  1820,  by  whom  he  had  three  children;  m.,  2d,  Jan. 
15,  1826,  Betsey,  dau,  of  John  Vinton,  of  Cornish,  b.  Jan.  22, 
1791 — the  mother  of  four  children.     He  d.  March  28,  i860. 

Mary  Emelinc,  h.B&c.  29,  1810;  formerly  a  teacher;  r.  in  Auburn, 

N.  Y. 
Nancy  Cordelia,  b.  May  3,  1812;  a  milliner;  r.  in  Southbridge,  .Mass. 
HannaJi  Stevens,  b.  Nov.  26,  181 6;  m.,  Aug.  9,  1840,  Abijah  W.  Ten- 

ney,  of  Newport;  d.  Sept.  12,  1848.    Ch.,  Abijah  Wallace,  b.  Sept. 

9,  1841;  d.  Sept.  22,  1844.     Mary  Jenks,  b.  May  18,  1844.    Arthur 


442  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT, 

Burton,  b.  May  22,  1846.     George  Hubbard,  b.  July  26,  1848;  d. 
Dec.  1 1,  1866. 

Bela  Whipple^  b.  xMarch  6,  1827 ;  went  to  California  soon  after  the  dis- 
covery of  gold  in  that  territory,  and  has  since  resided  there;  has 
been  clerk  of  courts  in  Klamath  county  for  some  years.  [See  Lit- 
erature.] 

Elizabeth  Vinfon,  b.  Dec.  2,  1831  ;  m.,  April  12,  1855,  Samuel  Newell, 
of  Southbridge,  Mass.  Ch.,  Edward  Whipple,  b.  Sept.  29,  1856; 
Mary  Elizabeth,  b.  Aug.  13,  1859;  Louise  Lincoln,  b.  April  20, 
1865  ;  Annie  Maria,  b.  Sept.  23,  1873. 

Maria  Mason,  b.  Dec.  12,  1832;  m.  Andrew  Lawson,  of  Providence, 
R.  I.;  d.  April  7,  1865.  Ch.,  Ella  Maria,  b.  July  6,  1854:  d.  April 
10,  1874.  Ida  Frances,  b.  June  21,  1857;  d.  July  25,  1859.  Ida 
Jenks,  b.  Nov.  7,  i860;  d.  Sept.  12,  1866.  Edwin  Frank,  b.  Feb. 
7,  1863. 

Charles  Williain,  b.  March  25,  1834;  was  landlord  of  the  Phenix  hotel 
in  Newport,  and  has  been  in  business  in  Boston  ;  m.,  in  1855,  Char- 
lotte E.  Wright.  Ch.,  Charles  Ashley,  b.  Jan.  29,  1856;  William 
Warren,  b.  Oct.,  1861. 


Thomas  Bowen  Jenckes,  s.  of  Jeremiah  ;  b.  Oct.  8,  1786  ; 
disposed  of  a  farm  bequeathed  him  by  his  father,  and  became  a 
cotton  manufacturer  in  Cumberland,  R.  I.,  about  iSi5or  1816  ; 
m.  Abigail  W.  Allen,  of  Cumberland,  b.  Jan.  31,  1794  ;  d.  Nov. 
20,  1863.     He  d.  Aug.  19,  1S19. 

Thomas  Allen,  h.  Nov.  2,  1818;  d.  Nov.  4,  1875.  He  graduated  at 
Brown  University  in  1838,  and  entered  the  profession  of  the  law,  in 
which  he  rose  rapidly  to  eminence.  Patent  law  was  his  legal  spe- 
cialty, and  he  was  employed,  during  his  practice,  in  many  of  the 
most  important  cases  litigated  in  this  country.  Mr.  Jenckes  was 
elected  to  congress  in  1862,  and  served  through  the  38th,  39th, 
40th,  and  41st  congresses,  rendering  distinguished  service  at  the 
head  of  the  committee  on  patents,  and  on  the  judiciary  committee. 
He  won  national  fame  in  connection  with  "  civil  service  reform," 
the  general  bankrupt  law,  and  the  patent  and  copyright  laws. 

JENNINGS. 
Gilbert  E.Jennings,   a  farmer;  b.   Oct.    12,   1S34;  came 
from  Claremont   in   1866;  settled  on  the  C.   Corbin  farm;  m. 
Alvira  O.  Deming,  of  Cornish. 
Ered,  h.  June  2,  1862.  Emily  C,  b.  Feb.  22,  1867. 

JOHNSON. 

Reuben  Johnson,  a  farmer;  s.  of  Obediah  ;  b.  Mar.  6,  1805, 
at  Newbury  ;  came  here  in  1830;  m.  Betsey  Fletcher ;  m.,  2d, 

Harriet  Adams,  of  Bradford  ;  m.,  3d,  Mrs.  Nancy  Gould.     He 
d.  May  13,  1873. 


GENEALOGY.  443 

Edmund,  b.  Nov.  24,  1831;  m.  Celia  F.  McGown ;  ch.,  Ida,  Hcmon. 
David,  b.  Aug.  27,  1834;  m.  Ann  McGown.  Ch.,  Mabel  A. ;  Ada  A.,  b 

Oct.  17,  1864;  Ella  E.,  b.  June  11,  1869. 
C/w;-/r;/'/f,  m.  Chauncy  Marshall ;  cli.,  Edgar. 
Adalinc,  m.  Wm.  Stowell;  ch.,  Arthur,  Alta. 
Reuben^  m.  Mary  Whittemore;  ch.,  Reuben,  Saul. 
Mary  A.,  m.  Wcb.ster  Rocd;  ch.,  Freddie. 
Jolin,h.Oc\..  16,   1847;    m.  Josephine    Perry;  ch.,  Elmer  J.,  Amos  J., 

Hosea. 
A'l'/jw/,  b.  Oct.  16,  1853.         Harriet  A.  M.        Fred. 

John  Johnson,  a  brother  of  Reuben  ;  b.  Nov.  9,  1799  ;  lived 
at  Northvillc;  d.  Jan.  28,  iSz|.6. 

JONES. 

Jacoh  Jonks  came  from    Hillsborough  ;  was   a  farmer   and 
cooper  ;  lived  on  the  C.  Corbin  farm  ;  m.  Hannah  Gould. 

\John,  b.  Jan.  i,  1796.  Polly,  m.  Samuel  Bean. 

Lanora.  m. Daniel  Muzzey.  Cynthia,  m.  Josiah  Gould. 

Cena.  Asa  G.,  m.  Caroline  Calkins. 

Luther  A. ^  m.  Drucilla  Calif.  Elizabeth  F.,  m.  John  Muzzey. 


John  Jones,  s.  of  Jacob  ;  b.  Jan.  i,  1796  ;  a  farmer  ;  m.  Chloe, 
dau.  of  Jonathan  Haven,  b.  Feb.  5,  1794;  d.  June  4,  1S78. 

Bela  G..  a  farmer ;  b.  Jan.  7,  1824 ;  m.,  Apr.  22,  1858,  Mary  B.  Ingram. 
Sarah  A/.,  h.  May  28,  1826;  m.,  1872,  Lorenzo  M.  Freeto. 
Charles  R.,  b.  July  i,  1835:  m.  Josephine  M.  Farnsworth,  of  Washing- 
ton ;  m.,  2cl,  Lanora  Smith,  of  Unity  ;  ch.,  Etta  M.,  Frank  B. 


David  B.Jones,  b.  May  6,  1S23,  at  Lewiston,  Me.  ;  learned 
his  trade  (that  of  a  tanner)  at  Wilmot,  N.  H.  ;  came  to  this 
town,  and  was  in  the  tanning  business  for  several  years  with  J. 
H.  Huntoon,  after  which  he  purchased  the  Newport  House, 
and  became  its  landlord.  He  sold  out,  and  went  to  Sutton.  Is 
now  a  merchant  at  Concord.    Married  L.J.  Abbott,  of  Sunapee. 

Nedd  IV.,  b.  May  4,  1858;  is  in  a  publishing  house  in  Boston. 
L.  Maud.,  b.  May  11,  1866. 

KARR. 

James  Karr,  a  mason;  b.  Nov.  i,  1S05  ;  s.  of  James  Karr, 
of  Hill,  and,  on  the  mother's  side,  of  Carr  Huse,  of  the  same 
town  ;  came  here  in  iSi6  ;  m.  Harriet  Presby. 


444  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

Hannah  M.,  b.  Nov.  14,  1836;  m.  John  Lewis. 

Mary  J.,  b.  Jan.  11,  1838. 

Joseph,  b.  Feb.  20,  1841  ;  m.,  Sept.  11,  1876,  Mrs.  Dora  S.  Bingham. 

James  IV.,  b.  Nov.  27,  1845  ;  m.  Frank  A.  Carr;  ch.,  Mary  J.,  Ernest. 

Sarah  E.,  b.  April  25,  1848 ;  m.  Frank  J.  Latimer. 

George  IV.,  b.  Oct.  2,  1849;  "i-  Azabah  Melendy. 

Hattie,  b.  Dec.  29,  1852;  m.  Henry  H.  Haines.     Ch.,  Burton. 


John  Karr,  a  brother  of  James;  d.  Jan.  25,  1876  [see  Phy- 
sicians], 

KEITH. 

RuEL  Keith  [see  Blacksmiths],  b.  May  30,  1769;  d.  Apr., 
1S43  ;  came  from  Uxbridge,  Mass.  He  was  among  the  early 
mechanics,  and  was  for  many  years  a  prominent  one.  He  pur- 
chased the  Dexter  Scythe  Factory,  which  stood  near  the  village 
grist-mill.     M.,  Nov.   16,  1791,  Polly  Hurd,  b.  May  6,  1770;  d. 

1837. 

Ettnice,h.  Dec.  9,1791;  m.  Capt.  John  Pike,  of  New  London.  Ch., 
James  M.,  b.  Dec.  2,  1817;  m.  Sarah  Cilley ;  m.,  2d,  Mrs.  Abby 
Palmer.  Delia  W.,  b.  Oct.  10,  1819;  m.  Joseph  Bean,  of  Sutton. 
Hepsibah  S.,  b.  Aug.  6,  1821;  m.  Benj.  Peaslee,  of  Sutton.  John 
K.,  b.  July  27,  1823;  m.  Lucy  Wilson,  of  Cohasset,  Mass.  Eunice 
C,  b.  Oct.  14,  1825;  m.  Benj.  R.  Morse,  of  Newbury.  Ziba  H.,  b. 
Apr.  15,  1827;  unmarried.  Samuel  K.,b.  Sept.  21,  1829;  m.  Han- 
nah Leach,  of  Sutton.  Harriet  E.,  b.  Mar.  7,  1831  ;  m.  Wilson  S. 
George.  Mary  H.,  b.  Sept.  4,  1833  ;  m.  Claude  Goings,  of  New 
London.  Nancy  M.,  b.  Mar.  17,  1835  ;  m.  Austin  Goings,  of  New 
London. 

\Ruel  H.,  a  blacksmith  ;  b.  Nov.  29,  1796. 

Samuel,  b.  July  21,  1798;  d.  at  the  West;  m.  Rhoda  Gerould,  of  Stod- 
dard.    Had  a  family. 

Polly  /?.,  b.  June  11,  1799;  m.  Stephen  Herrick. 

Harriet  E..,h.¥th.  12,  1802;  m.  Stephen  Kimball;  d.  at  Springfield, 
Mass. 

Martha  W.,  b.  July  24,  1805 ;  m.,  May  7,  1823,  Simon  C.  Fields;  d.  at 
Lowell,  Mass. 

Caleb  Ellis,  b.  July  24,  1805  ;  d.  young. 

Bazaleel  T.,  b.  Feb.  27,  1809;  d.  young. 

Simpson  S.,  b.  Oct.  28,  1811;  d.  Feb.  18,  1849;  ™-'  Nov.  30.  1837,  Lu- 
cretia  P.  Ray,  of  Mont  Vernon,  b.  Aug.  19,  181 1  ;  she  r.  at  Wilton. 
Ch.,  John  H.,  b.  Sept.  19,  1843;  was  in  6th  Regt.  Mass.  Vols., 
Co.  C,  and  d.  May  16,  1863,  at  Suffolk,  Va.,  of  wounds  received 
in  battle. 


RuEL  H.  Keith,  s,  of  Ruel  Keith;  b.  Nov.  29,  1796;  was 
bred  a  blacksmith  in  his  father's  establishment  (first  at  the  Dex- 
ter Scythe  Factory,  near  the  village  grist-mill,  afterwards  on 


GENEALOGY.  445 

Sunapee  st.),  and  followed  the  business  here  through  life.  He 
was  social,  and  given  to  anecdotes.  He  was  fond  of  the  militia, 
and  was  at  one  time  a  member  of  the  general's  stafl'.  He  died 
April  6,  1S59.  M.,  Oct.  13,  1824,  Spcda,  dau.  of  Josiah  Ste- 
vens, b.  Aug.  II,  1797,  d.  Feb.  30,  1S26;  m.,  2d,  June  17,  1829, 
Rebecca  Carlisle,  of  Walpole,  b.  Sept.  16,  1799,  d.  Sept.  26, 
1S53  ;  m.,  3d,  Jan.  9,  1855,  Orpha  Fletcher,  b.  Alar.  23,  1799. 
Ch.  by  second  wife: 

Helen  S.,  b.  June  11,  1832;  m.,  April  5,  1854,  Edward  P.  Woods. 
George  H.,  b.  Nov.  9,  1S36;  d.  April  21,  1845. 

KELLEY. 

The  Kclley  race  in  town  descended  from  John  Kellev,  who 
came  from  Newbury,  England,  in  1640,  and  settled  at  Newbury, 
now  Newburyport,  Mass. 

Israel  Kelley,  s.  of  John  Kelley,  of  Amesbury,  Mass.,  and 
grandson  of  Richard  Kelley,  of  Newbury  ;  b.  May  4,  1775; 
came  to  this  town  in  1803.  He  built  the  saw-mill  at  Kelley- 
ville.     M.,  Feb.  3,  1803,  Lydia  Farrington  ;   she  d.  in  1S71. 

Eliza,  b.  Nov.  8,  1803;  d.  Sept.  13,  1804. 

Anna,  b.  Aug.  5,  1805;  m.  Quartus  Fletcher,  of  Cornish. 

\  William,  b.  Aug.  13,  1807. 

l/rs7ila,  b.  Nov.  9,  1808;  d.  Mar.  11,  1837;  a  graduate  at  New  Hamp- 
ton, and  a  successful  teacher  in  this  state  and  in  New  York. 

Frankliji,  b.  Sept.  4,  1810;  m.  Temperance  Dwinell ;  lives  at  North- 
field,  Minn  ;  has  a  family. 

Sally,  h.  Dec.  11,  1812;  d.  Dec.  2,  1816. 

Lydia,  b.  May  13,  1815;  m.  John  G.  Putnam,  of  Croydon. 

John,  b.  Jan.  9,  18 18  ;  d.  July  7,  1832. 

Sally  E.,  b.  Feb.  19,  1820;  d.  in  1821. 

Duren,  b.  Nov.  9,  1822;  d.  July  11,  1832. 


William  Kelley,  s.  of  Israel ;  r.  at  Kelley vi lie.  He  was  a 
selectman  in  1865  and  1866.  M.,  Apr.  18,  1833,  Electa  M. 
Fletcher,  b.  Mar.  23,  1809. 

Geo7-ge  \V.,  b.  Jan.  15,  1835  !  ^  butcher;  was  in  the  i6th  N.  H.  Regt. 

during  the  Rebellion;  m.  Lydia  Low,  of  Lebanon;  m.,  2d,  Kate 

Benton:  r.  at  Lebanon. 
Maroa  M.,  b.  June  7,  1838;  d.  Apr.  2,  1840. 
yohn  C,  a  druggist;  b.  Oct.  25,  1841  ;  was  a  regimental  clerk  in  the 

Rebellion;  was  in   ist  N.  H.  Heavy  Artillery ;  m.  Bessie  Church, 


44^  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

of  Lebanon.     He  graduated  at  Poughkeepsie  Commercial  College  ; 
r.  at  Northfield,  Minn. 
James  P.,  b.  Oct.  21,  1849;  graduated  at  Brown  University  in  1877; 
is  a  professor  at  Colby  Academy. 


Edmund  Kelley,  b.  Feb.  7,  1782;  d.  Apr.  13,  1S54;  came 
from  Amesbury,  Mass.,  Nov.  14,  1809  ;  lived  in  the  south-w^est 
part  of  the  town.  M.,  Apr.  24,  1807,  Abigail  Bagley,  of  Hart- 
land,  Vt.,  b.  Sept.  20,  1782,  d.  Oct.  1 8,  1 866. 

Arial,  b.  Nov.  20,  1809;  m.  Eliza  White,  of  Hopkinton;  had  ten  chil- 
dren. 

Lydia,  b.  Aug.  5,  181 1  ;  m.  Joshua  Howe,  of  Pittsfield,  Vt. 

Sarah,  b.  Oct.  12,  1814;  m.  Moses  N.  Clark;  m.,  2d,  John  Clark;  m., 
3d,  Warren  Harrington,  of  Clare-mont. 

Jtidith,  b.  Apr.  15,  1816;  m.  Timothy  Perry,  Jr. 

\Alvin,  b.  Nov.  28,  1821. 

Ltirana,  b.  Apr.  15,  1824;  d.,  1854;  m.  Warren  Colby. 


Alvin  Kelley,  s.  of  Edmund ;  b.  Nov.  28,  1821  ;  is  a 
farmer,  and  lives  in  the  south-west  corner  of  the  town.  M., 
Mar.  15,  1847,  Clarissa  Marshall,  of  Unity,  b.  Apr.  20,  1824. 

Clara,  b.  Mar.  29,  1855.  Mary  J.,  b.  Mar.  18,  1857. 


John  Kelley,  of  the  seventh  generation  in  this  countr^^ ;  b. 
Oct.  5,  1785;  d.  Aug.  9,  1871.  He  lived  at  Kelleyville,  and 
owned  the  land  east  of  the  river.  He  was  a  prosperous  farmer  ; 
had  a  well-balanced  mind  ;  as  a  deacon,  was  rigid  in  his  re- 
ligious views.  M.,  Jan.  i,  1811,  Elizabeth  Dodge,  of  New 
Boston,  b.  1791,  d.  Jan.  22,  1842,  aged  51  ;  m.,  2d,  Amanda  M. 
Crowell. 

\Elbridge  G.,  b.  Sept.  29,  18 12. 


Elbridge  G.  Kelley,  s.  of  John  ;  was  educated  at  Newport 
academy,  his  winters  being  devoted  to  teaching.  He  studied 
medicine,  and  gi^aduated  at  the  Jefferson  Medical  College,  Phil- 
adelphia, in  1S35,  but  made  dentistry  his  specialty,  which  he 
practised  with  success  at  Newburyport,  Mass.,  and  at  Boston. 
He  spent  most  of  his  life  at  Newbur3'port,  where  he  occupied  a 
prominent  position  ;  was  a  member  of  the  legislature,  and  two 
years  mayor  of  the  city.  He  was  instrumental  in  building  the 
City  Railroad  at  Newburyport,  and  the  Newburyport  &  Ames- 


GENEALOGY.  447 

bury  Horse  Railroad.  He  devoted  much  attention  to  horticul- 
ture, in  connection  with  his  business  ;  and  invested  largely  in  the 
silver-mining  enterprise  in  the  mines  recently  discovered  in  the 
vicinity  of  Newl)uryport,  from  whicli  he  realized  a  fortune.  In 
1874  he  sold  out  his  property  in  Newburyport  and  Boston,  and 
went  to  London,  England,  where  he  now  resides.  He  has  ever 
cherished  the  liveliest  interest  in  Kelle3ville,  to  which  place  he 
gave  the  name,  and  often  expresses  a  desire  to  return  and  spend 
the  golden  sunset  of  life  amid  the  scenes  and  companions  of  his 
boyhood.  M.,  Oct.  23,  1S40,  Hannah  P.  Rand,  dau.  of  Hon.  E. 
S.  Rand,  of  Newburyport,  Mass. 

Emily  Rand,  b.  Aug,  11,  1841.  Edward  Augustus,  b.  Mar.  18,  1845. 
Mary  Hannah,  b.  Mar.  8,  1853.       George  Wallace,  b.  Nov.  7,  1855. 

KELSEY. 

Jeremiah  Kelsey,  one  of  the  early  settlers ;  b.  Feb.  ro, 
1753;  came  from  Killingworth,  Ct.  ;  m.,  Feb.  5,  17S9,  Mary 
Buell,  b.  Aug.  8,  1756. 

yeretniah,  b.  Sept.  19,  1784;  m.  Wealthy  Stevens.  Ch.,  Sarah,  d. 
Oct.  5,  1850,  aged  22.  Wealthy,  d.  July  7,  1853,  aged  23.  Jere- 
miah. 

Mary,  b.  July  13,  1784;  m.  Dr.  Robert  Lane,  of  Sutton. 

Daniel  [see  Physicians],  m.  Sarah  Marstin,  of  Sutton. 

Joel  Kelsey,  a  brother  of  Jeremiah  ;  b.  Aug.  6,  1761,  at 
Killingworth,  Conn.  ;  d.  Mar.  6,  1S60;  lived  on  the  A.  Whip- 
ple farm  on  East  mountain.  He  enlisted  in  the  Revolutionary 
army  in  1777  ;  was  a  prisoner  in  the  "  old  sugar-house"  in  New 
York  in  17S0,  and  with  others  suffered  from  hunger  and  cold. 
He  was  vigorous,  and  his  form  was  erect  until  nearly  the  close 
of  his  life.  M.,Jan.  12,  1786,  Jemima  Buell,  b.  at  Somers, 
Conn.,  June  i,  1765. 

Jemima,  b.  June  4,  1786;  d.  at  28. 

Clarissa,  b.  Oct.  13,  1787;  m   a  brother  of  Ephraim  Clark. 

Elias,  b.  Apr.  13,  1789;  d.  Jan.,  r8i2. 

Betsey,  b.  .May  29,  1791  ;  m.  David  Wilcox, 

Reuben,  b.  Feb.  25,  1793;  d.  Aug.,  1876;  m.  Anna  French. 

Nabby^  b.  Apr.  25,  1795  ;  m.  Joshua  Wilcox. 

Roxa,  b.  Feb.  24,  1797;  d.  at  28. 

Rebecca,  b.  July  16,  1799;  m.  Elon  Chipman,  of  Malone,  N.  Y. 

Deborah  B.,  b.  Mar.  6,  1803;  m.  Abncr  Wliipple. 

Alpheus  D.,  b.  Aug.  16,  1806;  m.  Sally  Johnson,  Westville,  N.  Y. 

Arzela,  b.  Apr.  i,  1808;  m.  Nelson  Jones;  r.  at  Corinth,  Penn. 


448  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

Augustus  Kelsey,  b.  Aug.  2,  1764  ;  a  brother  of  Jeremiah  ; 
came  from  Killingworth,  Conn.  ;  m.,  at  Sunapee,June  28,  1798, 
Frances  Burbank. 

Hannah  B.,  b.  Apr.  26,  1799;  d.  at  14. 

Frances,  b.  July  4,  1802;  d.  at  25. 

Hannah  B.,h.  Aug.  14,  18 14;  m.  John  Trask,  Jr. 

Jesse  Kelsey,  b.  Feb.  25,  1746  ;  was  one  of  the  earliest  set- 
tlers ;  came  from  Killingworth,  Conn.,  prior  to  1770;  m.,  May 
12,  1769,  Hester  Hurd,  b.  Nov.  9,  1746,  who  d.  Oct.  10,  1823, 
aged  77  years. 

Mehitablc,  b.  July  27,  1770;  d.  young. 

Martha,  b.  Apr.  27,  1772.  Jonah,  b.  Sept.  24,  1773. 

Jesse,  b.  June  23,  1775.  Julia,  b.  Sep.,  28,  1777. 

Jane,h.  Feb.  25,  1780.  Sarah,  b.  Jan.  15,  1783. 

Nathan,  b.  Feb.  3,  1787.  Eli,  b.  Mar.  9,  1789. 

Giles  Kelcey  came  from  Killingworth,  Conn. ;  m.,  April 
24,  17S0,  Elizabeth  Buell,  b.  Nov.  26,  1755. 

Nathan,  b.  Jan.  24.  1781.  Stephen,  b.  Aug.  16,  1782. 

Siah,  b.  Sept.  15,  1784. 


John  Kelsey,  s.  of  Instant;  b.  Nov.  3,  1794;  iri-?  Feb.  26, 
1818,  Mary  Smith,  of  Williston,  Vt.  He  d.  Feb.  6,  1859.  She 
d.  Apr.  30,  1 83 1,  aged  36  years. 

Abigail,  b.  July  19,  1820. 

Thankful,  b.  Dec.  26,  1822  ;  m.  Henry  Colby,  of  Claremont. 

Deborah  S.,  b.  Jan,  23,  1827.  Mary  J.,  b.  Oct.  15,  1830. 

Absalom  Kelsey  was  among  the  very  earliest  settlers  in 
town.  He  came  from  Killingworth,  Conn.,  and  lived  on  the 
D.  F.  Pike  farm,  at  the  foot  of  Claremont  hill ;  m.  Mary 
Hill,  of  Killingworth,  Conn. 

Benjamin,  m.  Hepsibah  Wilcox.       Wealthy,  m.  Jesse  Wilcox,  Jr. 
Polly,  m.  Moses  L.  Pike.  \Henry. 

Nancy,  went  to  Orville,  Vt.,  where  she  married. 


Henry  Kelsey,  s.  of  Absalom  ;  d.  July   16,  1835,  aged  46 
years.     He  was  an   enterprising  farmer ;  lived  on   the   G.  H. 
Fairbanks  farm  ;  was  a  selectman  in   1835  ;  m.   Lois  Hardy, 
who  d.  Apr.  i,  1839,  ^g^*^  35  years. 
Henry,  b.  Oct.  22,  1835;  d.  Nov.  12,  1844. 


GENEALOGY.  449 

Isaac  Kelsey,  m.  Peggy  Glidden,  previous  to  1784. 

Reuben,  b.  June  17,  1784.  Abel,  b.  Apr.  13,  1786. 

Sydney,  b.  Mar.  2,  1788.  Deborah^  b.  July  22,  1790. 


RoswELL  Kelsey  came  from  Killingvvorth,  Conn.,  and  was 
among  the  early  settlers.  He  occupied  the  F.  Aiken  farm.  M., 
July  18,  1771,  Hepsibah  Bellows,  of  this  town. 

Javtes,  the  oldest  son,  settled  in  Penn. 

Jeretniah,  m.  Polly  Goodwin.     Ch.,   Willard,  a  physician;  d.  in  Me. 

Mary,  went  to  Ohio;  was  a  teacher.     Ira,   went  to  Ohio.     Harriet, 

d.  unmarried. 
Oliver,  m.  I'olly  Flanders,  and  went  to  Harrisburgh,  N.  Y. 
Joseph,  m.  Mary  Peck,  and  went  to  Harrisburgh,  N.  Y. 
Joel,  m.  Ruth  Goodwin,  and  went  to  Morristown,  N.  Y. 
Elias,  was  clerk  in  the  Cheney  store;  is  merchant  at  Portland,  Me. 
yo/in,d.  1850;   m.  Salona  Brown;  moved  to  Jay,  Me.;  hotel-keeper. 
Hepsibah,  m.  Henry  Peck;  moved  to  Harrisburgh,  N.  Y. 
Ruth,  d.  unmarried.  Cynthia,  d.  unmarried. 

Lois,  m.  Calvin  Peck.  \Roswell. 


RoswELL  Kelsey,  Jr.,  s.  of  Roswell ;  d.  July  25,  1830,  aged 
52  years.  He  lived  and  died  on  the  T.  Herrick  place.  Mar- 
ried Susan  Flanders. 

Caleb,  b.  July  28,  1802;  a  joiner;  r.  in  Nashua;  m.  Catharine,  dau.  of  Ja- 
bez  Beckwith,  b.  Jan.  28,  1809.  Ch.,  Ellen  K.,  m.  Wm.  Bascom, 
who  was  killed  at  Gettysburg.  Emma,  m.  Geo.  E.  Davis;  r.  in 
Vermont. 

Eliza,  b.  1804;  m.,  June  6,  1824,  John  Batchelder. 

James,  h.  hwg.  21,  1806;  d.  July  14,  1878;  m.  Elvira  J.  Hurd.  Ch., 
Roswell  J.,  b.  June  4,  1837  ;  m.,  Dec.  12,  1864,  Hattie  J.  Lewis  ;  ch., 
Myrta  L.,  Marcia,  Ralph  H.  Eliza  A.,  b.  May  6,  1841,  and  m. 
Thomas  Shurtlift". 

Hannah,  h.  1808;  m.  James  Osgood.  Ch.,  Jane,  m.  Morris  J.  Em- 
mons. 

Oliver,  b.  1810;  m.  a  Miss  Turner;  r.  at  Waterbury,  Me.  ;  is  a  railroad 
man  ;  has  four  sons,  all  of  them  engaged  in  the  railroad  business. 

\Charles  H.,  b.  1812. 

Miron,  b.  1814;  m.  Sarah  Conant,  of  Nashua. 

Albert,  b.  18 16  ;  r.  in  Mass. 


Charles  H.  Kelsey,  s.   of  Roswell,  Jr.,  b.  1S12  ;  m.  Lucy 
Ann  Emerson. 

Ljicy  Ann,  b.  Oct.  20,  1836;  d.  young. 

Charles  H.,  a  blacksmith ;  b.  Jan.  25,  1840;  was  in  business  with  D.  B. 

Chapin;  m.,  Feb.  6,  1867,  Carrie  E.,  dau.  of  Matthew  Buell,  Jr. 
Edward  C,  b.  May  19,  1843 !  d.  Dec.  12,  1862,  in  the  army. 
George  Willis,  b.  Apr.  20,  1846;  m.  Harriet  Kempton. 
29 


450  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

Asa  Kelsey,  a  brother  of  Jeremiah  and  John  ;  lived  in  the 
north-east  part  of  the  town  ;  d.  Aug.  31,  1834,  aged  46  years. 

Polly,  m.  and  went  to  N.  J.,  where  she  and  her  husband  were  teach- 
ers. 
Ruth,  m.,  and  removed  to  Concord. 
Mariah  and  yeremiah  went  to  the  West. 


Samuel  Kelsey.  a  brother  of  Asa  ;  d.  a  bachelor. 

KEMPTON. 

Obed  Kempton,  b.  Jan.  11,  1795;  d.  April  13,  1873;  came 
here  from  Croydon,  in  1833,  and  lived  on  the  O.  M.  Harding 
farm.  Married  Nancy  Noyes ;  m.,  2d,  Achsah  Fletcher,  oi 
Lowell,  Mass.,  who  d.  Dec.  9,  1863. 

Leonard  AT.,  a  machinist;  b.  Sept.  8,  1822;  m.,  Dec.  20,  1842,  Arvilla 
B.  Emerson;  m.,  2d,  Mary  A.  Huggins.  Ch.,  George  B.,  b.  May 
25,  1844;  Albro  v.,  b.  Aug.  30,  1846;  Susan  E.,  b.  Aug.  10,  1850, 
and  m.  Benjamin  Davis,  of  Claremont;  Nehie  V. ;  Emma  A. 

Jerry,  a  carpenter;  b.  Feb.  i,  1824;  m.  Eunice  Lincoln.  Ch.,  Flor- 
ence L.,  Ruth. 


Amos  Kempton,  a  farmer;  b.  Aug.  13,  1797;  d.  Nov.  10, 
1843  ;  came  here  in  1825,  and  lived  on  East  mountain.  Mar- 
ried Lois  Stevens. 

Daniel  M.,  b.  Feb.  23,  1827;  d.  Sept.  9,  1844. 

Ira  P.,  b.  Mar.  23,  1829;  m.  Ann  J.  Noyes;  m.,  2d,  Pamelia  Sargent, 
of  Concord.     Ch.,  Lois  B. 

Henry  M.,  a  carpenter;  b.  July  18,  1831  ;  m.  Charlotte  M.  Swain,  of 
Nantucket,  Mass.  Ch.,  Willie  S.,  Ida  M.,  Florence  T.,  Geo.  H., 
Hattie. 

Obed,  a  farmer;  b.  Aug.  12,  1833;  m.  Harriet  M.  Leavitt,  of  Chiches- 
ter. 

Lois  B.,  b.  Aug.  11,  1835  ;  m.  William  H.  Flanders,  of  Concord.  Ch., 
Frank  E. 

Judson,  b.  Feb.  28,  1838;  d.  Sept.  6,  1877,  at  Haverhill,  Mass.;  m. 
Caroline  E.  Hobbs,  of  Methuen,  Mass.  Ch.,  Lizzie  M.,  Minnie 
C,  Eugene  J.,  Elmer  A.,  Almon  E.,  Blanche  E. 

Dexter,  a  farmer;  b.  March  i,  1841  ;  m.  Pamelia  West,  of  Chichester. 
Ch.,  William  D. 

Amos,  a  trader  at  Haverhill,  Mass. ;  b.  April  6,  1844;  m.  Ellen  Nut- 
ter, of  Farmington.     Ch.,  Eva  M. 


Elisha  Kempton,  b.  Nov.  4,   1800;  d.   Nov.  24,  1874,  ^^ 
Marlow  ;  came  here  from  Croydon  in  1824,  and  purchased   of 


GENEALOGY.  45 1 

Nathan  Iliircl  tlie  clotliiiifj  mill  standing  on  the  now  unocupied 
site  above  the  Sugar  River  Mills.  Married  Harriet  Vickery  ; 
m.,  2d,  Lorinda  Barden. 

Eunice  S.,  b.  Mar.  20,  1827;  m.  Ruel  G.  Bascom.    Ch.,  Emma  J.,  Ada 

S.,  Louiselle  R.,  Fred,  Charles  K. 
^Elis/ia  il/.,  b.  May  22,  1831.  Amanda  H.,  b.  May  30,  1837. 

Jonathan  P.,  b.  Sept.  20,  1840;  d.  1846. 


Ei.isiiA  M.  Kemptox,  s.  of  Elisha  ;  b.  May  23,  1S31  ;  enlisted 
in  the  3d  Regt.  N  H.  Vols,  during  the  Rebellion  ;  was  wound- 
ed in  the  battle  of  Morris  Island,  and  was  discharged  Nov.  10, 
1863.  He  was  for  a  while  in  tlic  boot  and  shoe  trade  with  Si- 
las Kempton  ;  was  register  of  deeds  for  the  county  of  Sullivan 
from  1S73  to  1S76  ;  built,  in  1873,  the  first  occupied  house  on 
Winter  street.     Married  Lacina  E.  Alden,  of  Alstead. 

Mary  L.,  b.  Mar.  10,  1871.  Alvin  Alden,  b.  Sept.  8,  1872. 


Silas  Kempton,  s.  of  Jeremiah  ;  b.  Dec.  29,  1802  ;  came 
from  Croydon  in  1S55,  and  settled  in  the  north  part  of  the  town, 
on  the  farm  now  occupied  by  Hillard  Rowell.  He  has  much 
of  his  life  been  engaged  in  the  tanning  and  shoe  business.  M., 
in  succession,  three  sisters, — Mary  A.,  Susan,  and  Nancy  Shedd, 
of  Stoddard  ;  m.,  4th,  Mrs.  Nancy  Johnson. 

Emily,  b.  1826;  d.  1832. 

Josephine  />.,  b.  1828;  m.  Albro  V.  Emerson;  r.  at  Lebanon. 
Jerttsha  P.,  b.  1830;  d.  1852.  \\Villiajn  S.,  b.  Aug.  21,  1834. 

Charles,  b.  1S38  ;  r.  in  Lempster ;  m.  Addle  Howe.     Ch.,  Nettie,  Willie. 
Emma  Jane,  b.  1843;  m.  Edwin  Colling,  of  Lebanon.     Ch.,  Charles. 


William  S.  Kemptox,  s.  of  Silas ;  a  farmer  living  on  the 
A.  Hall  place.  Married  Irena  L.  Wright;  m.,  3d,  Sept.  24, 
1865,  Esther  M.  Latimer. 

Lillia,  b.  Nov.  5,  1859.  Leona  C,  h.  Aug.  12,  1861. 

IV.  Bertia,  b.  July  28,  1866.  Harry  L.,  b.  Dec.  6,  1875. 


Nathan  C.  Kempton,  s.  of  Col.  Calvin  ;  b.  Nov.  17,  1S23  ; 
came  from  Croydon  in  1874.     Married  Vasta  A.  Pinkham. 

Clara  E..  b.  Oct.  21,  1854.  Luilla  E.,  b.  March  14,  1857. 

Rollins  //.,  b.  July  29,  1859.  Alice  J.,  b.  Oct.  8,  1861  ;  d.  y. 

Almira  A.,  b.  May  22,  1864.  George   IV.,  b.  July  19,  1865;  d.  y. 

/da  M.,  b.  Feb.  12,  1867.  Ella  M.,  b.  May  11,  1868. 


452  HISTORY   OF   NEWPORT. 


KENERSON. 

James  M.  Kenerson,  a  painter ;  b.  March  4,  1S28  ;  came  to 
this  town  from  New  London  in  185 1  ;  m.  Rhoda  H.  E.  Everett, 
dau.  of  Richard  ;  m.,  2d,  Laurietta  Young. 

Carrie  F.,  b.  July  20,  1854;  m.  Rial  A.  Huntoon. 
Katie  E.,  b.  Feb.  14,  1874;  d.  July  10,  1875. 

KIDDER. 

A.  O.  Kidder,  a  jeweller ;  came  from  Canaan  to  this  town 
in  1865  ;  m.  M.  E.  Worthen,  of  Bradford,  Vt. 

Fred  A. 


Amos  Kidder,  b.  Jan.  16,  1807,  at  Antrim  ;  came  to  this 
town  from  Croydon  in  1870  ;  m.,  July  5,  1829,  Lucinda  J.  Bar- 
ton, b.  June  6, 1813. 

AlviraA.,  b.  Dec.  27,  1830;  m.,Jan.  i,  1853,  Sylvester  Royce;  m.,  2d, 
April  I,  1864,  Chester  Dodge;  r.  in  Vineland,  N.  J. 

Salome,  b.  April  30,  1833;  d.  Feb.,  1864. 

William  Wallace,  b.  Aug.  11, 1845;  was  in  the  battles  of  Antietam  and 
South  Mountain;  m.  July  3,  1869,  Sarah  Blanchard,  of  Croydon  ;  r. 
at  Brockton,  Mass. 

KIBBEY. 

Philip  W.  Kibbey  came  from  Monson,  Mass.,  where  he 
wash.  May  19,  1761.  He  was  son  of  Jacob  Kibbey;  settled 
on  the  F.  Dudley  farm  ;  was  a  noted  singer ;  d.  Nov.  5,  1853  ; 
m.  Sarah,  dau.  of  Dr.  Abner  Meigs,  April  27,  1786.  She  was 
b.  April  5,  1769;  d.  Sept.  3,  1854. 

John  M.,  b.  May  21,  1787;  d.  Aug.  21,  1851  ;  m.  Lavina  Benson;  had 

nine  children. 
Nathaniel  C.  and  Sarah  C.  d.  young. 

Philip  M.,  b.  Jan.  26,  1793;  m.  Betsey  Warren;  had  eight  children. 
Nathaniel  C,  b.  Nov.  22,  1794;  d.  May  29,  1836;  m.  Mehitable  Heath  ; 

had  five  children. 
Orren  C,  b.  Dec.  25,  1796;  m.  Melinda  Prescott;  had  four  children. 
Arial  A.,h.  Aug.  16,  1800;  d.  July   18,   i860;  m.  Sally  Smith;  four 

children. 
^Austin  Z.,  b.  Jan.  4,  1805. 

Abial  L.,  b.  April  29,  1807;  m.  Elizabeth  Imas  ;  had  three  children. 
Lucy  C,  b.  Nov.  23,  1808;  d.  May  17,   1854;  m.  Fisher  Dudley;  had 

six  children. 


GENEALOGY.  453 

Austin  L.  Kibbey,  s.  of  Philip  VV. ;  b.  Jan.  4,  1805  >  is  a 
farmer,  and  a  deacon  in  tlie  Baptist  chnich  ;  m.  Ainilla,  dau.  of 
Dea.  Tiniotiiy  Fletcher;  m.,  2d,  Mrs.  Albira  Wheeler.  He 
and  his  sons  r.  at  the  homestead,  in  the  northern  part  of  the 
town,  and  are  among  our  most  exemplary  farmers. 

^William  B.,  b.  Feb.  17,  1832.        \Orren  C,  b.  March  2,  1834. 

Lois,  b.  July  3,  1837;  m.   Dr.   Leonard   E.   Richardson;  ch.,  Lora  L., 

Lillia. 
Sarah  A.,  b.  July  23,  1842;  m.  Enoch  Nichols,  of  Winchendon,  Mass.; 

a  jeweller. 


William  B.  Kibbey,  s.   of  Austin   L.  Kibbey;  b.  Feb.  17, 

1832;  a  farmer;  was   a   selectman    in    1S73  ;    "^*   Martha  M., 

dau.  of  Cyril  Wheeler. 

Nellie  A.,  b.  March   16,    1857;  m.,  Sept.   12,  1877,  James  H.  Pratt,  of 

Conn. 
Lelia  S.,  b.  Nov.  10,  1859.  Charles  E.,  b.  Nov.  6,  1861. 

Frankie  S.,  b.  July  11,  1864.  Hattie  A.,  b.  March  17,  1870. 

Freddie. 


OuuEN  C.  Kibbey,  s.  of  Austin  L.  Kibbey  ;  b.  March  2,  1834  ; 

has  been  a  superintending  school  committee  ;  was  a  selectman 

in  1869   and    1S70;   m.  Lucy  M.,  dau.   of  Horatio   ISIetcalf,   b. 

Sept.  29,  1835. 

Mason  A.,  b.  Aug.  8,  1859.  Anna  yJ/.,  b.  June  2,  1861. 

Herman  H.,  b.  March  3,  1864.         Alma  A.,  b.  Aug.  12,  1S72. 

KIMBALL. 

Joseph  Kimball,  s.  of  Capt.  Peter,  and  a  descendant,  in  the 
sixth  generation,  of  Richard,  who  came  from  Ipswich,  England, 
in  1634,  and  settled  at  Watertown,  Mass.  ;  b.  Nov.  24,  1767,  at 
Boscawen  ;  came  to  this  town  from  Haverhill,  Mass.,  and  set- 
tled on  the  L.  Richardson  farm  at  Northville  in  1815.  He  had 
a  fondness  for  books,  and  while  at  Boscawen  was  a  leading 
singer;  d.  Sept.  13,  1S47.  Married  Eunice  Atkinson  ;  m.,  2d> 
Mrs.  Mary  Fisher,  dau.  of  Jesse  Wilcox,  whq  had  two  children 
by  a  former  husband, — Rev.  Nathaniel  W.  Fisher,  and  Cath- 
erine, b.  Jan.  16,  1801,  who  m.  Dea.  Henry  Chapin.  Mrs.  K. 
d.  April  2,  1S58,  aged  83  years. 

Peter,  b.  March  5.  1793;  graduated  at  Utica,  N.  Y. ;  became  a  clergy- 
man. After  preaching  a  while  at  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  was  settled  in 
Ohio  ;  m.  Mary  Wilcox. 


454  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

Betsey,  b.  Sept.  i,  1796;  m.  Charles  Comstock. 

Milton,  b.  Feb.  20,  1799;  graduated  at  Amherst  college;  studied  theol- 
ogy at  Auburn,  N.  Y. ;  went  to  Illinois  as  a  missionary ;  was  set- 
tled in  Augusta,  in  that  state,  where  he  remained  until  failing  health 
compelled  him  to  leave  the  ministry;  d.  in  1865. 

Phila,  b.  June  16,  1800;  m.  a  Mr.  Blanchard ;  d.  at  Rochester,  N.  Y., 
June,  1865. 

\Jesse  W.,  b.  Jan.  16,  1802;  m.  Emily  Cotton. 

EjiHtce,  b.  Dec.  26,  1807;  m.  a  Mr.  Griffin,  of  Goldsborough,  111. 

Solon,  b.  Oct.  6,  1809  ;  a  merchant  atMilford  ;  m.  Fanny,  dau.  of  Joseph 
S.  Hoyt. 

SopJiro/iia,  b.  Dec.  12,  1811  ;  d.  Aug.  11,  1841,  aged  29  years. 

Lycu7-gus,h.  April  14,  1814;  was  a  teacher  for  several  years  at  Jackson- 
ville, 111.;  studied  theology,  and  was  settled  at  Milford.  After  two 
years  of  labor  he  returned  to  Rushville,  111.,  where,  after  ten  years 
of  active  service,  he  d. ;  was  a  fine  speaker. 

Joseph  Pitt,  b.  1819;  d.  at  17  years  of  age. 

Mary  IV.,  h.  1825;  d.  Aug.  29,  1852. 


Jesse  Wilcox  Kimball,  s.  of  Joseph  Kimball ;  b.  in  Bos- 
cawen,  N.  H.,  in  1802,  but  soon  removed  with  his  father  to 
Newport.  While  four  of  his  brothers  entered  the  ministry,  his 
inclinations  led  him  to  farming  and  to  mercantile  pursuits.  In 
1840  he  removed  with  his  family  to  Wisconsin  ;  in  1857  he  be- 
came embarrassed  in  business  (produce  and  lumber),  and  in 
i860  removed  to  Kansas.  Driven  out  by  the  civil  war  in  1862, 
he  removed  again  to  Galesburg,  111.,  where  he  d.,  in  Aug.,  1877? 
universally  loved  and  regretted.  Married  Emily,  dau.  of  Hon. 
Nathaniel  Cotton,  of  Claremont. 

\Charles  Cotton,  b.  May  20,  1834. 

Frances  Ann,  b.  in  Newport  in  1839;  was  taken  to  Wisconsin  in  her 
infancy ;  educated  at  the  famous  school  of  the  Misses  Green,  No. 
I,  Fifth  avenue.  New  York;  m.  George  H.  Knight,  and  is  settled 
in  Cleveland,  Ohio,  where  her  husband  is  engaged  in  business. 

Frederick,  h.  in  Wisconsin  in  1841  ;  educated  at  Allen's  Grove  academy  ; 
entered  the  army  in  the  beginning  of  the  civil  war;  was  wounded 
by  a  bullet  in  the  kneepan,  which  has  never  been  removed.  He  is 
now  engaged  in  railroad  occupations  in  the  West. 


Charles  Cotton  Kimball,  s.  of  Jesse  W.  Kimball ;  b.  in 
Newport,  May  20,  1834  ;  was  taken  by  his  parents  to  Wiscon- 
sin in  1840.  In  1859  he  graduated,  with  the  highest  honors, 
from  Beloit  college.  Wis.,  and  in  1862  from  Union  Theological 
Seminary  in  New  York  city.  Still  pursuing  his  favorite  lines 
of  study,  he  declined  any  settlement  in  the  ministry,  and  re- 
mained in  New  York.    During  this  period  he  preached  in  many 


GENEALOGY.  455 

of  the  pulpits  of  New  York  and  liiooklyn.  In  1S64,  declining 
a  unanimous  call  from  the  Presbyterian  church  of  New  Hart- 
ford, N.  Y.  (near  Utica),  he  took  charge  of  that  church  for  one 
year.  His  ministry  was  largely  blessed,  but,  still  pursuing  his 
studies,  he  parted  reluctantly  from  this  church,  which  had  in- 
creased fifty  per  cent,  in  membership,  and  took  charge  of  the 
First  Presbyterian  church  of  Leroy,  N.  Y.,  for  six  months. 
This  church  retained  his  services  for  three  years,  during  which 
time  a  heavy  debt  was  paid,  a  new  church  was  built  and  paid 
for,  and  its  membership  also  increased  one  half.  In  1867  he 
travelled  extensively  in  Europe,  acting  as  commissioner  to  the 
Evangelical  Alliance,  which  met  that  year  at  Amsterdam  in  Hol- 
land. In  i868  he  was  called  to  the  pastorate  of  the  First  Pres- 
byterian church,  of  Erie,  Penn.,  over  which  he  remained  three 
years,  when  he  accepted  a  call  to  the  Central  Presbyterian 
church,  a  new  organization  in  the  same  city.  This  church, 
which  began  with  fifty-four  members,  doubled  in  its  first  year, 
and  continued  to  add  one  hundred  per  cent,  to  its  membership 
annually,  with  regular  increase,  until  the  present  time,  occupy- 
ing a  noble  stone  edifice  not  yet  completed,  becoming  the 
largest  church  in  the  city,  and  widely  known  for  its  zeal  and 
efficiency.  He  is  among  the  most  interesting  and  eloquent 
divines  of  the  country.  M.,  June,  1S66,  Ruth,  dau.  of  Hon.  P. 
S.  Root,  of  Utica,  N.  Y.  They  have  had  four  children,  one  of 
whom  d.  in  1876. 


Henry  M.  Kimball,  a  dealer  in  provisions;  s.  of  William 
R.Kimball,  of  Cornish  ;  b.Jan.  23,  1839,  and  came  to  this  town 
in  1S66.  He  was  for  a  while  in  trade  in  Boston.  M.,  Nov.  10, 
1864,  Ellen  E.,  dau.  of  Dea.  David  B.  Chapin. 

Otis  F.,  b.  Aug.  10,  1865;  d.  Sept.  6,  1866. 

Joseph  C,  b.  Oct.  24,  1868.  Marion,  b.  March  5,  1871. 


Stephen  S.  Kimball,  a  machinist;  b.  Aug.  19,  1S43,  at 
Loudon  ;  came  to  this  town  from  Lebanon,  and  commenced 
business  in  Aug.,  1875.  Married  Mary  E,  Odell,  of  Lake  Vil- 
lage, April  28,  1865  ;  she  was  b.  May  4,  1847. 

Gerlrude  M.,  b.  Sept.  11,  1867.       Alice  A.,  b.  Aug.  31,  1871. 


456  HISTORY   OF    NEWPORT. 


KING. 

Luther  King,  b.  March  22,  1755,  at  Wilbraham,  Mass.; 
came  here  in  1777,  all  the  way  on  foot,  with  a  pack  of  forty 
pounds  on  his  back.  He  had  a  dollar  and  a  quarter  with 
which  to  defray  the  expenses  of  his  journey,  and  on  his  arrival 
found  a  balance  of  one  dollar  remaining  in  his  pocket.  His  de- 
scendants had  much  musical  talent.  He  made  the  first  bass 
viol  ever  manufactured  in  town.     Married  Abigail  Answorth. 

Luther,  b.  Oct.  17,  1785;  m.  Lydia  Green;  d.  in  Mich. 
\Adolphus,  b.  Dec.  5,  1788.  \Alonzo,  b.  April  i,  1790. 

Sophronia,  b.  June  24,  1796;  m.  Nehemiah  Harvey,  of  Montpelier.  Vt. 
Ch.,  Eliza,  a  noted  singer. 

Adolphus  King,  s.  of  Luther  ;  b.  Dec.  5,  1788  ;  m.,Feb.  17, 
1810,  Abigail,  dau.  of  Wm.  Stanard,  b.  July  4,  1791. 

Loren  L.,\>.]\xwt.  11,   1811;  d.  Jan.  22,   1875;  m.   Esther  Perrin,  of 

Pomfret,  Vt. 
Cordelia  L.,  b.  Feb.  22,  1813;  m.  Daniel  Wilmarth,  Jr. 
Persis  E.,h.  March   14,    1815;  m.   Sylvester  Wheeler,  of  Claremont. 

Ch.,  Martha  E.,  Nellie. 
Harriet  N.,  b.  June  30,  1817;  m.  Charles  H.  Eastman,  of  Claremont. 
Abbie  A.,  b.  March  8,  1826;  m.  Charles  H.  Eastman,  of  Claremont,  2d 

wife.     Ch.,  Charles  E.,  b.  March  i,  1848;  a  banker. 
\Walter  W.,  b.  April  18,  1821. 
Sophronia  H.,  b.  Jan.  17,  1831  ;  m.  John  Snow;  has  one  son. 


Walter  W.  King,  s.  of  Adolphus;  b.  April  18,  1821  ;  is  a 
mechanic  ;  has  for  several  years  had  charge  of  the  lumber-mill 
at  East  Newport ;  m.  Nancy  M.  Kibbey. 

Wallace  A.,  b.  Aug.  16,  1851.         Edward  W.,  b.  Nov.  11,  1855. 
Frank  R.,  b.  March  22,  1861.  Hattie^  b.  Jan.  i,  1866. 


Alonzo  King,  s.  of  Luther;  b.  April  i,  1790;  graduated  at 
Colby  University,  Waterville,  Me.,  after  which  he  had  a  course 
of  theological  training,  and  was  ordained  over  a  large  Baptist 
church  at  Yarmouth,  Me.  He  subsequently  removed  to  West- 
borough,  Mass.,  where  he  d.  Nov.  29,  1835,  ^g^^  39  years.  He 
was  a  marked  favorite,  a  man  of  talent,  and  an  intimate  per- 
sonal friend  of  Baron  Stow,  d.  d.,  of  Boston  [see  Literature]. 
M.,  July  9,  1827,  Tryphena,  dau.  of  Col.  Wm.  Cheney. 


GENEALOGY.  457 

William  Alonzo,  b.  March   14,  1829;  d.  Dec.  8,  1862,  in  the  army,  in 

Vir<jinia. 
George  I'rentice^h.  May  31,  1830;  d.  Dec.  17,  i860. 
Ellen  Trypliena^  b.  Aug.  12,  1832;  d.  April  6,  1840. 
Abby  Philena,  b.  Feb.  10,  1836;  d.  June  23,  1863;  graduated  at  Mt. 

Holyoke  .Seminary ;  m.  C.  C.  Dewey,  an  eminent  member  of  the 

Vermont  bar,  residing  at  Rutland. 

LADD. 

John  Ladd,  b.  March  31,  1793  :  came  from  Unity  ;  d.  May, 
1S73  ;  m.,  Jan.  i,  1820,  Sally  F.  Weed,  of  Unity,  b.  Aug.  3, 
1791,  who  d.  Aug.  I,  1S69. 

Liicretia  D.,  b.  March    11.   182 1;  m.,  June  22,  1858,  Rev.  Charles  E. 

Rogers,  of  the  N.  H.  Conference,  son  of  Chas.  Rogers,  of  Sunapee, 

b.  March  21,  1828. 
Joseph  IV.,  a  tanner  and  livery  man;  b.  March  10,  1824;  d.  Feb.  11, 

1875;  "1-.  May  6,  1851,  Marietta   Hewlett,  of  West  Windsor,  Vt., 

who  d.  Jan.  3,  1876;  ch.,  Clara,  b.  July  2.  i860. 
Nathaniel  M.,  b.  March  11,  1826;  a  woollen  manufacturer ;  d.  in  1857; 

m.  Emily  Brooks;  m.,  2d,  TryphenaW.  Pratt. 
Wilder  A.  I'\,  a  woollen  manufacturer   and    hotel-keeper;   b.  May  7, 

1828;  m.,  Dec.  18,   1854,  Ellen,  dau.  of  Lorenzo  Kent,  of  Hamp- 


stead. 


LAMB 


Charles  Lamb,  b.  June  7,  1S36,  at  Granville,  Vt.,  from 
whence  he  came  to  this  town  about  1S60,  and  settled  on  the 
Sprague  farm,  the  home  place  of  his  wife.  He  kept  thorough- 
bred stock,  and  brought  choice  breeds  of  swine  from  Vermont. 
M.,  April  19,  1S60,  Mary  A.  V.,  dau.  of  Albert  Sprague.  He 
d.  April  27,  1S76. 

Lizzie  A.,  b.  April  11,  1861.  Frank  C,  b.  Oct.  10,  1867. 

Alice  £>.,  h.  June  6,  1870.  Hattie  M.,  b.  Dec.  24,  1873. 

LANE. 

Robert  Lane  was  b.  at  Killingworth,  Conn.,  November, 
1713.  He  lived  on  the  R.  P.  Claggett  farm,  on  the  Unity 
road,  and  was  among  the  early  settlers.  He  was  a  selectman, 
and  was  a  moderator  four  years.  He  m.  Mary  Thatcher,  of 
Lebanon,   Conn.,  July  4,  1744. 

Jared,  b.  June  i,  1745.  \  Jesse,  b.  Dec.  i,  1846. 

Hannah,  b.  Dec.  2,  1752.  John,  b.  Jan.  15,  1755. 


45 8  HISTORY    OF   NEWPORT. 

Thomas,  b.  March  i,  1757;  m.  Aug.  19,  1789,  Rachel  White. 

Jonathan,  b.  Aug.  24,  1759. 

Mary,  b.  Feb.  12,  1762;  m.  Col.  Phineas  Chapin. 

Jesse  Lane,  s.  of  Robert ;  was  one  of  the  most  active  and 
prominent  men  among  the  early  settlers.  He  was  b.  at  Leba- 
non, Conn.,  Dec.  i,  1746;  came  here  in  June,  1766,  and  settled 
on  the  A.  Pease  farm,  on  the  Unity  I'oad.  He  was  a  modera- 
tor one  year,  representative  three  years,  and  a  selectman  eight 
years.  He  m.,  Feb.  22,  1770,  Hester  Wright,  of  Killingworth, 
Conn.,b.  Oct.  31,  1750. 

Samuel,  b.  April  6,  1771;  d.  at  Crown  Point,  N.  Y.,  in  1819. 

David  IV.,  b.  March  13,  1773;  d.  Nov.  7,  1840. 

Rttth,  b.  May  5,  1775. 

Mariin,  b.  Aug.  16,  1777;  d.  in  Penn.,  1825. 

Sarah,  h.  May  11,  1780;  m.  Dr.  Truman  Abel),  of  Lempster ;  d.  1838. 

yob,  d.  young. 

Hester,  b.  Jan.  2,  1784;  m.  Jeremiah  Jenks ;  d.  at  Crown  Point,  N.  Y. 

\Robert,  b.  April  2,  1786.  Benjatnin,  b.  Jan.  25,  1789. 

Mary,  b.  Feb.  6,  1791  ;  m.  a  Mr.  Barrows,  of  Bridport,  Vt. 

Temperance,  b.  Sept.  17,  1793;  drowned  in  1801. 


Robert  Lane,  the  fifth  s.  of  Jesse  Lane,  was  b.  April  2, 
1786.  He  studied  medicine  with  Dr.  Truman  Abell,  of  Lemp- 
ster ;  opened  an  office  at  Sutton,  N.  H.,  where  he  remained  un- 
til 1812,  when  he  moved  to  New  London.  From  1819  to  1821 
he  was  a  surgeon  in  the  army,  and  was  stationed  at  Mobile 
Point,  Alabama.  He  then  returned  to  Sutton,  where  he  spent 
the  remainder  of  his  life.  He  was  among  the  most  prominent 
members  of  the  profession  in  his  section  of  the  state.  He  was 
a  skilful  physician,  and  enjoyed  an  extensive  practice  until  his 
death,  which  occurred  May  3,  1872.  Married  Mary  Kelsey, 
dau.  of  Jeremiah  Kelsey,  ist,  of  this  town.  She  d.  June  10, 
181 2,  aged  26  years. 

Elizabeth,  b.  Nov.  14,  1807;  m.,  Jan.  26, 1837,  Dr.  James  R.  Smiley,  a 
native  of  Bristol,  who  was  a  graduate  of  Dartmouth  college  in  1833, 
studied  with  Dr.  Lane,  at  Sutton,  and  was  in  practice  chiefly  at 
Grafton,  N.  H.,  until  1866,  when  he  took  charge  of  the  business  of 
his  father-in-law,  at  Sutton,  where  they  now  r.  Ch.,  Adelaide  Lane, 
now  lady  principal  at  Colby  Academy,  New  London.  Mary  Eliza- 
beth, d.  at  17  ;  Frances  Farley  and  Susan  Ela,  teachers  ;  Parmelia 
Tarbell,  m.  Rev.  B.  A.  True,  Meriden,  Conn.;  Robert  Lane,  a 
journalist,  in  Boston. 

Mary.,  b.  at  Newport,  June  13,  1809;  d.  Jan.  27,  1812. 


GENEALOGY.  459 

Mary  Adelaide,  b.  Aug.  15,  181 1  ;  m.  May  5,  1837,  Geo.  W.  Ela.  of 
Concord.  Ch.,  Robert  Lane,  a  physician;  was  a  captain  in  the 
civil  war.  Richard,  studied  law;  was  a  captain  in  the  civil  war; 
killed  at  Drury's  Bluff. 

LATIMER. 

RoswELL  Latimer,  b.  17S0;  came  from  Lyme,  Conn.,  in 
182S,  and  settled  at  Northville  ;  d.  July  4,  1S50.  Married  Sal- 
lie  Brown,  a  sister  of  Jonathan. 

Betsey,  b.  1809;  r.  at  Grafton. 

Louisa,  b.  1812;  ni.  O.  Huntoon  ;   fourch.;  r.  at  Fall  River,  .Mass. 

Sophia,  b.  1814;  m.,  April  15,  1844,  Morrill  Wheeler.  Ch.,  James  P., 
b.  Dec.  4,  1844. 

\Amos,  b.  18 1 6. 

Jonathan,  b.  1819;  m.  Mary  Thompson.  Ch.,  Frank  J.,  b.  June  20, 
1845;  a  workman  in  the  W.  L.  Dow  &  Co.  wood  factory;  m.. 
May  22,  1871,  Sarah  E.,  dau.  of  James  Carr.     Charles. 

Lyman,  b.  1822  ;  m.,  1848,  Caroline  Eastman,  of  Sunapee,  who  d.  Aug. 
I,  1868;  have  five  ciiildren :  r.  at  Olean,  N.  Y.,  where  he  is  en- 
gaged in  the  boot  and  shoe  trade. 

Mary,  r.  in  Plymouth,  Mass. 


Amos  Latimer,  s.  of  Roswell  Latimer;  b.  1S16  ;  m.  Lucy 
Wheeler. 

Esther,  b.  Feb.  3,  1841  ;  m.  W.  S  Kempton. 

Ellen  L.,  b.  Aug.  28,  1844. 

Edxvard  G.  and  Edwin  E.,  twins,  b.  March  3,  1851. 

LATHROP. 

Charles  T.  I,^athrop,  a  blacksmith;  b.  May  8,  1814;  m., 
May  17,  1836,  Matilda  B.  Wilder,  b.  Mar.  10,  1S16.  Three  of 
his  sons, — Charles  W.,  William  L.,  and  Fred  D. — are  mei"- 
chants  in  Boston.  He  is  a  paper  manufacturer  at  Lawrence, 
Mass. 

Addison  B.,  b.  April  13,  1838;  m.,  Nov.  22,  1864,  Lucia  King. 

William  L.,  b.  June  22,  1840;  m.,  Sept.  3,  1863,  Addie  Clark. 

Lucius,  b.  April  22,  1842;  a  mechanic. 

Adelia  J.,  b.  Jan.  i,  1844.  Alonzo  IV.,  b.  June  18,  1S47;  d.  y. 

Charles  IV.,  b.  April  6,  1S50.  Ered  D.,  b.  Oct.  18,  1853. 

Ada  L.,  b.  April  15,  1855  i  d.  at  8. 

LEAVITT. 

Halsey  Carroll  Leav^itt,  b.  Sept.  27,  1827,  hi  Gouver- 
neur,   St.    Lawrence  county,    N.    Y.  ;    was   the    youngest   of 


460  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

eight  children,  and  worked  upon  the  farm  until  the  age  of  21. 
In  1842  he  was  baptized  into  the  fellowship  of  the  First  Bap- 
tist church  of  his  native  town.  He  commenced  preaching  in 
school-houses  in  his  own  town,  under  the  direction  of  his  pas- 
tor. The  pressing  demands  for  his  services  increased  to  such 
an  extent  that  he  felt  the  necessity  of  pursuing  a  course  of 
study,  to  prepare  himself  for  a  more  enlarged  sphere  of  useful- 
ness. In  1 858  he  went  to  Vermont,  to  attend  the  New  Hamp- 
ton school,  located  at  Fairfax.  In  the  fall  of  i860  he  was  a  sup- 
ply to  the  church  in  West  Bolton,  Vt.  ;  in  the  following  winter 
a  revival  followed  his  labors,  which  resulted  in  great  good. 
Feb.  15,  of  that  year,  he  was  ordained  as  pastor  of  the  church, 
and  still  continued  his  studies  in  connection  with  his  class.  He 
remained  as  pastor  of  this  church  four  years.  After  serving  a 
term  in  the  Christian  Commission,  among  the  sick  and  wound- 
ed in  Washington  and  before  Petersburg,  Va.,  during  the  war, 
he  became  the  pastor  of  the  Baptist  church  in  Swanton,  Vt.  ; 
he  remained  there  three  years.  In  1867  he  accepted  a  call 
from  the  Baptist  church  in  Cornish,  where  he  remained  five 
years.  Sept.  29,  1S72,  he  became  pastor  of  the  Baptist  church 
in  this  town,  closing  his  pastorate  in  Sept.,  1878.  He  was 
elected  president  of  the  Sullivan  County  Musical  Convention 
in  1874,  and  was  reelected  four  years  to  the  same  office.  He 
is  a  friend  to  education,  and  an  active  w^orker  in  the  cause  of 
temperance;  was  a  representative  in  1875.  M.,  Oct.,  3,  1853, 
Romanda  Leach,  of  his  native  town. 

Julitis  Adelbert,  b.  March  4,  1855  ;  fitted  for  college  at  Meriden  and 
Suffield  (Conn.)  academies,  and  graduated  at  Brown  University  in 

1875,  ^'^d  subsequently  at  the  Theological  Seminary  at  Newton, 
Mass. ;  is  pastor  of  the  Baptist  church  at  Essex,  Vt.     M.,  May  29, 

1876,  Isabel  Brown,  of  Providence,  R.  I. 

Hattie  Amelia,  b.  Jan.  29,  1857;  was  educated  at  the  Colby  Academy, 
New  London;  is  now  pursuing  a  musical  education  in  Boston. 

LEAR. 

George  B.  Lear,  a  blacksmith  ;  s.  of  Dea.  Asahel  Lear,  of 
Sunapee  ;  b.  July  3,  1839;  came  from  Goshen  to  this  town  in 
1870,  as  a  journeyman.  On  the  death  of  Dea.  D.  B.  Chapin, 
in  connection  with  Day  E.  Maxfield  he  purchased  the  black- 
smithing  establishment,  where  they  have  since  continued  the 


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462  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

and  active  interest.  He  was  instrumental  in  procuring  the  es- 
tablishment of  the  telegraph  to  Newport,  and  worked  early  and 
late  to  secure  the  building  of  the  railroad  through  the  town.  In 
early  life  he  was  active  in  militar}'  affairs,  holding  various  com- 
missions. He  has  been  an  active  and  interested  member  of  the 
Unitarian  church  and  society  since  its  organization  in  Newport. 
Never  soliciting  or  aspiring  to  political  preferment,  he  has 
nevertheless  frequently  been  nominated  as  candidate  for  select- 
man, representative,  and  state  councillor.  His  substantial  and 
elegant  residence  on  Cheney  street  was  erected  by  him  in  1876. 
M.,  Oct.  2,  1S56,  Mary  J.  Travis,  of  Natick,  Mass.,  b.  Jan.  13, 

1835- 

Samuel  DeWolf,  b.  Jan.  3,  1867. 


John  Lewis,  b.  at  Groton,  June  10,  1765  ;  m.,  Nov.  3,  1788, 
Mary  Stevens,  of  Alstead. 

John,  b.  Sept.  i,  1789.  Edward S.,  b.  July  24,  1792. 

Polly,  b.  March  26,  1795.  Lemira,  b.  April  23,  1798. 

Philiira,  b.  Jan.  12,  1801. 

LITTLE. 

Amos  Little,  a  hatter;  b.  Feb.  27,  1796,  at  Springfield; 
came  here  in  181S  from  Hampstead,  where  he  had  learned  his 
trade,  and  for  many  years  supplied  a  large  region  of  country 
around  him  with  the  products  of  his  labor.  He  was  a  select- 
man in  1839,  and  a  representative  in  1S42  and  1S43.  He  was 
a  devoted  Mason,  and  was  a  prominent  and  efficient  member  of 
the  Baptist  church,  and  did  much  for  its  advancement,  tempo- 
rarily and  spiritually,  until  his  death,  which  occurred  Aug.  17, 
1859.  -^^  ^^^  distinguished  for  his  enterprise  and  social  qual- 
ities. M.,  Sept.  24,  1818,  Ann  Brickett,  of  Hampstead,  b.  in 
Salem,  June  18,  1797. 

\Charles  Henry,  b.  Jan.  10,  1820. 

Amos  Brickett.  b.  Feb.  16,  182 1  ;  was  a  lawyer.  He  was  educated  at 
Meriden  academy,  and  at  Brown  University.  In  1845  he  was  ap- 
pointed to  a  place  in  the  patent  office  at  Washington,  D.  C,  where 
he  continued  to  hold  important  positions  until  his  death,  which  oc- 
curred in  1862,  at  which  time  he  was  a  chief  examiner.  He  was  ap- 
pointed law  clerk  in  the  patent  office  in  1853,  ^"d  while  holding 
the  office  codified  and  published  the  Patent  Laws  of  the  U.  S.  He 
was  a  vigorous  writer.     [See  Literature.] 


GENEALOGY.  463 

Frances  Ann,  h.  July  30,  1823;  m.  Joseph  W.  Parmelee. 

George  Edintcnd,  b.  April  25,  1834;  was  bred  a  hatter;  was  in  trade  with 
his  father  and  brother  Charles.  Subsequently  he  became  a  mer- 
chant and  an  expressman.  iM.,  July  26,  1859,  Sarah  Jane,  dau.  of 
A.  P.  Wellcome,  b.  Feb.  12,  1841. 

Charles  Henry  Little,  s.  of  Amos ;  b.  Jan.  10,  1S20; 
was  bred  a  batter  in  bis  fatber's  sbop,  and  on  attaining  to  liis 
majority  was  admitted  as  a  partner  in  tbe  business.  He  was 
in  tbe  civil  war.  He  is  an  active  Mason,  and  a  worker  in  tlie 
Temperance  reform  movement.  M.,  Marcb  24,  1S42,  Sarab 
S.  Fuller,  b.  Mar.  10,  iSiS,  at  Cbester,  Vt. 

FJizabeth  E  ,  b.  April  28,  1843  ;  "">•  <^eo.  H.  Fuller;  ch.,  Alice  E. 
Sarah  Frances,  b.  Oct.  29,  1844.      Nancy  A.,h.  March  26,  1848,  d.  y. 
Mary  A.,  b.  Oct.  19,  1853. 


Frederick  S.  Little,  a  native  of  Antrim  ;  a  farmer  and 
teacher;  b.  July  20,  1826  ;  came  to  this  town  in  1S74  from  Go- 
shen, where  he  had  been  a  selectman,  town-clerk,  and  superin- 
tending school  committee.  He  was  for  four  years  in  charge  of 
an  academy  in  New  Jersey.  Since  coming  to  this  town,  be  has 
been  a  selectman  and  a  superintending  school  committee. 
Lives  on  tbe  N.  B.  Hull  farm.  M.,  May  25,  1S54,  Julietta  E. 
Chase,  of  Washington,  b.  Dec.  4,  1835,  d.  Sept.  29,  1869;  m., 
2d,  Oct.   II,  1S70,  Mary  E.  Oilman,  of  Unity,  b.  Dec.  3,  1844. 

Nellie  Z.,  b.  Nov.  8,  1856.  Willie  V.,  b.  Nov.  2,  i860. 

Freddie  O.,  b.  Sept.  30,  1868. 

LIB  BEY. 

John  B.  Libbev,  b.  July  21,  1820,  at  Straflbrd,  Vt. ;  came 
here  April  i,  1S65  ;  d.  Feb.  24,  1872.  He  was  "  bound  out  " 
during  his  minority.  He  was  converted  at  16,  commenced 
preaching  at  21,  and  followed  his  profession  until  his  death. 
M.,  July  23,  1845,  Bathsbeba  M.  Preston. 

Sara/t  M.,  b.  Jan.  14,  1849;  "Im  July  25,  1869,  Harvey  F.  Deming,  of 

Cornish. 
Richmond  J.  /\,  b.  July  2,  185 1.    Julia  A.,  b.  Dec.  27,  1854. 

LIVERMORE. 

Oeorge  F.  Livermore,  a  provision  dealer ;  b.  March  5, 
1848;  came  from  Hillsborough  in  1871  ;  m.  Villa  J.  Huntress. 


464  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 


LONG. 

Leander  Long,  b.  Aug.  25,  1812;  a  cabinet-maker;  was  a 
workman  ni  the  old  cabinet  establishments,  which  were  then 
the  most  important  manufactures  in  town,  since  which  he  has 
been  engaged  in  various  trades  ;  came  from  Claremont  in  1828  ; 
married  Sibyl  A.,  dau.  of  Matthew  Buell,  Jr.,  b.  Dec.  13,  1817. 

Caroline  H.,  b.  May  i,  1837. 

Sarah  B.,  b.  Feb.  22,  1839;  rn-  Albert  J.  Peaslee. 

Ann  £".,  b.  May  i,  1842;  dead. 

Mariah  G.,  b.  Dec.  3,  1844;  m.  Chas.  Brockway. 

Sibyl  L.,  b.  Apr.  22,  1847;  dead.     Frederick  Z.,  b.  Sept.  8,  1851. 

Catherine B.,  b.  June  25,  1862. 

LOWELL. 

William  Lowell,  a  cabinet-maker;  b.  March  18,  1795,  at 
Newburyport,  Mass.  ;  came  here  from  Sutton  in  1818  ;  d.June 
I,  1839.  He  was  enterprising  and  public-spirited.  He  had  a 
large  shop  where  the  Rounsevel  tannery  now  stands,  where 
he  employed  a  large  number  of  hands,  and  did  an  extensive 
business.  He  was  a  captain  in  the  militia.  M.,Feb.  11,  1818, 
Polly  Giles,  of  Sutton,  b.  Oct.  11,  1792,  and  d.  Aug.  20,  1824; 
m.,  2d,  May  20,  1826,  Jane  Giles,  a  sister  of  his  first  wife,  b. 
Sept.  21,  1S03,  and  d.  July  14,  1872. 

Sarah  G.,h.  Aug.  21,  1819;  m.,  Sept.  12,  1843,  Humphrey  P.Web- 
ster, a  merchant  in  Boston. 

William  ^.,  b.  Dec.  13,  1820;  a  merchant  in  Boston. 

Reuben  G.,  b.  April  19,  1822;  d.  y.    Roxana  G.y  b.  Aug.  9,  1823;  d,  y. 

George  IV.,  )).  April  16,  1827;  d.  1830. 

A/arj  y.,  h.  Jan.  30,  1829;  d.  1832. 

George  IV.,  h.  March  14,  1831;  d.  June  23,  1832. 

Justina  Z,.,  b.  July  15,  1834;  m.,  Feb.  14,  1854,  Benj.  F.  Young,  a  na- 
tive of  Sunapee,  now  a  merchant  in  Boston. 

Edward,  b.  June  29,  1836;  d.  1836. 

Charles  £■.,  b.  Nov.  14,  1838;  d.  1840. 

LUND. 

Oliver  Lund,  a  saddler;  b.  Feb.  25,  1776;  he  came  to  this 
town  from  Nashua,  his  native  place,  in  1799.     [See  Saddlers.] 
M.,  Nov.  13,  1800,  Thankful,  dau.  of  Jesse  Wilcox,  b.  March  7 
1781. 


GENEALOGY. 


465 


Emily,  b.  Nov.  11,  1801  ;  d.  Nov.  6,  1874;  unmarried. 

Oliver  IV.,  b.  July  19,  1803;  a  merchant  in  I'hiladelphia;  d.  in  1865. 

Elizabeth,  b.  Feb.  28,  1806;  m.,  .Sept.  5,  1838,  Emerson  Stevens,  of 
Gosiien,  b.  Aug.  24,  1807.  Ch.,  Ann  E.,  b.  June  16,  1844;  Mar- 
cia  E.,  b.  May  29,  1850,  who  m.,  July  3,  1868,  Parker  T.  Dow. 

Elmira,  b.  June,  1808  ;  d.  young. 

Orlando,  b.  April  17,  1810;  a  teacher  and  lecturer;  m.  Helen  Whit- 
ney, of  Nashua. 

Delia  A.,  b.  July  8,  1812;  d.  in  1843. 

Joseph  K.,  b.  March  24,  1814 ;  a  mechanic  and  express  agent ;  m.  Eliz- 
abeth A.  Tappan,  sister  of  Hon.  Mason  W.  Tappan ;  r.  at  Brad- 
ford. 

Alfred,  b.  Feb.  10,  18 16;  a  saddler  and  music-teacher;  m.  Mary  Whit- 
ney, of  Nashua;  he  d.  at  Nashua. 

Nathaniel  F.,\i.  Dec.  29,  1818;  an  insurance  agent;  m.  Mary  Stevens; 
m.,  2d,  Sarah  Lumbard ;  m.,  3d,  Lizzie  Morse,  of  Bradford. 

Stephen  Frank,  b.  Aug.  31,  1821  ;  a  machinist;  m.  Catharine  Gleason ; 
m.,  2d,  Zemira  Gleason;  m.,  3d,  June  19,  1877,  Mary  Dwinell 
Chellis.     [See  Literature.] 

LYON. 

David  Lyon,  b.  Apr.  11, 1739,  at  Stoughton,  Mass.  ;  d.  Apr. 
25,  1819;  came  to  this  town  in  1790.  He  lived  on  the  place 
since  occupied  by  the  Claggett  family,  on  the  Unity  road,  where 
he  had  a  store  and  tavern.  M.,  1777,  Abigail  Belcher,  who  d. 
in  1823,  about  So  years  of  age. 

Abigail,  b.  July  4,  1779;  d.  Jan.  21,  1843  '1  "^•.  Nov.  25, 1802,  Hubbard 

Newton. 
David,  Jr.,  b.  Aug.  13,  1780;  d.  April  26,  1819. 


MACK. 

Aaron  Mack,  b.  at  Hebron,  Conn.,  Jan.  11,  1761  ;  m.,  Dec. 
29,  17S5,  Martha  Newton,  of  Groton,  b.  April  9,  1768. 

Polly,  b.  Nov.  23,  1786. 

McKINNEY. 

John  McKinney,  b.  Oct.  20,  1791  ;  d.  Aug.  3,  1S53  ;  "^-i 
Dec.  10,  1818,  Eliza,  dau.  of  Jesse  Wilcox,  Jr.,  b.Jan.  21, 1799, 
d.  March  29,  1S76. 

Harry  IV.,  b.  Sept.  29,  1819;  went  to  sea,  and  not  heard  from  since. 
Wealthy  IV.  A'.,  b.  Oct.  10,    1822;  m.,  Jan.  26,  1847,  Charles  Smith, 

of  Dcdham,  Mass. 
Martha  E.,  b.  Aug.  3,  1825  ;  d.  Jan.  2,  1849. 
Mary  E.,  b.  March  14,  1833;  m.,  Dec.  30,  1S57,  John  Muzzey,  Jr. 

30 


466  HISTORY   OF   NEWPORT. 


MARSHALL. 


Benjamin  Marshall,  a  farmer  ;  came  from  Windham  ;  m. 
Jane  Park. 

Lydia  J.,  b.  Aug.  26,  1818;  m.  Benjamin  Marshall,  2d. 


Benjamin  Marshall,  2d,  a  farmer;  b.  July  16,  1818;  r.  in 
the  west  part  of  the  town  ;  was  a  selectman  in  1874.  Married 
Lydia  J.  Marshall. 

Allen  /*.,  b.  Jan.  27,  1852 ;  m.  Ann  Fletcher. 
Herbert  A.,  b.  April  21,  1857. 

Aaron  C.  Marshall,  a  farmer  ;  b.  Feb.  3,  1819  ;  came  from 
Unity  in  1864,  and  settled  on  the  P.  and  J.  Crowell  farm.  Mar- 
ried Hannah  C.  Bean,  of  Newbury. 

John,  b.  June  21,  1846;  m.  Jane  Carr. 

Etta  M.,  b.  Feb.  10,  1855 ;  m.  Charles  P.  Still.     Ch.,  Rosa  L. 

Ora  W.,  b.  Oct.  2,  1861. 


Charles  G.  Marshall,  b.  Jan.  23,  1S39,  at  Northumber- 
land ;  came  here  in  1871,  and  settled  on  Pike  hill.  Married 
Mary  J.  Clark,  of  St.  Johnsbury,  Vt.  ;  m.,  2d,  Martha  J.  Hum- 
phrey ;  m.,  3d,  Marion  E.  Pike. 

Charles  H.,  b.  June  26,  1862. 


Dexter  Marshall,  a  tanner;  b.  July  13,  1838,  at  Unity; 
m.,  Jan.  16,  1861,  Olive  Palmer,  of  Carroll. 

Fred,  b.  April  21,  1862.  Will,  b.  Sept.  9,  1866. 


Chester  S.  Marshall,  a  manufacturer  ;  a  brother  of  Dex- 
ter ;  b.  Dec.  22,  1841.  M.,Jan.  4,  1864,  Laura  Hodgman,  of 
Springfield,  Vt.,  b.  Dec.  25,  1849. 

Lillie  M.,  b.  Dec.  16,  1865.  Susie  G.,  b.  Sept.  30,  1867. 

Eva  A.,  b.  Dec.  3,  1869.  Ada  M.,  b.  Aug.  24,  1870. 

Chauncy  Marshall,  hotel  clerk  ;  a  twin  brother  of  Chester 
S. ;  b.  Dec.  22,  1841  ;  m.,  Dec.  8,  1867,  Sarah,  dau.  of  Daniel 
Rider,  of  Croydon. 


GENEALOGY.  467 


MARSTON. 

Sullivan  Marston,  b.  at  Concord,  N.  11.,  Oct,  7,  1831  ; 
came  to  town  in  1855  ;  m.  Mary  J.  Cummings,  of  Lowell ;  m., 
2d,  Lucy  Robinson  ;  m.,  3d,  Pluma  M.  Eaton,  of  Warner. 

George  E.^  b.  Dec.  11,  1854;  m.,  Oct.  22,  1875,  Eliza  Trumbull. 

MATSON. 

Aaron  Matson,  b.  in  Plymouth  county,  Mass.,  in  1770. 
He  represented  the  town  of  Stoddard,  N.  H.,  in  the  state  legis- 
lature for  several  years,  commencing  in  1S06.  He  was  also  a 
member  of  the  council,  was  a  member  of  congress  during  the 
last  four  years  of  Monroe's  administration,  and  a  judge  of  pro- 
bate for  Cheshire  county.  He  had  an  active  temperament,  a 
well-balanced  mind,  and  was  social.  He  came  to  this  town  in 
1841,  and  d.  here  July  iS,  1855,  aged  85  years.  Married  Fran- 
ces Carpenter,  of  Charlestown,  who  d.  Jan.  14,  1S55,  aged  83 
years. 

Francis,  m.  Susan  Gilson.  Ch.,  Ann  Matson,  b.  June  20,  1823,  at 
Stoddard;  m.,  Dec.  i,  1840,  Hon.  Edmund  Burke.  She  was  the 
only  grand-child  of  Hon.  Aaron  Matson,  and  inherited  his  fortune. 

MATTHEWS. 

Charles  H.  Matthews,  a  joiner,  engaged  in  the  establish- 
ment of  W.  L.  Dow  &  Co. ;  b.  Aug.  15,  1S45  ;  came  here  in 
1868,  from  Maine.  M.,  Oct.  19,  1S69,  Addie  L.  Emerson,  b. 
Sept.  iS,  1S48,  dau.  of  Jonathan  Emerson. 

MATHERS. 

Elisha  H.  Mathers,  a  farmer;  b.  Feb.  29,  1809,  at  Lemp- 
ster  ;  came  here  in  1852,  from  Goshen,  where  he  had  been  a 
selectman  ;  m.  Emily  R.  Giddings,  of  Campton,  N.  H. 

Emily  E.,  b.  June  9,  1833;  m.  Chas.  H.  Sholes,  of  Goshen;  ch.,  Chas. 

H.,  b.  March  6,  1859. 
Atnanda  S.,  b.  May  16,  1835;  d.  April  i,  1859;  ^  teacher  and  graduate 

at  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
Charles  //.,  b.  June  14,  1837;  a  teacher;  graduated  at  New  London, 
\Rock'wood  G.,  b.  Jan.  10,  1840. 

L.  Adclia,  a  teacher;  b.  Oct.  23,  1843;  m.  Nelson  J.  Smith. 
Emma  /''.,  b.  Oct.   29,   1845;  '^  teacher;  educated  at  New   London 

academy. 


468  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

RocKWooD  G.  Mathers,  s.  of  Elisha  H.  Mathers  ;  b.  June 
ID,  1840 ;  was  educated  at  New  London  academy ;  studied 
medicine  with  Dr.  Thomas  Sanborn  ;  graduated  at  Dartmouth 
Medical  College  in  1861  ;  after  practising  a  while  at  Washing- 
ton and  Marlow,  settled  at  Hancock,  where  he  died  Sept.  30, 
1874.  He  was  an  assistant  surgeon  in  the  army.  Married 
Maria  N.  Whittemore,  of  Bennington. 

Morris  IV.,  b.  Oct.  16,  1867. 

MAXFIELD. 

Day  E.  Maxfield,  s.  of  Currier  Maxfield  ;  b.  Nov.  4,  1846, 
at  Warner  ;  came  to  this  town  in  1S70.  He  has  been  engaged 
in  blacksmithing ;  is  now  one  of  the  firm  of  Lear  &  Maxfield, 
at  the  establishment  on  Elm  street.  M.,  June  26,  1S72,  Emma 
M.,  dau.  of  Chester  C.  Dodge. 

McALLASTER. 

Four  McAllasters, — William,  Benjamin,  Martha,  and  Apphia 
S., — came  from  Bedford  to  this  town  in  1813.  Martha,  b.  Dec. 
25,  1774,  m.  Andrew  Aiken;  Apphia,  b.  Nov.  28,  1785,  m. 
Capt.  John  Gilmore ;  Benjamin  m.  Martha  McKinney,  and 
went  to  Morristown,  N.  Y. 

William  McAllaster,  s.  of  William  ;  b.  June  14,  1772  ; 
built  the  Forsaith  house ;  owned  and  operated  the  village 
grist-mill ;  was  selectman  in  1814;  moved,  with  his  family,  to 
Morristown,  N.  Y.  ;  m.  Jane  McKinney. 

Hugh,  m.  Louisa,  dau.  of  Dr.  Lernard,  of  Hopkinton. 

Sarah,  m.  Rev.  Mr.  Pratt,  of  New  York. 

William,  b.  Nov.  5,  1803  ;  r.  in  New  York. 

Margaret,  b.  Dec.  19,  1805;  m.  Dr.  Preston,  of  New  York. 

Hamilton,  b.  Feb.  3, 1808.  Walter,  b.  Sept.  16,  1810. 

Martha  J.,  b.  Sept.  17,  1812;  m.  Hon.  Daniel  R.  Tilden,  of  Cleveland, 

O.,  a  member  of  congress. 
Caroline,  b.  Aug.  7,  1814.  Harry,  b.  Oct.  28,  1816. 

Harriet,  b.  April  5,  1818 ;  m.,  and  lives  in  Morristown,  N.  Y. 
Henry  M.,  b.  June  29,  1821  ;  a  merchant  at  Boston. 


Betsey  McAllister,  m.,  Aug.  2,  1807,  James  Atwood. 


GENEALOGY.  469 

McCRILLIS. 

William  H.  McCrillis,  a  mechanic  ;  was  b.  June  30,  1815. 
He  was  son  of  John  McCrillis,  of  Goshen,  whose  one  hundredth 
birthday  was  celebrated  in  1873  by  the  Masonic  fraternity 
and  a  large  crowd  of  descendants  and  neighbors.  The  sou 
came  to  this  town  to  reside  in  1875.  While  at  Goshen  he  was 
a  representative  in  1858  and  1859,  ^"^'  again  in  1867  and  1S6S. 
He  was  also  a  selectman,  town-clerk,  and  post-master.  He 
was  a  candidate  for  register  of  deeds  in  1877  and  1878.  M., 
September,  1S51,  Abby  H.  Huntoon,  who  liad  a  talent  for 
painting  as  well  as  for  poetry. 

John,  b.  Aug.  5,  1858;  educated  at  Newport  high  school. 

McGregor. 

John  McGregor,  b.  June  29,  1736,  at  Enfield,  Conn. ;  came 
to  this  town  in  1787,  and  settled  on  the  A.  Wylie  farm  ;  he  was 
a  soldier  in  the  Revolution.  M.,  Sept.  3,  1784,  Lucy  Chapin, 
who  d.  May  29,  1834. 

Asa,  b.  Nov.  2,  1785;  m.,  Sept.  13,  1809,  Experience  White.  Ch., 
Florilla,  Carlos,  Arbia  A.,  Philander  W.,  Henrietta,  Milton. 

\JohH  Booth,  b.  Nov.  27,  1787.     [See  Physicians.] 

Elias,  b.  Jan.  13,  1789;  spent  his  minority  on  the  farm  with  his  father; 
after  which  he  studied  theology,  and  devoted  the  remainder  ot 
his  life  to  the  work  of  the  ministry;  he  labored  in  this  state,  in 
Massachusetts,  in  Maine,  and  in  Vermont ;  d.  Dec.  13,  i860,  at 
Colchester,  in  the  latter  state. 

Lucy,  b.  June  15,  1792;  d.  Aug.  21,  1834. 

Norman,  b.  June  11,  1794;  remained  at  the  homestead;  was  a  whip  and 
rake  manufacturer.     [See  Teams.] 

Lois^  b.  Nov.  10,  1797;  m.  Calvin  Dudley. 


John  Booth  McGregor,  s.  of  John  ;  m.,  Aug.  10,  1S13, 
Mary  Smith,  of  Windsor,  Vt,  a  native  of  Shutesbury,  Mass.,b. 
July  5,  1787. 

Helen  Elisabeth,  b.  Sept.  24,  1815;  m.,  April  13,  1842,  Van  Rens- 
selaer Rowe,  of  Rochester,  N,  Y. 

Marion  Smith,  b.  Sept.  7,  1818;  m.  Joseph  Christopher,  of  New  York. 
[See  Music] 

Catharine  Hayes,  b.  Sept.  17,  1S20;  m.  Reuben  Porter,  of  Buffalo, 
N.  Y. 

Benjamin  Rush,  b.  May  13,  1827  ;  studied  medicine,  and  is  in  practice 
in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.;  m.  Louisa,  dau.  of  Hon.  Lorenzo  Burrows,  of 
Albion,  N.  Y. 


470  HISTORY   OF   NEWPORT. 

Abel  McGregor,  b.  Jul}',  1746  ;  came  from  Enfield,  Conn., 
and  settled  on  the  L.  Richardson  farm  ;  remained  there  until 
1812,  when  he  removed  to  Maine,  where  he  d.  in  1840.  M., 
1791,  Dorcas  Griswold,  who  d.  Oct.,  1799;  m.,  2d,  1800,  Lo- 
vica  Chapin  ;  m.,  3d,  July  12,  1809,  Joanna  Miller,  of  Charles- 
town. 

Lovica,  b.  Sept.  2,  1792;  m.,  March,  1812,  Ziba  Durkee ;  r.  at  Leba- 
non. 

Alpheus,  b.  Oct.  4,  1793;  m.,  May,  1815,  Mary  G.  Cheney;  went  to 
Freedom,  Me.,  where  he  died  in  1853. 

Laura,  b.  Sept.  4,  1796;  m.,  Jan.,  1822,  Horace  Eaton,  of  Hanover. 

Lydia,  b.  Feb.  28,  1798;  m.,  April  16,  1820,  Benj.  Ricker,  of  Water- 
bury,  Me. 

Dorcas,  b.  Jan.  20,  1811 ;  m.  Warren  West,  of  Bangor,  Me. 

Elizabeth,  b.  Feb.  8,  1812;  m.  Timothy  Willard,  of  Alfred,  Me. 

L7icy,  b.  Feb.  11,  1815;  m.  Moses  Chandler,  of  Bangor,  Me. 

Abel,  b.  Oct.  31,  1817;  m.,  1839,  Hannah  Yeaton. 

Olive,  b.  Aug.  27,  1820;  d.  young. 


Joel  McGregor,  b.  at  Enfield,  Conn.,  Nov.  22,  1760 ;  came 
to  Newport  in  1789,  and  settled  on  the  William  Tilton  farm. 
He  was  a  Revolutionary  soldier;  enlisted  April  17,  1777,  and 
was  in  the  service  five  years ;  he  was  taken  prisoner  by  the 
British,  and  was  confined  in  the  famous  "  old  sugar-house," 
in  New  York  city,  some  eight  months, — from  May  to  Jan. — 
where  he  suffered  much  from  cold  and  hunger.  He  was  lib- 
erated the  first  day  of  January;  and  he  often  remarked  that 
it  was  the  happiest  New  lear's  Day  of  his  life.  He  d.  in 
Nov.,  1S61,  aged  loi  years.     Married  Martha  Bellows. 

Gains,  b.  Aug.  27,  1786;  m.  Betsey  Hoyt ;  went  to  Bethlehem. 

Polly,  b.  July  15,  1788  ;  m.  Silas  Wakefield. 

\Cyrus  B.,  b.  Sept.  27,  1791. 

Laomy,  b.  Feb.,  1794;  m.  Fanny  White;  moved  to  Whitefield.     Ch., 

Melinda,  Joel,  Martha,  Mary. 
Martha,  b.  July  16,  1799;  i"-  Willard  Wakefield;  m.,  2d,  Capt.  Nath'l 

C.  King,  of  Claremont. 
]  James  B.,  b.  Sept.  6,  1801. 
Ruby,  b.  July,  1806;  m.  John  Barnard. 


Cyrus  B.  McGregor,  s.  of  Joel ;  b,  Sept.  27,  1791  ;  is  a 
cooper,  and  has  spent  a  long  life  at  Northville,  engaged  at  his 
trade.  Married  Hannah  Heath,  of  Grantham  ;  m.,  2d,  Han- 
nah, dau.  of  Peter  Wakefield. 


GENEALOGY.  47  ^ 

Erastus,  b.  July,  1818;  d.  1832.       Edward  F.,  b.  1821  ;  d.  young. 
Rttby^  b.  May  11,  1825;  m.  Wm.  M.  Gilniore. 


James  B.  McGregor,  s.  of  Joel ;  b.  Sept.  6,  1801  ;  is  a  me- 
chanic;  was  one  time  prominent  among  the  singers  at  North- 
ville.  M.,  Nov.  9,  1832,  Ehzabeth  J.  Townsend,  a  sister  ot 
Mrs.  Amos  Tuck,  b.  Feb.  6,  1S06,  who  d.  Aug.  25,  1869. 

yawes  H.,  b.  April  12,  1839;  a  mechanic  at  Northville;  ni.,  Feb.  15, 
1872,  Emma  Milendy,  of  Hartland,  Vt.,  b.  Sept.  26,  1856. 

Mcpherson. 

William  McPherson  lived  on  the  S.  Crowell  farm,  and  was 
an  expert  with  the  violin. 

MESERVE. 

Frank  P.  Meserve,  s.  of  Samuel  and  Mary  A.  (Hanson) 
Meserve,  of  Rochester,  N.  H. ;  b.  Nov.  30,  1852  ;  came  to  this 
town  in  1871  ;  was  four  years  in  the  tailoring  establishment 
with  John  O.  Hobbs,  and  on  the  death  of  Mr.  IL,  in  October, 
1875,  formed  a  partnership  with  Dana  J.  Mooney,  and  pur- 
chased the  establishment.  In  1S78  he  was  elected  town-clerk. 
M.,  May  15,  1S7S,  Minnie  A.,  dau.  of  Matthew  Harvey. 

MESSENGER. 

Calvin  Messenger,  a  shoemaker ;  lived  in  the  south  part 
of  the  village.  He  kept  a  tract  depository,  and  at  one  time 
was  engaged  in  7norus  tnulticaulis  and  silk  speculations. 
Married  Adaliza  Gleason.    He  d.  Mar.  16,  1842,  aged  46  years. 

METCALF. 

Abel  Metcalf,  a  son  of  Samuel  Metcalf,  a  descendant  of 
Michael  Metcalf,  a  Puritan,  who  came  to  this  country  from 
England  in  1637,  and  settled  at  Dedham,  jSIass.  ;  was  born  at 
Franklin,  Mass.  ;  came  to  this  town  in  1791,  and  settled  in  the 
north-west  corner  of  the  town.  He  m.  Abigail  Eames,  of 
Framingham,  Mass.     He  d.  Nov.  13,  1836,  aged  72  years. 

\Silas.  \Thcron,  b.  July  31,  1800. 

\Kendrick,  b.  Nov.  23,  180S. 

Sabrina,  the  youngest  child,  d.  in  1S26,  aged  18  years. 


472  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

Silas  Mktcalf,  s.  of  Dea.  Abel  Metcalf ;  was  an  intelligent 
and  successful  fanner  ;  was  a  teacher  in  his  early  days,  and 
took  a  lively  interest  in  education,  temperance,  and  politics. 
He  was  a  selectman  in  1838  and  1839,  and  a  representative  in 
1S43  and  1844.  M.,  June  i,  1825,  Orpha  Fletcher.  He  d.  Nov. 
16,  1853,  aged  56  years. 

George  L.,  d.  July  8,  1840,  aged  11  years. 


Theron  Metcalf,  s.  of  Dea.  Abel  Metcalf;  b.  July  31, 1800. 
He  was  named  after  his  kinsman,  Theron  Metcalf,  chief-justice 
of  the  supreme  court  of  Massachusetts.  He  was  a  successful 
teacher  and  farmer  while  in  town.  He  was  afterwards  a  mer- 
chant in  Claremont  and  in  Boston  ;  d.  at  the  latter  place  Jan. 
10,  1867.  He  m.,May  21,  1828,  Mary  Jackson,  b.  Jan  11,  1804, 
a  sister  of  Hon.  Eleazer  Jackson,  of  Cornish. 

Henry,  d.  young.  Mary  Frances^  r.  in  Boston. 

Charles  Pealwdy,  b.  Mar.  16,  1839  i  ^^^  several  years  a  member  of  the 
firm  of  Stone,  Downer  &  Co.,  brokers,  of  Boston;  is  now  with  Blake 
Bros.  &  Co.,  bankers,  New  York  city;  m.,  Jan.  5,  1871,  Helen 
Judith  Caldwell;    ch.,  Christine,  b.  Nov.  18,  1874. 


Kendrick  Metcalf,  s.  of  Dea.  Abel  Metcalf;  b.  Nov.  23, 
1805  ;  graduated  at  Dartmouth  college,  in  1829,  with  honor, 
having  defrayed  the  expenses  of  his  education  mainly  by  teach- 
ing in  the  winter,  and  by  farm  labor  a  part  of  the  summer. 
After  graduating  he  taught  at  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  and  at  Rochester, 
in  the  same  state.  In  1831  he  was  admitted  to  holy  orders  in 
the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  ;  for  eight  years  was  rector  of 
St.  Mark's  church,  LeRoy,  Genessee  county  ;  the  next  eight 
years  was  rector  of  Christ  church,  Duanesburgh,  Schenectady 
county  ;  and  for  the  last  twenty-five  years  has  been  a  professor 
in  Hobart  college,  Geneva,  N.  Y.  In  1850  he  received  the  hon- 
orary degree  of  D.  D.  at  Columbia  college,  N.  Y.  Married 
Susan  Trask,  of  Boston. 


Ralph  Metcalf  [see  Lawyers]. 


Elias  Metcalf  lived  in  the  early  days  on  the  S.  Kempton 
farm,  and  was  a  farmer  and   merchant.     Tradition  speaks  of 


GENEALOGY.  473 

him  as  a  man  of  excellent  judgment,  social,  and  popular;  as  a 
deacon,  he  was  among  the  most  gifted. 

Elias,  eldest  son  ;  m.  Sally,  dau.  of  Rev.  Bial  Ledoyt ;  the  family  re- 
moved to  Montpelier,  Vt. 


Cv'Rus  Metcalf,  a  printer ;  was  for  a  while  associated  with 
Mr.  Aldrich  in  the  publication  of  the  Spectator^  in  this  town. 


Horatio  Metcalf,  b.  Jan.  22,  1802;  came  from  Croydon; 
m.  Phebe  Haven. 

Melita,  b.  July  15,  1825  ;  m.  Christopher  C.  Shedd.     Ch.,  Herbert  A. ; 

r.  at  Northfield,  iMinn. 
Marilla,  b.  Jan.  13,  1828;  m.  James  A.  Smith,  of  Royalton,  Vt.     Ch., 

Clara  M..  Clarence  M. 
Orlando  P.,  b.  Feb.    11,    1830;  m.    Mary  A.  Durkee.     Ch.,  George, 

Charles,  Ellen,  Willie. 
Martha  A.,  b.  Nov.  12,  1832;  m.  William  Wells,  of  Brookfield.  Vt. ; 

m.,  2d,  William   H.  Dunbar.     Ch.,  Lillian  M.,   by  first  husband; 
Lucy  M.,  b.  Sept.  29,  1835;  m.  Oren  C.  Kibbey. 


Alexander  Metcalf,  s.  of  Samuel ;  came  to  this  town  from 
Croydon,  and  purchased  the  C.  C.  Shedd  farm.  He  was  a  pop- 
ular teacher,  and  a  selectman  in  1S42  ;  moved  to  Minnesota  in 
1858,  where  he  has  been  a  successful  farmer  and  speculator. 
Married  Anna,  dau.  of  Col.  Nathaniel  Wheeler,  of  Croydon. 

Joseph  P.  Metcalf,  s.  of  Capt.  Obed  Metcalf,  of  Croydon  ; 
came  to  this  town  about  1S37,  ^"^^  settled  on  the  N.  Dame 
place.     M.,  1840,  Lucy  Gould. 

Henry  //.,  b.  April  7,  1S41;  entered  the  Law  School  of  the  University 
of  Michigan,  at  Ann  Arbor,  and  graduated  in  the  class  of  1865; 
read  law  with  Hon.  Edmund  Burke,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
in  1867;  he  edited  the  White  Mountain  Republic  in  1869;  the  fol- 
lowing year  he  became  the  political  editor  of  The  People,  at  Con- 
cord; afterwards  published  the  Democratic  Press,  at  Dover;  he  is 
now  (1879)  editor  and  publisher  of  the  Granite  State  Ma^^azine, 
and  political  editor  of  The  People  and  A'.  //.  Patriot,  at  Concord. 
M.  Mary  J.  Jackson,  of  Littleton,  in  i86g. 

Carlos  G.,  b.  1846;  studied  medicine  with  Dr.  J.  L.  Swett;  graduated 
from  the  Medical  Department  of  the  University  at  Albany,  N.  Y., 
and  is  in  practice  at  Troy,  N.  H. 

Fran/!  M.,  b.  1852.  Arthur  C,  b.  1856. 


474  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 


MILLER. 

James  Wesley  Miller,  a  tanner;  b.  Nov.  30,  1830;  came 
from  Lempster,  his  native  town,  in  1857  ;  m.  Lucy  Clough  ;  m., 
2d  Nov.  10,  1S5S,  Mary  J.,  dau.  of  Joseph  Saw^yer,  Jr. 

Cora,  b.  Oct.  16,  1857;  d.  in  her  girlhood. 

Laura  Etta,  b.  April  19,  i860.         Mary  Sophira,  b.  Oct.  5,  1865. 

Edwin  R.  Miller,  a  farmer;  b.  Nov.  12,  1839,  ^^  Bridge- 
water,  Vt.,  and  came  to  this  town  in  1850;  m.,  Aug.  10,  1865, 
Sarah  J.  Vose,  of  Claremont,  b.  Sept.  10,  1S45  ;  lives  at  the  N. 
Rand  place. 

Chloe  S.,  b.  July  30,  1866.  Jason  G.,  b.  Jan.  24,  1868. 

Rosie  jff.,  b.  July  18,  1870. 

MILLEN. 

William  Millen  came  from  New  Boston  in  1818,  and  set- 
tled on  the  A.J.  Reed  farm  on  East  mountain.  Ch.,  William^ 
David,  Seth  TV.,  Polly,  Betsey  (m.  Stephen  Parker),  Dorcas, 
Lucinda  (m.  A.J,  Reed),  Lydia. 

Sumner  Millen,  a  cabinet-maker ;  b.  Aug.  14,  1805,  in 
Washington,  and  came  to  this  town  in  Feb.,  1826.  He,  in 
connection  with  Hiram  Buswell  and  Samuel  E.  George,  pui'- 
chased  the  William  Lowell  cabinet  manufactory,  and  continued 
the  business  ;  in  1836  he  sold  out,  and  returned  to  Washington. 
M.,  June  10,  1834,  Martha,  dau.  of  Moses  P.  Durkee. 

Lois,  b.  Sept.  i,  1835;  "■*•  Henry  Durkee,  of  Lebanon. 

Marietta,  b.  July  18,  1836;  d.  Oct.  i,  1858. 

Moses  P.,  b.  Nov.  18,  1838  ;  r.  in  Bath,  Me. 

Esther,  b.  Dec.  16,  1840;  m.  James  Robinson,  of  Washington. 

MOORE. 

Francis  R.  Moore,  b.  April  30,  1827 ;  came  from  Hopkin- 
ton  in  1872  ;  m.  Abbie  N.,  dau.  of  John  Carr. 

Frank  A.,  b.  April  13,  1851 ;  m.  Mary  S.  Hurd;  one  child. 
Ella  H.,\).  Dec.  22,  1856. 


GENEALOGY.  475 


MOONEY. 


Dana  J.  Mooney,  s.  of  Moses  C.  Mooney  ;  a  merchant 
tailor;  b.  June  17,  1841,  at  Alton,  and  came  to  this  town  Nov. 
II,  1S75,  from  Newmarket.  M.,  Dec.  27,  1865,  Abbie,  dau.  of 
Ichabod  Wentworth,  b.  June  11,  1S47,  d.  Dec.  27,  186S;  m., 
2d,  Feb.  22,  1S70,  Mary  A.,  dau.  of  Samuel  Meserve,  of  Roches- 
ter, b.  Dec.  28,  1S48. 

Edith  A.,  b.  June  11,  1867. 

MORSE. 

IciiABOD  Morse,  b.  Oct.  25,  1771,  at  Douglass,  Mass. ;  came 
to  this  town  in  1800,  and  settled  on  the  George  P.  Haven  farm. 
He  was  one  of  the  most  extensive  dairymen-of  his  day  ;  he  kept 
a  tavern  for  several  years  at  his  residence,  which  was  on  the 
old  Cornish  turnpike,  then  much  travelled.  Married  Polly 
Bailey,  of  Swanzey,  in  1S08. 

Zilpha,  b.  Dec.  7,  1810;  d.  July  21,  1840. 

Maria  P.,  b.  April  25,  1813;  d.  Feb.  i,  1871;  m.  Hon.  Harvey  Hun- 
toon,  of  Unity.  Ch.,  Ruel  C,  b.  July  i,  1832;  Ransom,  b.  April 
25,  1836;  Ora  M.,  b.  May  i,  1839;  Ira  McL.,  b.  June  i,  1843;  L^- 
mira  J.,  b.  Feb.  22,  1846;  Ariel  A.,  b.  Sept.  29,  1851. 

Ora  B.,  b.  Oct.  8,  1815;  d.  Nov.  8,  1833. 

Charity  Mar oa,  b.  June  5,  181 7;  d.  iMay,  1835. 

MUDGET. 

Nathan  TvIudget,  b.  Dec.  23,  1805  ;  a  farmer,  trader,  and 
deputy-sheriff;  came  here  from  Sunapee  in  1S28  ;  he  was  a  se- 
lectman two  years,  a  representative  in  1S44  and  1850,  state  sen- 
ator in  1S55  and  1856,  and  in  1850  a  member  of  the  constitu- 
tional convention.  M.,  Jan.  5,  1830,  Mehitable,  dau.  of  Nathan- 
iel Dow,  b.  Sept.  16,  1804. 

MUZZEY. 

The  ]Muzzeys  came  from  Boscawen. 


Benjamin  Muzzey,  b.  1794  ;  m.  Lydia  Hardy. 

Nehemiah,  m.  Sarah  Chase;  ch.,  George,  John. 
John,  m.  Elizabeth  Jones  ;  went  to  New  York. 


47^  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

Lydia,  m.  George  Herrick. 

Daniel  D.,  m.  Lavina  Sanborn;  m.,  2d,  July  4,  1855,  Elvira  Heath,  b. 

Oct.  I,  1833.     Ch.,  James  C.  ;    Edward  C,  b.  March,  1847;  Curtis 

J.,  b.  June  18,  1851;  Lavona;  Ella  V.,  b.  June  28,  1856. 
Hannah,   m.   Benj.   Philbrick.     Ch.,   Lydia,  George  Rollins,  Dennis, 

John  Tyler. 
Benjamin  AL,  b.  May  15,  1819;  a  farmer,  noted  for  his  fine  stock;  r. 

at  the  Currier  homestead;  m.  Rebecca  Currier.     Ch.,  Lora  M.,  b. 

April  22,  1857. 
Charles.         \George  L. 


George  L.  Muzzey,  b.  April  30,   1834;  "^v  I^^c.  i,  1855, 

Fanny  J.  Dow,  b.  Dec.  23,  1825. 

Willie  C,  b.  Dec.  12,  1857.  Nellie  R.,  b.  Jan.  31,  i86r. 

Frank  G^.,  b.  Dec.  28,  1863.  Fanny  E.,  b.  Sept.  10,  1868. 


Daniel  Muzzey,  a  stone-mason;  b.  Nov.  22,  179S  ;  was  a 
soldier  in  the  war  of  1812  ;  d.  Dec,  1876  ;  m.  Lanora  Jones. 

Delia  L.,  b.  Oct.,  1821;  m.  John  K.  Dillingham,  of  Sutton. 
Samuel,  b.  April  25,  1825;  m.  Fanny  Nichols. 
Hannah,  b.  April  6,  1833  ;  m.  Horace  Howe. 
Henry  F.,  b,  June  25,  1846;  m.  Harriet  Kempton. 


Mehitable  Muzzey,  a  sister  of  Daniel ;  m.  Enoch  Noyes. 


John  Muzzey,  b.  March  9,  1794,  at  Boscawen  ;  a  joiner; 
m.,  Oct.  8,  1825,  Abigail  N.  Bean,  of  Sutton,  b.  Jan.  9,  1799; 
d.Jan.  23,  1873.     He  d.  Dec.  21,  1867. 

Mehitable  N.,\).  July  11,  1826;  d.  Sept.  22,  1863;  m.,  April  13,  1847, 

Seneca  Howe. 
\John,  b.  Sept.  28,  1828. 
Hannah  B..,  b.   Aug.    18,  1830;  m..  May   15,    1859,  Wm.  Cheney,  of 

Newport. 
Melvina  A.,  h.  Aug.  11,  1832;  m.,  March  12,  1857,  Geo.  Shepherd,  of 

Sutton. 
Ma?-ila  T.,  h.  March  28,  1835;  "■>•■>  ]^^^  ^4>  1858,  Russell  Pillsbury. 
Moses  jV.,  b.  Oct.  12,  1837. 
Harriet  M.,  b.  Dec.  17,  1839;  d.  Aug.  27,  1862. 

John  Muzzey,  s.  of  John  ;  b.  Sept.  28,  1S28  ;  was  for  several 
years  a  hotel  keeper  at  Bradford,  Concord,  and  Hillsborough  ; 
returned  to  this  town  in  1877,  and  opened  a  bakery,  where  he 
operated  awhile,  when  he  sold  out  to  E.  L.  Smith,  the  present 
owner.     M.,  Dec.  30,  1858,  Mary  E.,  dau.  of  John  McKinney. 

Frank  L.,  b.  July  21,  1864.  Harry  Smith,  b.  Dec.  31,  1868. 

Harriet  M.,  an  adopted  daughter;  b.  Sept.  14,  1862. 


GENEALOGY.  477 


NETTLETON. 

Jeremiah  Nettleton,  the  father  of  the  Nettletoii  race  in 
town,  came  from  Killingworth,  Conn.,  in  1779,  and  settled  on 
the  A.  Paul  farm.  He  owned  Bald  mountain  and  the  land 
southward  to  the  river.  He  was  son  of  Jeremiah,  grandson  of 
Joseph,  who  m.  Hannah  Bushnell,  Feb.  iS,  171 2,  and  great- 
grandson  of  John  Nettleton,  who  came  from  Kenilworth,  Eng., 
about  fifty  miles  west  of  London.  He  was  b.  Oct.  17,  1738; 
d.  1815;  m.  Love  Buell,  Nov.  19,  1761,  at  Killingwortii,  Conn. 

Mabel,  h.  Nov.  15,  1762;  m.  Aaron  lUiell,  Jr. 

Charity,  b.  July  27,  1764;  m.'a  Mr.  Story,  and  went  to  Goshen. 

^Aaron,  b.  Nov.  11,  1766;  m.  Mehitable  Dow. 

\yeremiah,  Jr.,  b.  Sept.  11,  176S;  m.  Lydia  Ledoyt. 

\Natlian,  b.  June  21,  1770;  m.  Hannah  Wheeler. 

Rachel,  b.  Oct.  4,  1772  ;  m.  Joshua  Heath. 

Deborah,  b.  Feb.  11,  1775  ;  m.  I'eter  Stow. 

\yoel,  b.  Feb.  6,  1778;  m.  Elizabeth  Dow. 

\Daniel,  b.  Dec.  i,  1780;  m.  Esther  Peck;  m.,  2d,  Rhoda  Ryant. 


Aaron  Nettleton,  s.  of  Jeremiah  ;  b.Nov.  11,  1766  ;  lived 
and  died  on  the  spot  first  settled  by  his  father.  He  was  an  ex- 
cellent farmer,  and  was  engaged,  to  a  considerable  extent,  in 
public  business.  He  was  the  first  sherift'  of  the  county  of  Sul- 
livan.    Married  Mehitable  Dow,  of  Exeter,  Murch  5,  1793. 

\Jereniiah  D.,h.  April  10,  1794;  m.  Zilpha  Bowman. 
Lydia  K.,  b.  Oct.  5,  1795. 

Fanny,  b.  Dec.  25,  1796;  m.  Col.  Josiah  Stevens. 
\Aaron,  Jr.,  b.  July  8,  1799.  \Bela,  b.  July  5,  1801. 

Mehitable,  b.  June  2,  1803;  d.  1804. 


Jeremiah  D.  Nettleton,  s.  of  Aaron:  b.  April  10,  1794; 
settled  on  the  C.  McGregor  place ;  afterwards  took  the  old 
homestead,  which  had  been  occupied  by  his  father  and  grand- 
father, where  he  spent  the  remainder  of  his  life,  and  where  he 
d.  Dec.  8,  1852.  He  was  a  representative  in  1837  and  1S39  » 
was  state  senator  two  years,  and  one  of  the  selectmen  some 
thirteen  years.  He  was  courteous  in  his  manners,  and  enjoyed 
in  a  good  degree  the  confidence  of  his  townsmen.  He  was  an 
active  member  of  the  Baptist  society.  M,,  in  1S15,  Zilpha, 
dau.  of  Zadoc  Bowman  ;  m.,  2d,  Orpha  Sweet. 


478  HISTORY   OF   NEWPORT. 

Lydia  K.,h.M2iy  5,   1817;  m.,  Oct.   5,  1837,  Hiram  Emerson;  r.  at 

Lebanon. 
Fanny  E.,  b.,  Nov.  25,  1821;  m.,  Oct.  10,  1845,  Hartford  Sweet;  r.  at 

Lancaster. 
yerc7niah,  b.  July  14,  1832  ;  mill  operative ;  r.  at  Newport. 
Orpha^  b.  Nov.  13,  1834;  m.,  Nov.  10,  1853,  Albert  Rowell. 

Aaron  Nettleton,  s.  of  Aaron;  b.  July  8,  1799?  was  a 
popular  merchant,  trading  at  the  Nettleton  block,  where  he  was 
also  post-master  until  his  death.  M.,  Dec.  22,  1825,  Sarah  H. 
French,  of  Unity. 

\Aaron  French,  b.  Oct.  27,  1829. 

Sarah  Ann,  m.  Chas.  H.  Chapin,  a  lawyer  at  St.  Louis,  Mo. 


Aaron  French  Nettleton,  s.  of  Aaron  Nettleton,  Jr. ;  b. 
Oct.  37,  1S29;  spent  his  minority  with  his  uncle,  Jeremiah  D. 
Nettleton,  at  farm  work  (both  of  his  parents  having  died),  after 
which  he  was  engaged  in  trade.  He  was  a  popular  bass  sing- 
er. In  1859  he  went  to  Boston,  where  he  entered,  in  1S61,  the 
police  department.  He  was  appointed  superintendent  of  the 
city  prison  in  1868,  and  a  city  constable  in  1874,  which  office 
he  still  holds.  He  is  fond  of  the  military,  and  is  often  chief 
marshal  on  public  parade  days  of  the  city.  M.,  March  10, 
1853,  Lucia  P.  Dean,  a  favorite  singer,  dau.  of  Mrs.  Jacob  Rob- 
inson by  a  former  husband. 

Bela  Nettleton,  s.  of  Aaron,  and  grandson  of  Jeremiah ; 
b.  July  5,  iSoi  ;  d.  Nov.  13,  i860.  He  was  a  merchant,  a 
teacher,  a  post-master,  a  sheriff',  and  a  selectman  ;  was  a  repre- 
sentative in  1850  and  1851,  and  was  a  member  of  the  state  con- 
stitutional convention  in  1850.  He  took  a  lively  interest  in  ed- 
ucation— was  several  times  superintendent ;  was  the  recipient 
of  military  honors.  He  had  special  talent  as  a  presiding  offi- 
cer, and  was  often  a  moderator.  M.,  Jan.  i,  1835,  Sarah  Lou- 
isa Boynton,  of  Windsor,  Vt. 

George,  b.  Dec.  29,  1835;  d.  Nov.  13,  1841. 

Bela,  b.  Aug.  15,  1837;  was  in  the  army  under  Gen.  Banks. 

Edward,  b.  July  29,  1839;  '^^^  the  second  man  who  enlisted  for  the  war 

of  the  Rebellion  in  town ;  reenlisted  in  a  nine  months  regiment, 
.    and  again  in  the  i8th  Regt. ;  was  a  lieutenant  in  Gen.  Banks's  Red 

River  expedition  ;  travelled  in  Europe  after  the  war. 


'•'^■.:':\'::::i':::i^-::-:.: 


GENEALOGY.  479 

Jeremiah  Nettleton,  s.  of  Jeremiah  ;  went  to  Siinapee, 
where  he  died.  He  was  much  given  to  hunting  and  fishing, 
and  was  the  most  noted  hunter  of  his  day  ;  captured  Large  num- 
bers of  bears,  deer,  and  moose  ;  travelling  on  snow-shoes,  he 
was  often  obliged  to  bring  home  his  tired  dogs  in  his  arms.  lie 
was  a  deacon  in  the  Baptist  church.  M.,  April  2,  17951  Lydia, 
dau.  of  Rev.  Bial  Ledoyt. 

Love,  m.  John  Ryant,  of  Ohio. 

Lydia,  m.  Herman  Hewlett,  a  teacher  at  Columbus,  Ohio;  returned  to 
N.  H.,  and  is  now  wife  of  Dea.  Parmenas  Whitcomb. 

Hiram,  m.  Lavina  James;  went  to  Ohio.  Ch.,  Alvord,  a  general  in 
the  army. 

Sarah,  m.  and  went  to  Canada. 

Jeremiah,  m.  Susan  Bockoven,  and  went  to  Illinois. 

Roxanna,  m.  Nathan  Smith,  of  Unity. 

Perletia,  m.  Miner  Permort,  of  Plainfield. 

Harriet  B.,  a  teacher;  m.  William  Spaulding,  a  Congregational  clergy- 
man of  New  Ipswich. 

Charity  Ann,  m,  Zenas  Bowman,  of  Columbus,  Ohio. 

Loanda,  m.  Peter  Fitzgerald;  r.  in  Cheshire,  Ohio. 

Abial,  went  to  Salisbury,  where  he  d. 


Nathan  Nettleton,  s.  of  Jeremiah  ;  came  to  town  with  his 

fatiier  in  1779  ;  m.  Hannah,  dau.  of  Dea.  Nathaniel  Wheeler,  of 

Croydon  ;  was  for  a  few  years  on  the  Griffin  farm,  and  also  in 

the  village  grist-mill,  but  emigrated  to  Delaware  county,  Ohio, 

where  he  died. 

yohn,  b.  March  13.  1797;  m.  Louisa  Dobson;  r.  at  Orange,  Ohio. 
Nathan,  b.  Jan.  8,  1799;  m.  Lucy  Buell ;  r.  at  Berkshire,  Ohio. 
Delia,  b.  June  14,  1801  ;  unmarried;  r.  at  Orange,  Ohio. 
Hannah,  b.  Dec.  2,  1804;  m.  Samuel  Patterson;  r.  at  Orange,  Ohio. 
Alexcy,  b.  Feb.  22,  1807;  m.  Rev.  Eli  Frey,  of  Fallsburg,  Ohio. 
William,  b.  June  25,  1809;  m.  Lucy  Thompson;  r.  in  California. 
Abiel,  b.  Jan.  10,  181 5. 

Nathaniel,  b.  April  6,  1817;  m.  Rebecca  Fanchard;  r.  at  Orange,  Ohio. 
James  Albert,  b.  Oct.  9,  1822;  educated  at  Central  college;  is  a  clergy- 
man at  Oberlin,  Ohio;  m.  Frances  Hodges. 


Joel  Nettleton,  s.  of  Jeremiah;  b.  Feb.  6,  177S;  settled 
on  the  O.  Whipple  farm,  in  the  north-east  part  of  the  town,  but 
early  purchased  the  Newport  House,  which  he  greatly  enlarged, 
and  where  he  was  for  the  most  part  of  his  life  a  landlord  ;  was 
also  stage  proprietor.     M.,  March  5,  1S05,  Elizabeth  Dow. 

Joel  Parker,  b.  Aug.  21,  1806;  succeeded  his  father  at  the  Newport 
House  ;  d.  in  Conn.  ;  m.  Charlotte  Lyon,  of  Conn.  Ch.,  Rolon, 
Gilbert,  Therese,  Abby. 


480  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

Mary  Hendrick,  b.  April  9,  18 10;  m.  Cyrus  Walker,  of  Patoka,  111. 
Ch.,  George,  Parker,  Mary,  Henry. 

^Gilbert,  b.  March  24,  1808. 

Elizabeth^  b.  Oct.  7,  1814;  m.  Zepheniah  Hutchinson,  one  of  the  fa- 
mous singers,  and  went  to  Illinois.     Ch.,  Mary. 

Persis  D.,  b.  July  27,  1818 ;  second  wife  of  Cyrus  Walker,  who  lived  at 
Patoka,  111.     Ch.,  Lillie  N. 

\Da71iel,  b.  Feb.  6,  182 1. 

Gilbert  Nettleton,  s.  of  Joel  Nettleton  ;  b.  'March  24, 
1808  ;  in  boyhood  he  was  a  clerk  in  the  office  of  his  father  in 
the  Newport  House  ;  was  a  clerk  at  Washington  during  the 
administration  of  President  Polk,  after  which  he  removed  to 
Missouri,  where  he  remained  a  few  years  ;  he  then  went  to 
Illinois,  where  he  spent  the  remainder  of  his  life.  Married 
Julia  E.  Pratt,  a  French  lady,  belonging  to  a  wealthy  family. 

Mary  Celeste,  m.  a  Mr.  Wall,  a  prominent  man  at  Duquoin,  111. 
Emma.         Charles.         Pratt.         Valle. 


Daniel  Nettleton,  s.  of  Joel  Nettleton;  b.  Feb.  6,  1821  ; 
spent  his  minority  with  his  father  in  the  Newport  House ; 
was  twelve  years  at  Wilmot,  engaged  in  the  tanning  business, 
after  which  he  returned  to  this  town  and  purchased  the  village 
saw-mill,  where  he  remained  until  his  death,  Oct.  i,  1875- 
While  at  Wilmot  he  was  a  selectman  in  1S60-62,  and  a  repre- 
sentative from  the  same  town  in  1S65  and  1866.  After  his  re- 
turn, he  was  a  selectman  in  1S73  and  1874.  He  had  a  taste  for 
the  military,  in  which  he  was  a  colonel.  Pie  was  frank  and 
outspoken,  and  given  to  generous  hospitality.  M.,July,  1850, 
Ellen  C,  dau.  of  Jonathan  M.  Wilmarth. 

Lucy  E.,  b.  May  27,  1851;  a  leading  alto  singer. 

Fred  H.^  b.  Feb.  12,  1861 ;  a  graduate  of  the  Newport  high  school  in 
1878. 

Daniel  Nettleton,  s.  of  Jeremiah  ;  settled  on  the  C.  Chase 
farm,  but  afterwards  removed  to  Delaware  county,  Ohio  ;  m. 
Esther  Peck  ;  m.,  2d,  Rhoda  Ryant. 

Esther  /*.,  m.  David  S.  Hoadly,  of  Cheshire,  Ohio. 

Daniel,  m.  Sarah  E.  Thompson;  r.  at  Cheshire,  Ohio. 

Orsilla  R.,  m.  Jesse  Fry;  r.  in  Ohio. 

Rhoda,  m.  Shadrach  Rundell. 

Deborah  6".,  b.  April  17,  1820;  r.  in  Cheshire,  Ohio. 


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GENEALOGY.  48 1 

NEWELL. 

The  Newells  came  from  Croydon,  and  were  sons  of  Jere- 
miah, an  enterprising  farmer,  and  one  of  the  early  settlers  at 
Ryder  Corner. 

David  S.  Newell,  s.  of  Jeremiah  Newell,  of  Croydon  ;  b. 
Jan.  2,  1801  ;  d.Jan.  12,  1848;  was  a  farmer;  lived  on  the  H. 
E.  Hanson  place,  in  the  north  part  of  the   town;  m.,  Jan.  12, 
1825,  Paulina  Hurd,  dau.  of  Sainiiel  Ilurd,  Jr. 

Thankful  Af.,  b.  Oct.  3.  1827  ;  m.,  Sept.  29,  1859,  Shepherd  L.  Bow- 
ers ;  d.,  April  28,  1861  ;  had  one  child. 

Samtiel  H.,  b.  Oct.  8,  1829;  d.  Sept.  23,  1843. 

David  B.,  b.  Aug.  5,  1831;  was  killed  at  the  Norwalk  (Conn.)  railroad 
disaster,  May  6,  1853,  on  his  return  from  the  South. 

A.  Elbra,  b.  Aug.  13,    1833;  d.  March  24,  i860. 

Marion,  b.  Aug.  16,  1841  ;  a  musician;  d.  Oct.  13,  1868. 


Jeremiah  Newell,  s.  of  Jeremiah  ;  a  sheriff;  built  the  resi- 
dence now  occupied  by  Matthew  Harvey;  m.  Sarah,  dau.  of 
Andrew  Aiken,  who  d.  Aug.  15,  1842,  aged  39  years.  He  d. 
Feb.  15,  1838,  aged  35  years. 

Martha  A.,  b.  Apr.  14,  1833;  d.  y.     Sarah,  b.  Apr.  12,  1835. 
Josephine,  b.  Apr.  4,  1838;  m.  Levi  Walbridge,  a  merchant  in  Boston. 


Parker  N.  Newell,  s.  of  Jeremiah  ;  b.  Jan.  29,  1816  ;  was 
a  merchant  and  town-clerk;  m.,  Jan.  20,  1842,  Caroline  L. 
Forsaith,  a  niece  of  Josiah  Forsaith  ;  went  to  Princeton,  111., 
where  he  is  now  engaged  in  trade. 


Elizabeth  G.  Newell,  dau.  of  Jeremiah  ;  m.,  Dec.  11, 
1 83 1,  Adams  Dickey. 

NEWTON. 

Christopher  Newton,  b.  at  Groton,  Conn,,  Feb.  26,  173S  ; 
d.  Feb.  19,  1834;  came  to  this  town  about  1779,  and  settled  on 
the  farm  on  the  Unity  road,  afterwards  the  homestead  of  Eras- 
tus  Newton,  where  he  died  ;  was  a  moderator  some  nine  years, 
and  a  selectman  twice.  M.,  Feb.  26,  1766,  Mary  Giles,  of 
Groton,  b.  Nov.  12,  1745,  d.  May  14,  1821,  dau.  of  Hon.  Benj. 
Giles. 

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482  HISTORY   OF   NEWPORT. 

Martha,  b.  April  9.  1768;  m.  Aaron  Mack. 
Mary^  b.  Nov.  29,  1770;  m.  Lemuel  Church,  a  tailor. 
Margery,  b.  Nov.  2,  1772;  m.  Dea.  Jesse  Fay,  of  Alstead. 
Abigail,  b.  March  13,  1775;  m.  Rev.  Orlando  Bliss. 
^Erasius,  b.  April  4,  1777.  ^Hubbard,  b.  Jan.  i,  1780. 


Erastus  Newton,  s.  of  Christopher;  b.  April  4,  1777;  d. 
Jan.  4,  1852  ;  remained  on  the  old  homestead.  He  was  a  ma- 
jor in  the  militia.     M.,  Nov.  22,  1801,  Betsey  Beckwith. 

Christopher  G.,  b.  Jan.  15,  1803;  graduated  at  Middlebury  college; 
studied  law  at  Newport  and  at  Washington,  and,  after  practising  a 
while  at  Washington,  moved  to  Lawrence,  Mass.,  where  he  died  in 
1871  ;  m.,  June  9,  1835,  Harriet  Hubbard,  of  Washington.  Ch., 
George  A.,  Erastus  N.,  Ellen  L. 

Harry  H.,h.  Oct.  19,  1804;  m.  Angeline  Beckwith.  Ch.,  Erastus, 
Austin. 

Elizabeth,  b.  1806;  m.  Milton  Wyman,  of  Cornish.  Ch.,  Arthur, 
George,  Newton,  Frances,  Anna. 

\Erasttis,  b.  Sept.  10,  18 10. 

Louisa,  b.  Feb.  7,  1812;  m.,  Feb.  10,  1840,  Joseph  Barrett. 

^Austin,  h.  Aug.  23,  18 14. 


Erastus  Newton,  s.  of  Erastus;  b.  Sept.  10,  1810;  spent 
most  of  his  minority  in  this  town  at  farming  ;  was  graduated  at 
Schenectady,  N.  Y. ;  studied  law  in  the  office  of  Judge  Gard- 
ner, of  Geneva,  N.  Y.  ;  after  being  admitted  to  the  bar,  spent 
two  years  at  Burlington,  when  he  removed  to  Lockport,  N.  Y., 
where  he  had  a  wide  practice,  and  became  prominent  in  his 
profession,  and  where  he  died.     Married  Caroline  Zeley. 

Erastus,  graduated  at  Yale  college  in  1874. 

Austin  Newton,  s.  of  Erastus;  b.  Aug.  23,  1814;  turned 
his  attention  to  medicine,  and  studied  his  profession  with  Dr. 
David  McQuestion,  at  Washington,  and  with  Prof.  Dixi  Cros- 
by, at  Hanover;  graduated  at  the  Dart.  Med.  Coll.  in  1840, 
and  commenced  practice  at  Washington,  where  he  remained 
until  his  death.  M.,  Dec,  1844,  Julia,  dau.  of  David  McQiies- 
tion,  M.  D.,  of  Washington,  b.  April  22,  1825. 

^ David  A.,  b.  Aug.  3,  1845. 

Dixi  Crosby,  b.  Oct.  3,  1848;  d.  April   13,  1866;  a  merchant  in  New 
York. 


David  A.  Newton,  s.  of  Austin  ;  b.  Aug.  3,  1845,  at  Wash- 
ington ;  is  an  active  farmer,  and  occupies  the  Frederick  Chapin 


GENEALOGY.  483 

farm,  in  the  west  part  of  the  town.    Married  Marion  L.,  dau.  of 
T.  StiUman  Fletcher. 

Frederick  Chapin,  b.  Aug.  28,  1870. 

Mary  l\,\i.  Feb.  26,  1876.  Willie  A.,\i.  Nov.  30,  1878. 


HuJiBARD  Newton,  s.  of  Christopher  (see  Lawyers)  ;   m., 

Nov.   25,  1802,  Abigail  Lyon,  b.  July  4,  1779,  wlio  d.Jan.   21, 

1843. 

Hetirielta  J/.,  b.  April  7,  1806;  was  finely  educated  ;  d.  Sept.  3,  1876. 

^Charles  H.  E.,  b.  April  10,  1808. 

yatnes  H.,  b.  Aug.  12,  181 1  ;  d.  in  Michigan,  Jan.  2,  1847;  he  was  a 

teacher;  prepared  for  college  at  Newport  academy. 
Mary  G.,  b.  Nov.  14,  1813  ;  a  fine  singer;  d.  April  12,  1868. 
Catherine  M.,  b.  Dec.  25,  1816;  d.  June  25,  1825. 
William  F.,  b.  Nov.  23,  18 18  (see  Lawyers). 
Adelia  M.,  b.  Feb.  i,  1821. 
Arthur  W.,  b.  May  10,  1823;  d.  May  16,  1824. 


Charles  H.  E.  Newton,  s.  of  Hubbard  Newton  ;  b.  April 
10,  1S08;  was  bred  a  printer;  he  had  an  office  in  town,  and 
printed  the  J^armers'  Advocate  and  Political  Adventurer^  and 
afterwards  the  Northern  Fanner  and  Horticulturist,,  both 
edited  by  his  father;  went  to  Mobile,  Ala.,  where  he  was  en- 
gaged in  his  profession,  and  from  thence  removed  to  California  ; 
afterwards  became  a  clergyman  in  Oregon,  and  was  there  a 
presiding  elder. 

Isaac  Newton,  cousin  of  Christopher  ;  was  among  the  early 
settlers  ;  lived  on  the  M.  Hurd  farm,  on  the  Unity  road  ;  was  a 
sheriff.     Married  Hannah,  dau.  of  Hon.  Benjamin  Giles. 

Deborah,  b.  May  16,  1778.  Anttis,  b.  July  5,  1780. 

Samuel,  b.  Sept.  13,  1782.  Hannah,  b.  Aug.  13,  1784. 

Nancy,  b.  July  10,  1789.  Isaac,  b.  Feb.  10,  1792. 

John  Newton,  a  farmer  ;  a  native  of  Henniker  ;  settled  here 
in  iSio;  d.  April  3,  1S70,  aged  84  years.  Married  Lydia 
Brown,  who  d.  Aug.  6,  1S70,  aged  90  years. 

Hiram,  b.  April  11,  1808;  m.  Mary  Cheney,  who  d.  Aug.  10,  1854, 
aged  38  years;  m.,  2d,  Sally  C.  Bly;  r.  at  Sunapee.  Ch.,  Alary  ]., 
m.  Andrew  J.  Bohonan,  of  Sutton. 


Phineas  Newton,  a  grandson  of  Phineas,  who  built  the 
"stone  house"  on  the  H.Jacobs  farm  in  Croydon  ;  lived  on  the 
D.  C.  Story  place.     M.,  Sept,  24,  1S05,  Sabra  Buell. 


484  HISTORY   OF   NEWPORT. 

NICHOLS. 

Isaac  Girard  Nichols,  s.  of  Luther  and  Tryphena  Nichols, 
of  Peterborough  ;  b.  Oct.  27,  1848;  studied  dentistry  with 
Messrs.  Howe  &  Haywood,  of  Peterborough  ;  came  to  this 
town,  and  commenced  practice  in  1872.  M.,  June  12,  1871, 
Mary  Emily,  dau.  of  Daniel  Felch,  of  Greenville,  b.  April  2, 
1850. 

Nellie  Gertrude^  b.  April  16,  1873. 


Frank  T.  Nichols  is  a  horse-trainer ;  came  from  Newbury. 

NOURSE. 

The  Nourses  came  from  Acworth,  and  were  children  of 
Daniel  Nourse,  a  native  of  Westborough,  Mass.,  who  came 
to  Acworth  in  1785. 

\William,  b.  May  10,  1822. 

Nancy,  b.  Oct.  9,  1824;  m.  Joel  Hubbard;  r.  Mount  Pleasant,  Mo. 

j7<Ha  A.,  b.  Sept.  18,  1826;  m.  Samuel  H.  Edes. 

Heleti  Marr,  b.  Aug.  18,  1829;  m.  Geo.  H.  Fairbanks. 

\George  IV.,  b.  Aug.    19,  1831. 

Freeman  W.,  b.  July  7,  1838  ;  m.  Mary  Peck  ;  r.  at  Fox  Lake,  Wis. 


William  Nourse,  s.  of  Daniel  Nourse ;  b.  May  10,  1823  ; 
came  to  this  town  in  1846.  He  was  in  trade  several  years  at 
the  Fairbanks  &  Royce  store.  He  soon,  however,  turned  his 
attention  to  manufacturing,  and  was  engaged  in  the  Eagle 
Mills.  After  a  few  years'  experience  he  went  to  Pennsylvania, 
where  he  had  charge  of  a  woollen  mill,  but  shortly  returned  to 
this  town  and  purchased  the  Eagle  Mills,  and  had  there  a  suc- 
cessful business  until  the  close  of  the  war,  when  he  sold  the 
establishment  to  S.  H.  Edes  and  Amos  O.  Woodbury,  and 
retired  from  business.  Subsequently,  in  connection  with  Perley 
S.  Coffin,  he  erected  the  Granite  Mills  at  East  Newport,  to 
which  he  has  since  devoted  his  attention,  and  where  he  em- 
ploys one  hundred  hands.  [See  Granite  Mills.]  He  was 
town-clerk  in  1856  and  1857,  and  was  a  representative  in  1861 
and  1862.  Married  Ellen  M.,  dau.  of  Mason  Hatch,  m.  d.,  who 
was  b.  Sept.  19,  1832,  and  d.  February  27,  1872  ;  m.,  2d,  Jan. 
15,  1874,  Mrs.  Mary  E.Jones,  of  Wilton,  b.  May  17,  1S39. 


GENEALOGY.  485 

Mary  E.,  b.  June  13,  1856;  d.  Aug.  6,  1874. 

Eviina  L.,  b.  Nov.  6,  i860.  Marcia  B.,  b.  Oct.  12,  1864. 

Willie  //.,  b.  April  20,  1S67.  Elizabeth,  b.  May  16,  1875. 

George  W.  Nourse,  son  of  Daniel  Nourse ;  b.  Aug. 
19,  1S31  ;  came  to  this  town  in  1859,  and  went  into  trade 
with  his  brother  William.  The  previous  seven  years  of  his  life 
were  spent  in  mining  operations  in  California.  He  has  been  an 
active  politician.  He  was  town-clerk  in  1S63  and  1864,  was 
first  selectman  eight  years,  from  1865  to  1872,  was  moderator 
from  1868  to  1S72,  and  has  been  post-master  twelve  years.  M., 
May  2,  1S61,  Juliette  E.  Woodward,  b.  May  2,  1842. 

Grade  L.,  b.  June  12,  1S65. 

NOYES. 

Cutting  Noyes,  s.  of  Isaac,  and  in  the  fifth  generation  a  de- 
scendant of  Nicholas  Noyes,  who  came  from  Wiltshire,  Eng., 
to  Newbury,  Mass.,  in  163S  ;  was  b,  in  Newbury,  JSIass.,  June 
2,  1745  ;  came  to  this  town  from  Boscawen  in  1794.  Wliile  at 
B.  he  was  a  selectman  some  five  years,  and  was  an  efticient 
deacon  of  the  church.  He  lived  on  East  mountain.  jSIarricd 
Molly  Burbank. 

Isaac,  b.  Aug.  15,  1772;  m.  Pamelia  Bascom  ;  m.,  2d,  Martha  Smith; 
went  to  Maine. 

^ Moses,  b.  Dec.  21,  1774. 

Sarah,  b.  Oct.  8,  1776;  m.  Chalker  Buell. 

^Sa?nuel  Muzzey,  b.  Aug.  21,  1778. 

Judith,  b.  March  16,  1780;  d.  unmarried. 

Dorcas,  b.  Feb.  17,  1782;  m.  John  Hurd. 

Amos,  b.  Dec.  19,  1783;  lived  on  the  R.  Cutts  farm;  m.  Aseneth  Bas- 
com. 

Enoch,  b.  Nov.  16,  1785;  m.  Mehitable  Muzzey.  They  adopted  Amos, 
son  of  Benj.,  who  m.  Jane  West,  of  Claremont.  Ch.  of  Amos, — Ed- 
win, Abby. 

Benjainin,  b.  June  9,  1787;  a  blacksmith;  lived  at  the  Granite  Mills; 
m.  Mehitable  Flanders. 

Abigail,  b.  Jan.  20,  1793;  m.  Nathan  Wilmarth;  m.,  2d,  Darius  Hall; 
m.,  3d,  Benj.  Gunnison. 


Moses  Noyes,  s.  of  Dea.  Cutting  Noyes ;  b.  Dec.  21,  1774 ; 
lived  on  the  D.  Hutchinson  farm  ;  m.,July  10,  1S03,  Lucy  Wil- 
cox, b.  April  21,  1779. 

Judith,  b.  July  27,  1804.  John  J/.,  b.  Feb.  28,  1806. 

Walter  H.,  b.  Sept.  21,  1810.         Lucy  C,  b.  Aug.  27,  1813. 


486  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

Samuel  Noyes,  a  brick-mason  ;  s.  of  Dea.  Cutting  Noyes ; 
lived  on  the  C.  C.  Winter  place,  in  the  south  part  of  the  vil- 
lage ;  was  fond  of  good-natured  jokes.  While  building  the 
Congregational  church,  which  originally  had  a  very  large  orna- 
mental window  at  the  rear  of  the  pulpit,  the  pastor,  Rev.  Mr. 
Wheelock,  remarked  that  it  seemed  very  large  ;  whereupon  Mr. 
Noyes,  looking  on  the  assembled  crowd,  with  a  knowing  wink, 
retorted, — "  Pretty  much  all  the  light  we  get  from  the  pulpit 
we  expect  will  come  through  that  window."  He  m.,  Sept.  30, 
1804,  June  Buell,  b.  April  25,  1778. 

Adaline,  b.  June  16,  1805.  Cynthia  M.,  b.  Feb.  20,  1807. 

Elial  C,  b.  May  18,  1809.  Abijah  C,  b.  Dec.  31,  1810. 

Barber  G.,  b.  Dec.  20,  1812. 


Isaac  Noyes,  b.  June,   1763,  at  Goffstown  ;  came  here  in 
1786;  m.,  Sept.  12,  i784,Phebe  Goodwin,  of  Concord,  b.  Oct. 

24,  1765. 

James,  b.  July  ii,  1785.  Elijah,  b.  Nov.  13,  1786. 

Daniel,  b.  Dec.  6,  1788. 


Chase  Noyes,  s.  of  Tristram  ;  b.  Feb.  8,  1792;  a  shoe- 
maker ;  came  from  Boscawen.  He  was  Free  Soil  candidate 
for  road  commissioner  in  1851.  Married  Nancy  Kempton,  of 
Croydon.     He  d.  May,  1862. 

Esther.         William.         Silas  E. 

Harriet  N.,  m.  Ichabod  Hitchcock,  of  Claremont. 

Merriatn  E.  Henry.  Baron  Stow,  m.  Anna  Stone. 

Attn  Jane,  m.  Ira  P.  Kempton. 


Tristram  Noyes,  b.  Oct.  17,  17S5  ;  m.,  Nov.  29,  1807, 
Thankful  Hurd  ;  went  West. 

Caroline,  b.  Aug.  22,  1808. 

NUTTING. 

Joseph  Nutting,  a  cabinet-maker ;  came  from  Massachu- 
setts, and,  in  connection  with  a  Mr.  Buxton^  manufactured  a 
large  number  of  bedsteads  for  the  Boston  market.  Married 
Caroline  L.  Reed.     He  d.  Feb.  8,  1858,  aged  47  years. 

Louisa,  was  for  several  years  the  leading  milliner  in  town;  m.  Warren 
Fellows,  a  merchant  in  Boston  ;  ch.,  Warren. 


GENEALOGY. 


487 


William  Henry,  was  bred  a  merchant  in  the  store  of  Mudget  &  Higbee, 
and  was  for  a  while  cleriv  in  the  Sugar  River  Bank,  after  which  he 
went  to  Boston,  and  engaged  in  mercantile  business,  where  he  had 
a  successful  trade  until  his  early  death. 

OSGOOD. 

William  Osgood  came  from  Massachusetts  to  Claremont, 
and  from  thence  to  this  place  ;  settled  in  the  west  part  of  the 
town.     Married  Priscilla  Stone. 


Susannah. 

James,  m.  Sophia  Young. 
Priscilla,  m.  James  Baker. 
Lydia,  m.  Phineas  Chapin. 


William,  m.  Susan  Fields. 
^Lemuel,  b.  Jan.  31,  1789. 
Matthias,  m.  Alniira  Fields. 


Lemuel  Osgood,  s.  of  William  Osgood;  b. Jan.  31,  1789; 

r.  in  the  west  part  of  the  town,  where  he  has  been  a  prosperous 

farmer.     Married  Hannah  Baker ;  m.,  2d,  Hannah  Spaulding. 

Hannah,  b.  Feb.  I,  1816;  m.  Bigsby  Johnson.     Ch.,  Edward. 
Oren,  b.  June  22,  1818  ;  a  farmer;  occupies  the  homestead  ;  was  a  rep- 
resentative in  1S70  and  1871. 
Lucy,  b.  Oct.  25,  1823. 


Robert  C  Osgood,  an  insurance  agent;  b.  Nov.  16,  1821, 
at  Salem,  Mass.  ;  came  to  this  town  from  Concord  in  1871. 
Married  Ellen  A.  Gibson,  of  Francestown,  dau.  of  the  popular 
landlord  at  that  place,  and  afterwards  of  the  Eagle  hotel.  Con- 
cord. 


Elizabeth  6".,  b.  Feb.  4,  1848. 
Charles  F.,h.  July  2,  185 1. 
Herbert  S.,  b.  June  22,  i860. 


Eugene  R.,h.  April  22,  1850. 
Nathaniel,  b.  March  29,  1857. 


OSMER. 


Nathan  R.  Osmer  came  from  Sharon,  Vt.,  in  1861  ;  lived 
at  Kelleyville  ;  was  killed  at  the  battle  of  Gettysburg.  Married 
Parmelia  R.  Burnham.      Ch.,  William  C,  George  R. 

PAGE. 

John  Page,  b.  Dec.  25,  1800,  at  Salem  ;  came  here  from 
New  London  in  the  fall  of  1850,  and  settled  in  the  south  part  of 
the  town,  where  he  was  an  enterprising  and  prosperous  farmer 
until   his  death,  which  occurred  Feb.  25,  1S59.     -^m  Dec.  30, 


488  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

1823,  Mariam  Sargent,  who  d.  Oct.  5,  1841  ;  m.,  2d,  Mar.  28, 
1843,  Lucy  Jewett. 

Harriet  N.,  m.  J.  M.  Jewett,  of  New  London. 

\Anthofiy  S.,\i.  Sept.  17,  1826.        Susan  F. 

Rosaline  G.,  m.  Chas.  P.  Everett.     John  G.,  m.  Mary  Butterfield. 

Emily,  m.  Rial  Hurd.  James  E.,  m.  Catherine  Morey. 

Delina  M.,  m.  a  Mr.  Tiiompson. 

Maroa  H.,  b.  March  20,  1844;  m.,  Oct.  28,  1861,  Daniel  W.  Howe;  r. 

at  Marlow. 
George  B.,  b.  Sept.   23,  1845;  m.,  June   12,    1873,  Julia  A.  Mead,  of 

Corinth,  Vt. 
Alice  J.,  b.  Nov.  23,  1847;  m.,  Jan.   27,  1869,   Arvin  S.   Roundy,  of 

Unity. 
Mary  E.,  b.  June  17,  1850;  m.  Aug.  30,  1873,  Elbridge  N.  Howe;  r.  at 

Marlow. 


Anthony  S.  Page,  s.  of  John  Page  ;  b.  Sept.  17,  1826  ;  lived 
for  several  years  at  the  homestead  on  the  Goshen  road  ;  is  a 
prosperous  farmer  ;  now  r.  on  the  O.  Whitney  farm  on  Thatch- 
er hill.     M.,  March  18,  1851,  Roxana  Cross,  b.  Sept.  23,  1S32. 

Orison   l-V.,  b.  May  15,   1852 ;  m.,  Sept.  5,  1877,  Jael  M.  Fletcher,  of 

Cornish. 
John  M.,  b.  May  25,  1855. 


Nathaniel  O.  Page,  a  rake  manufacturer  ;  b.  Feb.  23,  1807, 
at  Wentworth  ;  came  here  when  nine  years  of  age  ;  was  a 
selectman  in  1844.  He  is  public  spirited,  takes  a  lively  inter- 
est in  the  cause  of  education,  and  was  one  of  the  founders  of 
the  M.  E.  church  in  this  town.  He  belonged  to  a  patriotic  or 
fighting  family  ; — his  grandfather  was  killed  at  Bunker  Hill ;  his 
father  died  at  Plattsburg,  in  the  War  of  181 2  ;  his  brother  was 
in  the  Florida  war ;  and  he  had  two  sons  and  one  son-in-law  in 
the  Union  army.  M.,  April  27, 1829,  Louisa  Booth,  of  Enfield, 
b.  Sept.  5,  1805. 

^William  IV.,  b.  Feb.  24,  1831. 

Harriet  E.,  b.  Feb.  4,  1833;  m.,  June  29,  1853,  Jonathan  Crowell. 

^John  M.,  b.  March,  4,  1835. 

Hannah  Z.,  b.  Sept.  25,  1840;  m.,  Jan.  9,  1861,  Samuel  M.  Rockwell. 


William  W.  Page,  s.  of  Nathaniel  O.  Page ;  b.  Feb.  24, 
1 83 1  ;  was  first  sergeant  in  Co.  I,  14th  Regt.,  during  the  civil 
war,  and  died  in  the  service.  M.,  June  25,  1851.  Harriet  A., 
dau.  of  Erastus  Huntoon. 


GENEALOGY,  489 

Rosa  L.,  b.  July  4,  1853;  m.,  Nov.  28,  1871,  Ira  W.  Hillard,  a  carpen- 
ter; r.  at  Lanfjdon. 
Artfmr  L.,  b.  April  18,  1859;  a  carriage-painter  at  Lebanon. 


John  M.  Page,  s.  of  Nathaniel  O.  Page  ;  b.  Nov.  4,  1835  ;  a 
rake-maker  at  Northville  ;  in.,  July  iS,  1S59,  Mary  J.  Stock- 
well,  b.  Oct.  3,  1841. 

Ida  L.,  b.  Dec.  4,  i860.  Elmer  F.,  b.  Oct.  30.  1861. 

William  W.,  b.  Nov.  26.  1864.        Cora  Z.,  b.  Jan.  9,  1866. 
Stella  v.,  b.  Jan.  29,  1868.  Bertha  M.,  b.  Jan.  5,  1872. 

Charles  E.,  b.  Sept.  10,  1874;  d.  young. 

PARKER. 

Oliver  Parker,  s.  of  Jonas  Parker,  of  Goshen  ;  b.  Oct.  22, 
1835  ;  came  to  this  town  in  1863,  and  settled  on  the  M.  Gove 
farm,  in  the  south-east  part  of  the  town  ;  m.,  Oct.  i,  1857,  ^^' 
len  C,  dau.  of  Uriah  Sawyer. 

Marilla  Z.,  b.  March  5,  1861.        Arthur  C,  b.  Feb.  18,  1866. 


Stephen  Parker,  a  carpenter  ;  came  from  New  Boston  ;  d. 
in  1852,  aged  60  years.  He  was  a  representative  in  1847,  ^"*^ 
was  one  of  the  originators  and  proprietors  of  the  Indepe?ident 
Democrat.     Married  Betsey  Millen. 

Stephen  C,  m.  Angeline  Lockwood,  and  went  to  Vermont. 

Henry,  went  West. 

David,  m.  Diantha  Wilcox.  Alfred,  m.  Emma  J.  Wilcox. 

Charles,  m.  a  Miss  Powers,  of  Croydon. 

Mary,  m.  Elijah  George. 

PARKHURST. 

Ebenezer  N.  Parkhurst,  a  farmer;  b.  Feb.  11,  1822; 
came  from  Lowell,  Mass.,  in  1874,  and  settled  on  the  F.  Dud- 
ley farm  ;  m.  Paulina  Breed. 

George  N'.,  b.  Nov.  9,  1856.  Mira  E.,  b.  Feb.  6,  1859. 

PARTRIDGE. 

Sylvester  Partridge,  a  merchant ;  was  for  some  time  con- 
nected with  Col.  Wm.  Cheney  in  trade  in  this  town.  He  had 
an  active  temperament ;  was  a  member  of  the  Baptist  church, 
and  a  devoted  Christian.  He  was  also  a  prominent  member  of 
the  Masonic  fraternity.     He  removed  to  Potsdam,  N.  Y.,  where 


490  HISTORY   OF    NEWPORT. 

he  became  a  deacon,  and  where  he  died.     He  m.  Judith  H. 
Stow,  a  sister  of  the  Rev.  Baron  Stow,  d.  d.,  of  Boston. 


Charles  S.  Partridge  is  a  joiner,  and  a  leading  singer ; 
came  from  Cro3'don  in   i86S  ;  m.  Mary  E.   Goodwin  ;  m.,  2d, 
Clara  M.  Shepherd,  of  Concord  ;  m.,  3d,  Aug.  27,  1878,  Emma 
H.,  dau.  of  Samuel  C.  Baldwin. 
Ellen  G.,  b.  Aug.  18,  1870.  Carl  S.,  b.  Aug.  26,  1874. 

Daniel  F.  Patch,  a  shoe-trader  and  manufacturer ;  b.  at 
Wakefield,  Mass.,  March  2,  1S25  ;  came  to  this  town  in  1841  ; 
m.  Sarah  F.  Hopkins,  of  Francestown ;  m.,  2d,  Sirena  P. 
Thompson,  of  Newburyport,  Mass. ;  m.,  3d,  Margarette  P. 
Buell. 
Willie  E.,  Aug.  25,  1852. 

PARMELEE. 

BY  JOSEPH    WARREN    PARMELEE. 

With  the  first  party  of  settlers  from  the  old  colony  of  Con- 
necticut, that  one  day  in  the  pleasant  month  of  June,  in  the 
year  of  our  Lord  1766,  made  their  camp  in  the  woods  on  a  rise 
of  land  overlooking  the  valley  of  Sugar  river,  and  who  had 
come  to  occupy  lands  in  the  township  of  Newport  in  the 
then  royal  province  of  New  Hampshire,  came  Ezra  Parmelee, 
then  in  the  twenty-first  year  of  his  age.  He  was  a  descendant, 
in  the  fifth  generation,  from  John  Parmelee,  who  came  to  this 
country,  as  we  are  informed  in  the  old  colonial  chronicles,  in 
the  good  ship  "Elizabeth  and  Ann,"  Roger  Cooper,  master, 
from  London,  Eng.,  in  the  year  1635,  and  settled  in  Guilford, 
Conn.  The  family  were  afterwards  at  New  Haven,  Killing- 
worth,  and  other  places  in  Connecticut ;  and  in  their  genera- 
tions bore  an  active  part  in  fighting  the  savages,  clearing  the 
lands,  and  otherwise  establishing  the  foundations  of  our  New 
England  civilization  and  culture. 

Ezra   Parmelee  was    the  third   son   and  fourth   child    of 
Ezra  and  Jemima  (Bushnell)  Parmelee,*  and  was  b.  Aug.  25, 

*  Ezra  Parmelee  and  Jemima  Bushnell  were  m.  Feb.  lo,  1737.     Their  children  were  as  fol- 
lows :  Daniel,  b.  June  22,  1739 ;  Jerusha,  b.  May   23,  1741  ;  Samuel,  b.  April  6,  1743 ;  Ezra, 
b.  Aug.  25,  1745;  Oliver,  b.  March  19,  1747;  Jemima,  b.  Aug.  8,  1750;  Elias,  b.  March  29, 
1752  ;  Hial,  b.  Jan.  23,  1755. 


GENEALOGY.  491 

1745.  He  grew  up  to  manliood  at  tlie  homestead  of  the  family 
in  Killingworth,  participating  in  the  hibors  of  the  farm,  and  en- 
joying sucli  means  of  education  as  the  phice  and  period  aHbrd- 
ed.  lie  was  approaching  tiiat  interesting  period  in  the  life  of 
a  young  man,  when  he  goes  forth  from  his  father's  house  and 
control  to  assume  the  duties  and  responsibilities  of  citizenship 
on  his  own  account.  In  view  of  this  important  event,  the 
father  had  acquired  the  lands  in  Newport,  as  has  been  described 
on  other  pages  of  this  book,  that  were  to  be  the  heritage  of  the 
son. 

In  the  original  surveys  of  tlie  valley  of  Newport,  tracts  or 
parcels  of  land  were  laid  out,  extending  from  the  high  lands  on 
either  side,  across  the  intervale,  in  such  manner  as  to  aflurd  each 
proprietor  a  variety  of  soils  in  upland  and  meadow,  and  also  in 
timber  and  woodland.  The  Parmelee  lot  answering  to  this 
general  description  was  located  on  the  Goshen  Branch  of  Sugar 
river,  about  a  mile  south  of  the  four-corners  at  the  foot  of  Clare- 
mont  hill ;  and  it  was  here  that  our  young  settler,  axe  in  hand, 
commenced  the  work  entrusted  to  his  care. 

In  course  of  time  the  party  of  eight  left  their  first  encamp- 
ment, and  each  one  established  himself  on  his  own  lot.  Mr. 
Parmelee  made  his  camp  on  the  margin  of  the  river,  opposite 
the  residence  of  the  late  Isaac  Grifiin.  Its  site  was  for  many 
years  marked  by  an  apple-tree  that  he  planted,  but  the  freshets 
in  later  years  have  dislodged  the  tree,  and  so  reconstructed  the 
bank  of  the  stream  as  to  change  all  the  original  features  of  the 
place. 

In  this  camp  life  he  was  necessarily  his  own  caterer  and 
cook.  His  larder  was  supplied  with  salt  pork,  Indian  meal, 
salt,  and  other  small  necessaries  brought  from  Nutnber  JFonry 
tlie  nearest  market.  The  woods  abounded  with  game,  and  the 
river  and  brook  with  the  speckled  trout,  which  were  available 
at  nearly  all  times.  The  meal  was  mixed  with  water,  and 
baked  on  trenchers  of  birch  bark  set  up  before  his  camp-fire  ; 
the  pork  was  fried  in  a  skillet,  and  the  unctuous  fat  was  relish- 
ed upon  the  imleavened  bread. 

His  bedstead  might  have  attracted  attention  as  a  piece  of 
chamber  furniture,  as  it  was  a  half  section  cut  from  a  large 
hollow  tree,  the  inside  smoothed  out  and    set  up  like  a  trough, 


492  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

and  upholstered  with  dry  leaves,  over  whicli  he  spread  his 
blankets, — but  it  met  all  the  conditions  necessary  for  repose. 
"  Sweet  sleep,"  says  Horace,  ''despises  not  the  cottage  of  the 
countryman,"  and  we  doubt  not  it  visited  the  incumbent  of  the 
hollow  log,  after  a  day  of  toil. 

In  course  of  time  one  Ephraim  Towner  came  to  share  with 
him  his  cabin,  and  was  his  helper  in  his  labors  in  the  field. 
Don  Qiiixote  had  his  Sancho  Panza,  and  Capt.  Parmelee  had 
his  Towner, — but  the  intended  brevity  of  this  sketch  will  not 
admit  of  extended  details.  The  party  wrought  industriously 
through  the  summer  and  fall,  and  on  the  approach  of  cold 
weather  packed  up  and  went  back  to  Connecticut  to  spend  the 
winter  with  their  friends.  They  returned  in  the  spring  of  1767 
to  find  that  the  wild  beasts  had  almost  entirely  destroyed  the 
crops  of  winter  grain  they  had  planted  ;  but,  undismayed,  they 
prosecuted  their  labors  through  the  years  1767  and  1768,  Mr. 
Parmelee  returning  each  winter  to  Killingworth, — and  we  think 
this  was  the  course  pursued  by  the  other  settlers  at  first.  Dur- 
ing these  three  years  he  had  made  good  progress  in  opening 
up  his  farm,  and  we  are  now  prepared  to  announce  the  next 
step  taken  in  the  progress  of  events. 

In  the  neighborhood  of  the  Parmelees  in  Killingworth,  resid- 
ed the  Hill  family.  James  Hill  and  Hannah  Nettleton  were 
married  April  26,  1744.  They  were  people  in  good  circum- 
stances, and  surrounded  at  this  time  with  a  promising  family  of 
children,  the  eldest  of  whom,  Sibyl,  was  born  Oct.  10,  1746. 
She  was  now  about  twenty-two  years  of  age,  and  the  witchery 
of  her  name,  or  charms,  had  ensnared  the  heart  of  our  young 
backwoodsman.  They  had  grown  up  in  the  same  society,  at-  ■ 
tended  the  same  school,  heard  the  same  preaching,  and  together 
they  thought  they  might  journey,  not  only  to  New  Hampshire, 
but  through  life,  and  the  time  was  at  hand  when  they  might 
give  expression  to  their  mutual  aflection  at  the  altar.  We  ac- 
cordingly give  place  to  the  following  record,  copied  from  the 
old  church  register  at  Killingworth  : 

"On  the  ist  day  of  May,  1769,  Ezra  Parmelee  and  Sibyl 
Hill,  daughter  of  James  and  Hannah  Hill,  were  joined  in  the 
marriage  covenant  by  Rev.  William  Seward,  pastor  of  the  sec- 
ond church  of  Christ  in  Killingworth." 


GENEALOGY.  493 

Shortly  after  this  event,  leaving  Sibyl  at  her  father's,  Mr. 
Pannelce  came  back  to  the  settlement  at  Newport,  making  the 
trip  tliis  time  with  oxen,  the  cart  being  laden  witli  furniture  and 
house-keeping  articles,  which,  witli  a  heifer  that  was  driven 
along  with  the  team,  comprised  the  wife's  marriage  portion,  or 
"  setting  out." 

Accomplishing  this  somewhat  tedious  trip,  he  commenced 
with  renewed  energy  to  prepare  a  home  for  his  bride,  who  was 
to  come  up  later  in  the  season.     He  built  a  framed   house,  ac- 
complishing the  work  mostly  with    his  own  hands.      It  was  lo- 
cated on  high   land   west  of  the  present  Unity  road,  and  near  a 
small  stream  of  water  known  as  Potash  brook.    The  house  was 
of  one  story,  and  necessarily  a  homely  structure  in  every  sense 
of  the  word,  compared  with   our  modern  dwellings.     Having 
good  mechanical  ability,  he  also  made  homespun  chairs,  tables, 
and  other  articles  for  domestic  use,  which,  with  those  brought 
up  on  the  cart,  furnished  the  new  habitation  quite  comfortably. 
Thus  alternating  in  the  labors  of  the  field  and  the  building,  the 
time  sped  away.     The  autumn  came,  and  with  it  the  arrival  of 
Ezra  Parmelee,  senior,  with   Sib3'l,  according  to  arrangement. 
They  made  the  journey  from   Connecticut  on   horseback,  she 
riding  behind  him  on  a  pillion.     The  distance   travelled  was 
about  i8o  miles.     There  were  but  few  women   in   the   settle- 
ment at  this  time,  and  of  course  the  arrival  of  Mrs.  Parmelee 
was  an  event   of  great   interest  and  joy.     The  greetings  of  the 
neighbors  were  most   cordial,  to   say  nothing  of  the  expectant 
husband,  and  the  house-warming  that  followed  was  among  the 
events  of  the  twelve-month.     The  Parmelee  family  were  thus 
established  in  Newport. 

The  children  of  Ezra  and  Sibyl  Hill  Parmelee  were  as  fol- 
lows : 

Rhoda,  b.  Nov.  i,  1770. 

Jemima,  b.  Feb.  25,  17S3  ;  d.  Nov.  19,  1865. 

Ezra,  b.  Jan.  7,  1776;  d.  July  16,  179S. 

John,  b.  Oct.  iS,  177S;  d.  Oct.  31,  1S39. 

Sibyl,  b.  Oct.  31,  17S0;  d.  May  2,  1S04. 

James  Hill,  b.  May  15,  17S3  ;  d.  April  6,  1S72. 

Pamela,  b.  April  9,  17S6;  d.  April  7,  1S74. 

Candace,  b.  April  7,  1793  ;  d.  Nov.  27,  1828. 


494  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

It  will  be  observed  from  the  foregoing  record,  that  the  chil- 
dren of  Ezra  and  Sibj'l  were  born  in  the  twenty-four  years  from 
1770  to  1793.  This  also  covers  the  Revolutionary  period  of  our 
covmtry.  Bunker  Hill,  Saratoga,  and  Yorktown  had  gone  into 
history,  and  the  great  American  republic  had  been  added  to 
the  family  of  nations. 

In  regard  to  the  political  sentiments  of  Capt.  Parmelee  dur- 
ing this  crisis,  it  is  proper  to  state,  in  this  connection,  that  he 
was  an  ardent  supporter  of  the  patriot  cause,  but  unable  to  ren- 
der much  personal  service  on  account  of  the  claims  of  his  young 
and  helpless  fiimily,  who  in  this  new  country  and  rigorous  cli- 
mate were  entirely  dependent  upon  him  for  protection  and  sup- 
port. He  was,  however,  out  on  some  raid  as  captain  of  volun- 
teers, which  accounts  for  the  title  of  captain,  which  was  award- 
ed him  in  his  later  years;  and  on  one  occasion  he  gave  his 
best  yoke  of  cattle  to  hire  a  soldier  to  serve  for  a  time  in  the 
continental  army. 

With  the  years  1771  and  1772,  the  aflairs  of  the  settlement  of 
Newport  began  to  assume  a  more  prosperous  condition.  Ad- 
ditional settlers  had  come  in,  increasing  the  capital  and  pro- 
ductive industry  of  the  community.  The  seasons  had  been 
propitious,  and  the  labors  of  the  husbandmen  had  been  re- 
warded with  harvests  that  promised  an  abundant  supply  of 
bread.  The  increase  in  the  number  of  domestic  animals  was 
such  as  to  insure  meat.  There  was  henceforth  no  occasion  for 
going  abroad  for  the  common  necessaries  of  life,  the  home  sup- 
ply for  man  and  beast  being  equal  to  any  reasonable  demands. 
Thus  the  industry  and  energy  of  a  few  stalwart  men,  had,  in  the 
five  or  six  years  they  had  wrought,  changed  a  portion,  at  least, 
of  the  howling  wilderness  to  which  they  first  came  into  fruit- 
ful fields,  and  they  had  achieved  for  themselves  an  independent 
and  prosperous  condition. 

Conspicuous  in  this  progress  was  Ezra  Parmelee.  In  the 
early  prime  of  life,  his  well-knit  frame  and  vigorous  constitu- 
tion were  fully  equal  to  the  honest  toil  in  which  he  engaged. 
In  the  clearing  or  in  the  field,  around  the  camp-fire  on  the 
hunting  excursion,  or  in  the  social  circle  at  home,  his  genial  dis- 
position and  good-fellowship  were  recognized  and  appreciated. 
Domestic  in  his  tastes  and  habits,  instead  of  lounging  in  public 


GENEALOGY.  495 

places  and  lobbying  for  office  or  preferment,  his  leisure  hours 
were  spent  with  his  family,  lie  im[)roved  his  homestead  and 
estate,  and  in  the  course  (jf  a  few  years  came  to  be  what  was 
considered  in  those  days  as  forehanded,  or  in  good  circum- 
stances, and  able  to  dispense  a  generous  hospitality  to  friends 
and  strangers  visiting  the  town. 

In  this  connection  the  good  wife  and  mother  claims  our  par- 
ticular consideration.  She  was  the  presiding  genius  of  a  well- 
ordered  household.  In  addition  to  the  ordinary  domestic, 
every-day  work,  she  spun  tlie  wool  and  the  flax,  and  wove  the 
cloth,  and  fashioned  and  made  garments  for  her  childien  and 
husband.  Her  heart  was  full  of  sympathy  as  her  hands  were 
full  of  work,  and  she  ministered  to  the  necessities  of  her  less 
prosperous  neighbors, — those  whom  poverty  and  vicissitude 
and  sickness  had  overtaken, — giving  not  only  sympathv,  but 
bread  and  garments  and  help.  In  this  old  representative  fami- 
ly of  New  England  we  may  find  the  true  elements  of  happiness 
and  prosperity, — industry  and  energy  on  the  form,  and  assiduity 
and  frugality  in  the  household. 

A  well-spread  board,  a  cheerful  hearth-stone,  the  large,  old- 
fashioned  blazing  fire,  surrounded  by  happy  faces  and  lovino- 
hearts,  enjoying  the  games  and  frolics  of  childhood  and  youth, 
— here  is  the  fountain-head  of  that  love  for  the  old  home  that 
wells  up  in  all  hearts,  and  is  with  us  in  all  the  sterile  ways 
through  which  we  may  pass  to  the  last  day's  journey  of  this 
mortal  life. 

On  the  farm  adjoining  that  of  Capt.  Parmelee,  on  the  north, 
lived  Dea.  Josiah  Stevens,  father  of  the  late  Maj.  Josiah  Stev- 
ens. He  had  built  a  large,  and  at  that  time  somewhat  expen- 
sive, house  on  his  place.     The   style  of  architecture   adopted 

was,  we  think,  peculiar  to  the  colonial  era  of  New  England, 

the  front  elevation  being  of  two  stories,  surmounted  with  a  short 
roof,  and  the  rear  sloping  back  from  the  ridgepole  with  a  lono- 
roof  to  one  story  in  height.  He  had  occupied  his  new  house 
but  a  short  time,  when  adverse  circumstances  made  it  necessary 
for  him  to  change  his  plans  of  living,  and  he  sold  his  place  to 
Capt.  Parmelee.  The  Parmelees  were  at  this  time  wantino- 
more  spacious  accommodations  for  their  growing  familv  ;  and 
the  Stevens  dwelling  and  broad  acres  were  a  verv  tlesirable 


4g6  HISTORY   OF   NEWPORT. 

acquisition.  It  was  in  the  autumn  of  i793  that  they  took  posses- 
sion of  the  new  place.  The  old  house  on  the  hill,  in  which  all 
the  children  were  born,  and  which  had  sheltered  the  family  for 
nearly  a  quarter  of  a  century,  was  moved  down  and  attached 
to  the  new  establishment,  to  give  additional  room  for  domestic 
uses.  This  composite  structure  remained  the  homestead  of  the 
family  for  the  next  forty-five  years,  or  until  1838,  and  still  re- 
tains its  identity  (1S77)  in  the  possession  of  S.  A.  Tenney. 
The  new  residence  was  improved  in  every  possible  manner: 
along  in  front,  on  the  highway,  erect  and  graceful  as  grenadiers, 
stood  a  file  of  Lombardy  poplars  ;  the  dooryard  was  fenced  oft', 
and  planted  with  flowers  and  shrubbery  ;  the  orchard  and  gar- 
den were  conveniently  located  in  the  rear ;  and  from  the  base 
of  an  adjacent  ledge,  down  thi"ough  the  orchard,  came  in  an 
aqueduct  the  cool  water  from  an  unfailing  spring,  to  supply 
the  house,  and  the  barns  and  out-buildings  on  the  opposite  side 
of  the  street ; — and  all  about  were  the  evidences  of  thrift  and 
husbandry. 

The  Parmelees  were  adherents  or  members  of  the  Congrega- 
tional church  from  the  first,  and  friends  of  Rev.  John  Remele, 
Rev.  Abijah  Wines,  and  Rev.  James  R.  Wheelock,  their  pas- 
tors during  a  series  of  years,  and  whom  they  supported  and 
aided  in  word  and  deed. 

Ezra  and  Sibyl  Hill  Parmelee  lived  to  great  age.  Their  days 
were  spent  in  mutual  confidence,  aid,  and  comfort,  the  one  for 
the  other  ;  and,  living  in  their  pleasant  home,  surrounded  by 
children  and  friends,  they  descended  into  the  vale  of  years,  pass- 
ing far  beyond  the  allotted  three-score  years  and  ten  of  human 
life,  until,  with  bended  forms  and  whitened  locks,  they  stood 
upon  the  outer  margin  of  almost  an  entire  century  ; — and  so 
they  passed  away. 

Ezra  Parmelee  died  Jan.  18,  1838,  aged  92  years,  4  months, 
23  days  ;  Sibyl  Hill  Parmelee  died  April  6,  1838,  aged  92  years, 
5  months,  26  days.  Their  remains  rest  in  the  old  burial-ground, 
with  some  of  their  children  and  many  of  their  contemporaries 
near  them. 

Dark  shadows  have  crossed  the  picture  we  have  presented  in 
the  preceding  sketch.  This  life  is  not  a  scene  of  unalloyed  hap- 
piness, by  any  means  ; — there  are  tibials  and  conflicts  ;  and  to  us 


GENEALOGY.  497 

the  heavens  are  oftentimes  hung  with  black.  While  to  the  Par- 
melees,  during  these  many  years,  came  prosperity  and  social 
position,  there  came,  also,  the  chilling  hand  of  death  ;  and  two 
of  their  beloved  children, — a  son  and  a  daughter  in  the  very 
prime  of  life, — were  taken  from  them.  We  will  take  the  reader 
to  their  grassy  graves  in  the  old  burial-ground,  and  read  from 
those  ancient  tablets  their  "short  and  simple  annals,"  with  the 
quaint  epitaphs,  w'hich  savor  of  the^lden  time,  and  which  we 
wish  to  preserve  on  these  pages : 

"In  memory  of  Ezra  f  armelee,  Jr.,  born  Jan.  7,  1776.  Died 
July  16, 1798,  in  the  23  year  of  his  age. 

"  Beneath  this  stone  Death's  prisoner  lies. 
The  stone  will  move,  the  prisoner  rise. 
When  Jesus,  with  almighty  word, 
Calls  on  the  dead  to  meet  the  Lord." 

"In  memory  of  Sibyl,  daughter  of  Ezra  and  Sibyl  Hill  Par- 
melee.  Born  Oct.  31,  17S0.  Died  May  2d,  1804,  in  the  24th 
year  of  her  age. 

"  Beneath  this  stone  there  lies  a  mold, 
A  precious  coin  more  worth  than  gold. 
She  in  bloom  in  death  declined. 
In  hopes  a  better  world  to  find." 

Rhoda,  b.  Nov.  i,  1770;  m.  Rev.  Siloam  Short,  of  Plainfield.  Ch., 
Rhoda,  m.  Rev.  Abram  Marsh,  of  Tolland,  Conn.;  ni.,  2d,  Azariah 
Faxon,  of  Washington;  ch.,  Dorcas,  b.  1809,  m.  Calvin  Wilcox; 
Mary,  b.  18 13,  m.  Martin  B.  Breck. 

Jemitna,  b.  Feb.  25,  1773;  m.,  April  9,  1796,  Sartell  Prentice,  of  Al- 
stead ;  removed  to  New  York,  where  she  d.  Nov.  19,  1865.  Ch., 
Ezra  P.,  m.,  Sept.  24,  1822,  Philena  Cheney;  ch.,  John  H,  Na- 
thaniel, Pamela,  Calista,  Candace,  James  H. 

Ezra,  b.  Jan.  7,  1776;  d.  young.     \JoJin,  b.  Oct.  18,  1778. 

Sibyl,  b.  Oct.  31,  1780;  d.  young.  Xyames  Hill,  b.  May  15,  1783. 

Pamela^  b.  April  9,  1786;  m.  Samuel  H.  Comstock,  2d  wife;  d.  April 
7,  1874. 

Caiidace,  b.  April  7,  1793;  d.  Nov.  22,  1828  ;  m.  Samuel  H.  Comstock, 
1st  wife.  Ch.,  RIary  Edna,  m.  Dr.  Robert  Patten,  of  Ellington, 
Conn. 

John  Parmelee,  s.  of  Ezra  ;  b.   Oct.    18,  177S  ;  d.  Oct.  31, 

1839  ;  was  a   scythe    manufiicturer ;   lived   at   the   Mills,  in   the 

south  part  of  the  'town  ;  for   many   years   was   captain  of  the 

Newport  Light  Infantr}' ;  a  man  of  generous  qualities;  was  a 

32 


498  HISTORY   OF   NEWPORT. 

pupil  of  Rev.  Mr.  Remele.     M.,  June  i8,  1804,  Phebe  Chase, 
of  Cornish,  b.  March  28,  1781  ;  d.  Sept.  30,  1838. 

Sibyl  Hill,  b.  Nov.  19,  1805;  d.  Sept.  3,  1854;  unmarried. 

Catharine  C,  b.  March  4,  1807;  m.,  March  26,  1835,  Joseph  G.  Hoyt. 

Ch.,  Catharine  Sarah,  b.  Oct.  14,  1836,  m.  Geo.  H.  Watson. 
John  S>nith,  b.  Jan.  17,  1809.  ^Ezra,  b.  Feb.  10,  181 1. 

Seivall,  b.  April  2,  1813  ;  d.  young.  Sarah,  b.  Aug.  5,  1815  ;  d.  young. 
] Joseph  Warren,  b.  FcId.  2,  18 18.  ^ James  Henry,  b.  March  2,  1820. 
Priscilla  Home,  b.  Sept.  20,«i822;  d.  April  15,  1841  ;  unmarried. 


John  S.  Parmelee,  s.  of  John ;  b.  Jan.  17,  1809;  d.  Oct.  16, 
1874.  He  was  in  the  celebrated  fur  Store  of  Packer,  Prentice 
&  Co.,  at  Albany,  N.  Y.,  during  his  youth  and  early  manhood, 
after  which  he  returned  to  his  native  town,  and  was  in  trade 
with  Calvin  Wilcox,  and  subsequently  in  partnership  with  the 
Richards  Brothers.  He  ultimately  disposed  of  his  mercantile 
interests,  and  devoted  himself  to  agriculture.  M.,  Jan.  9,  1839, 
Elizabeth,  dau.  of  Capt.  Seth  Richards,  b.  Nov.  19,  1821. 

Joseph,  b.  Nov.  24,  1840;  d.  Dec.  21,  1840. 

William  Packer,  b.  March  9,  1843.  He  was  educated  to  the  mercan- 
tile business,  which  he  followed  here  and  at  Milford,  N.  H.  He  is 
now  engaged  in  manufactures.  M.,  April  11,  1867,  Mary  E.  Teb- 
betts,  of  Manchester.     Ch.,  Henry  B.,  b.  Aug.  11,  1869. 

Charles  Dexter,  b.  Jan.  17,  1846 ;  is  in  trade  at  Council  Bluffs,  Iowa. 

Ezra  Parmelee,  s.  of  John  ;  b.  Feb.  10,  181 1  ;  a  physician. 
He  was  graduated  at  Dartmouth  Medical  College  in  iS33,and  set- 
tled in  Canton,  N.  Y.,  where  he  has  since  been  in  the  practice 
of  his  profession.  He  is  genial  and  popular.  M.,  Sept.  i, 
1835,  Arabell  M.  Plastridge,  of  Lebanon. 

Marion  Prentice,  b.  Sept.  25,  1836 ;,m.,  Nov.  19,  1862,  E.  P.Williams, 

Ottawa,  Ont. 
Catherine  Maria,  b.  Nov.  8,  1840;  d.  Dec.  9,  1846. 
Efuma  Frances,  b.  March  i,  1843. 
Ella  Florence,  b.  Oct.  12,  1846;  m.,  Oct.  12,  1876,  Frank  Richardson. 

Ch.,  James  Parmelee,  b.  may  29,  1878;  r.  at  St.  Johnsbury,  Vt. 
Ezra,  b.  July  25,  1849;  a  lawyer. 


Joseph  Warren  Parmelee,  s.  of  John,  and  grandson  of 
Ezra;  b.  Feb.  2,  1818.  He  received  his  early  educational 
training  at  the  public  school  in  old  District  No.  i  ;  afterwards 
enjoyed  academical  advantages  at  the  academy  at  Newport, 


GENEALOGY.  499 

and  the  Kimball  Union  Academy  at  Meriden.  He  was  for 
some  time  engaged  in  business  in  Newport.  In  1S47  '^^  went 
to  Charleston,  S.  C,  and  engaged  in  business  with  an  old  and 
wealthy  house,  into  which  he  was  afterwards  admitted  as  a 
partner.  The  unfortunate  civil  war  proved  the  destruction  of 
his  valuable  interest  in  this  business,  and  he  came  to  New  York 
city,  where  since  1S63  he  has  been  engaged  with  the  dry- 
goods  house  of  H.  B.  Claflin  &  Co.,  in  connection  with  a  sepa- 
rate interest  in  a  business  at  Knoxville,  Tenn.  He  m.,  Aug. 
13,  1S51,  Frances  Ann,  only  dau.  of  Amos  Little,  of  Newport. 

Edward  Little^  b.  May  16,  1852;  a  merchant. 

Francis  Joseph^  b.  June  27,  1857.     Anne^  b.  June  i,  i860. 


James  Henry  Parmelee,  s.  of  John  and  Phebe,  and  grand- 
son of  Ezra  Parmelee,  b.  March  2,  1820.  He  left  Newport  in 
1842,  and  was  for  five  or  six  years  in  the  office  of  the  Connecti- 
cut Mutual  Life  Insurance  Co.  He  afterwards  turned  his  at- 
tention to  dental  surgery,  the  practice  of  which,  in  New  York 
and  Brooklyn,  and  more  recently  at  Manchester,  N.  H.,  he  has 
made  the  principal  business  of  his  life.  Dec.  19,  1S47,  he  mar- 
ried Abby  Dix  Jones,  of  Amherst,  a  niece  of  the  late  Thomas 
W.  Gilmore.  Their  only  child  and  daughter,  born  July  12, 
1849,  *s  ^^  '^li^  of  E.  B.  Waite,  of  Manchester,  where  the 
family  reside. 


James  Hill  Parmelee,  s.  of  Ezra  ;  b.  May  15,  17S3  ;  was 
graduated  at  Yale  college,  in  1S08,  and  afterwards  at  the  Theo- 
logical Seminary  at  Princeton,  of  which  institution  he  was  one 
of  the  first  graduates.  He  was  for  a  time  at  the  head  of  a 
classical  school  for  young  ladies  in  Baltimore,  Md.,  but  spent 
the  vigor  of  his  life  in  connection  with  the  missionary  enter- 
prises of  the  Presbyterian  church  South  and  West ;  and  when 
advancing  years  came  upon  him,  he  retired  to  his  home  on  the 
banks  of  the  Muskingum,  nine  miles  below  Zanesville,  Ohio. 
He  was  for  a  number  of  years  editor  of  the  Zanesville  Gazette. 
He  d.  April  6,  1872.  Married  Priscilla  Home,  of  Baltimore^ 
an  English  lady  of  culture. 

James  Ireland,  m.  about  1S44;  d.  leaving  a  son  and  a  dau.  in  OIuq. 


500  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 


PAUL. 

Daniel  Paul  came  from  Woodstock,  Conn.,  in  179S,  and 
purchased  the  farm  now  owned  by  his  grandson,  Doddridge 
Paul ;  m.  Lovisa  Answorth,  of  Woodstock,  Conn. 

Charlotte^  b.  Feb.  3,  1784;  m.  Azor  Perry,  and  went  West. 

Lovisa,  b.  Oct.  7,  1775;  m.  John  Rider,  of  Croydon. 

Ltike,  b.  June  28,  1787;  m.  Sarah  Cooper,  of  Croydon. 

Loren,  b.  Dec.  25,  1788  ;  m.  Susan  WaUon. 

Alexie,  b.  Nov.  30,  1790;  m.  Andrew  Perry,  of  Vt. 

Doddridge,  b.  Sept.  19,  1794;  m.  Roxana  Whiting. 

Ira,  b.  Jan.  25,  1799;  d.  in  1875.      ^Daniel,  b.  May  31,  1801. 

A}idreiu,  b.  Sept.  21,  1803  ;  m.  Clarissa  Lamb  ;  went  to  New  York. 

Alvah,  b.  July  14,  1805;  a  physician;  graduated  at  Castleton,  Vt.;  is 

in  practice  at  Royal  ton,  Ohio ;  has  attained  wealth  and  distinction; 

m.  Nancy  Bigelow,  of  Middletown,  Vt. 


Daniel  Paul,  s.  of  Daniel ;  b.  May  31,  1801  ;  a  farmer,  and 

occupied  the  homestead  until  his  death  ;  m.,  Nov.  30,  182S, 

Experience  C,  dau.  of  David  Whipple,  of  Croydon,  b.  Nov.  32, 

1S08. 

Laban,  b.  Jan.  5,  1732;  d.  in  1859. 

Epaphras,  b.  Dec.  17,   1833;  m.   Harriet  George,  of  Sunapee;  r.  at 

Croydon. 
^Doddridge,  b.  Oct.  12,  1835. 

Doddridge  Paul,  s.  of  Daniel  Paul,  Jr. ;  b.  Oct.  12, 1835  '  ^^" 
mains  at  the  homestead,  in  the  north-east  part  of  the  town  ;  has 
purchased  several  of  the  neighboring  farms,  and  is  doing  a  thriv- 
ing business.  M.,  Mar.  20,  1864,  Rosetta  Rogers,  of  Goshen, 
b.  June  15,  1843. 

Daniel,  b.  Dec.  14,  1864.  Louisa  A.,  b.  July  17,  1866. 

Jefutie  Z..,  b.  Dec.  16,  1871.  James  R.,  b.  Jan.  17,  1874. 

Isabel  H.,  b.  July  5,  1877. 


Azor  Paul,  a  farmer ;  s,  of  Luke  Paul ;  came  from  Croy- 
don. Married  Rocina  Reed  ;  m.,  2d,  Rosilla, — daus.  of  Stephen 
Reed. 

Rocina,  b.  1840;  m.  Thomas  C.  Rider. 

Eugene  A.,  b.  Feb.  17,  1842  ;  m.,  Dec.  12,  1876,  Jennie  H.  Hurd.    Ch., 

Eugene  Ralph,  b.  Jan.  9,  1878. 
George  E.,\).  Aug.  17,  1845  !  "^-  Susan  Cole. 
Amia  i?.,  b.  June  15,  1844.  Fred  A.,  b.  March  23,  1859. 

McClellan,h.  Dec.  26,  1864. 


GENEALOGY.  5OI 


PEABODY. 


Ammi  PRAnoDY,  a  native  of  Boxford,  Mass.  ;  b.  July  4,  1769  ; 
came  to  Newport  in  the  spring  of  1796,  and  bought  one  hundred 
acres  of  wild  land,  situated  in  the  west  part  of  the  town,  the 
farm  on  which  his  son  Dexter  now  resides.  After  making  a 
little  clearing,  and  building  him  a  log  house,  he  m.,  Feb.  23, 
1797,  Patty  Rice,-of  Henniker,  who  d.  March  4,  1801  ;  m.,  2d, 
Dec.  12,  1S02,  Sarah  Johnson,  of  Claremont,  who  d.  Nov.  30, 
1S59.  I"  childhood  Mr.  Peabody  had  lost  the  sight  of  one  eye, 
by  accident;  and  in  1S15,  in  consequence  of  a  severe  attack  of 
typhoid  fever,  he  lost  the  use  of  the  other,  and  was  totally  blind 
for  the  rest  of  his  life.  He  d.  Jan.  3,  1845.  Mrs.  Peabody  had 
thus  the  responsibility  of  a  large  family  of  children  to  provide 
for,  who  were  thrown  upon  her  hands.  Chiefly  by  her  industry 
and  skill  all  these  children,  fourteen  in  number,  were  reared  to 
adult  years,  and  several  of  them  highly  educated. 

Lucy,  b.  Oct.  5,  1797;  m.,  Nov.  4,  1828,  Leonard  Wood;  r.  in  Henni- 
ker. 

Martha,  b.  Oct.  23,  1799  ;  m.,  Feb.  26,  1830,  Harvey  Phelps;  r.  in 
Crown  Point,  N.  Y.  ;  d.  Nov.  16,  1877;  four  children. 

Asenath,  b.  Oct.  15,  1803;  d.  in  Newport,  Jan.  28,  1833;  unmarried. 

Calvin,  b.  Jan.  18,  1805  ;  a  farmer;  m.,  Oct.  i,  1828,  Lissette  Abell ;  d. 
in  Linn  county,  Mo.,  in  1869;  five  children. 

Ruel,  b.  Nov.  13,  1807;  a  farmer;  m.,  April  21,  1841,  Maria  N.  New- 
ton; r.  in  Ogle  county.  111.;  one  child. 

Maria,  b.  April  28,  1809;  m.,  May  9,  1848,  Dutton  Woods;  r.  in  Con- 
cord ;  no  children. 

Eliza,  b.  March  13,  iSii;  r.  in  Concord;  unmarried. 

Frederick,  h.  Dec.  16,  1812;  a  farmer;  m.  Rachel  Stewart;  d.  in  Ogle 
county,  111.,  in  1865  ;  five  children. 

Sarah,  b.  Aug.,  1814;  m.,  Mar.  19,  1848,  H.  S.  Dutch;  d.  in  Johnson 
county,  Iowa,  in  1865;  no  children. 

^Charles,  b.  Nov.  8,  1816.  \Leonard  IV.,  b.  Sept.  13,  18 17. 

Carroll  IV.,  b.  Oct.  2.  1819;  a  carpenter;  was  accidentally  killed  in 
1864,  while  felling  a  tree  in  the  forest  on  the  old  homestead  in  New- 
port; r.  in  Claremont;  m.,  Feb.  19,  1851.  Lois  Stocker;  two  chil- 
dren. 

\Dexter,  b.  Dec.  14,  1822. 

Helen,  b.  May  6,  1826;  graduated  at  Mt.  Holyoke  Female  Sem.,Mass., 

in  1848;  r.  in  Oxford,  Ohio;  is  principal  of  the  Western  Female 

Sem.  in  that  place,  an  important  institution,  which  she  assisted 

in  founding,  and  over  the  affairs  of  which  she  has  successfully  pre- 

•  sided  since  1855;  unmarried. 


Charles  Peabody,  s.  of  Ammi  ;  b.  Nov.  S,  1S16;  had  his 


502  HISTORY   OF   NEWPORT. 

preparatory  training  at  Kimball  Union  Academy  ;  graduated  at 
Dart,  college  in  1S39,  ^"^'^^  ^^  Union  Theological  Seminary,  New 
York,  in  1S45.  Upon  his  latter  graduation,  he  was  employed 
to  go  West,  where  he  has  been  District  Secretary  of  the  Amer- 
ican Tract  Society  since  1S45.  He  was  two  years  president  of 
the  Missouri  State  Horticultural  Society.  He  lived  twenty- 
seven  years  in  St.  Louis,  Mo.  ;  now  r.  in  Chicago,  111.  [See 
Literature.]  M.,  Aug.  19,  1847,  Antoinette  Hubbell,  of  N.  Y. ; 
m.,  2d,  Sept.  15,  1S53,  Henrietta  G.  Percy,  of  N.  Y. ;  m.,  3d, 
April  22,  1S62,  Sarah  E.  Guy,  of  Oxford,  Ohio. 

Henry  Greenwood,  b.  1856;  graduated  at  Dartmouth  college  in  1876; 
r.  in  Chicago. 

Susie  Wade,  b.  1864;  a  student  at  the  Western  Female  College,  Ox- 
ford, Ohio. 


Leonard  W.  Peabody,  s.  of  Ammi ;  b.  Sept.  13, 1817  ;  early 
in  life  turned  his  attention  to  medicine ;  studied  his  profession 
with  Dr.  John  L.  Swett,  of  this  town,  and  graduated  at  the 
Woodstock  (Vt.)  Medical  College  in  1843  ;  commenced  prac- 
tice at  Epsom,  but  removed  to  Henniker,  where  he  now  r.  M., 
Jan.  28,  1845,  Louisa  Kelley. 

Elizabeth  7/.,  b.  Dec.  31,  1846;  graduated  at  the  Western  Female  Col- 
lege, Oxford,  Ohio,  in  1866;  taught  atNorthwood  academy,  in  this 
state,  at  Mt.  Holyoke  Female  Seminary,  Mass.,  and  at  the  Western 
Female  College,  Oxford,  Ohio;  m.,  Aug.  18,  1876,  Rev.  William 
Wilmer,  of  Williamsport,  Ind. 

Sarah  Matilda,  b.  July  6,  1850;  educated  at  Concord  high  school. 

Maria  Antoinette,  b.  April  2,  1852;  educated  at  the  Western  Female 
College. 

""""  • 

Dexter  Peabody,  a  farmer  ;  son  of  Ammi ;  b.  Dec.  14, 1822  ; 

r.  at  the  old  homestead  in  this  town.    M.,  Oct.  19,  1848,  Mary 

E.,  dau.  of  Jabez  Fairbanks,  b.  Jan.  29,  1826,  and   d.  Oct.  12, 

1873  ;  m.,  2d,  Sept.  24,  1S74,  Martha  S.  Moore,  of  Claremont, 

b.  March  21,  1841. 

Charles  F.,  b.  Aug.  14,  1849;  "^m  ^^^r-  2,  1875,  Lillian  B.  Lathrop ;  r. 

at  Clarence,  Cedar  county,  Iowa. 
Wilber  E.,  b.  Aug.  19,  1852.  George  F.,  b.  Dec.  29,  i860. 

Helen  M.,  b.  April  13,  1876. 


Moses  Peabody,  who  was  four  years  younger  than  his  broth- 
er Ammi,  came  to  Newport  the  same  year  (1796).    He  located 


GENEALOGY.  503 

on  a  farm  two  miles  north-east  of  the  latter,  within  about  a  mile 
of  Croydon  line.  In  the  same  year  he  was  married  to  Hannah 
Ward,  of  Newport.  He  lived  on  the  same  farm  till  his  death 
in  1833.  His  wife  d.  in  1S37.  ^^^  '^''*^'  twelve  children,  four 
of  whom  d.  in  infancy  or  early  childhood. 

Josiah,  b.  in  1798;  graduated  at  Dartmouth  college  in  1825,  and  at 
Andover  Theological  Seminary,  Mass.,  in  1828  ;  a  member  of  the 
N.  H.  house  of  representatives  in  1844;  d.  in  Sullivan  in  1870;  no 
children. 

Sarah,  b.  in  1800;  m.  William  Goodwin;  r.  in  Boston;  five  children. 

Clara,  b.  1803;  married  Rev.  Aaron  Waite ;  r.  in  West  Andover;  no 
children. 

Solotnon^h.  1806;  studied  medicine;  d.  in  Newport  in  1827;  unmar- 
ried. 

Ira  IV.,  b.  1808;  graduated  at  Dartmouth  college  in  1833  ;  a  physician 
and  surgeon;  commenced  practice  at  Wellsborough,  Penn.,  but 
removed  to  Binghampton,  N.  Y.,  where,  after  a  practice  of  twenty 
years,  he  d.  Aug.  18,  1877;  no  children. 

Moses  Stillinan,  b.  1812;  d.  in  Newport  in  1829;  unmarried. 

Hiram  W.,  b.  1816;  a  farmer;  r.  in  Vestal,  N.  Y.;  four  children. 

Hannah  Sophia,  b.  1825;  m.  a  Mr.  Phelps  ;  d.  in  New  York  in  i860; 
one  child. 

PECK. 

Henry  Peck  came  to  this  town  about  1779;  lived  in  the 
east  part  of  the  town,  and  had  charge  of  the  Giles  mill,  then 
standing  on  the  site  of  the  Granite  Mills.  Married  Anna  Rich- 
ardson. 

Henry,  b.  Nov.  12,  1781.  Dexter,  b.  July  10,  1783. 

Seth  R.,  b.  April  10.  1785.  Calvin,  b.  May  28,  1787. 

Hesekiah,  b.  May  14,  1790.  Anna,  b.  June  11,  1793. 

Abigail,  b.  June  i,  1795.  Hannah,  b.  Nov.  15,  1797. 

PERRY. 

Stephen  Perry,  the  early  settler;  b.  May  15,  1751  ;  came 
from  Rehoboth,  Mass.,  about  177S,  and  purchased  some  three 
hundred  acres  of  land.  He  spent  the  first  four  years  at  the  Gil- 
more  place  on  Oak  street,  but  passed  most  of  his  life  at  the  M. 
Cutting  farm  at  Kelleyville,  where  he  d.  M.,  Nov.  25,  1773, 
Hepsibah  Dunham,  a  sister  of  Solomon,  b.  May  23,  1755. 

Stephen,  b.  April  20,  1775;  m.  Lydia  Hoyt. 

Hepsibah,  b.  Nov.  27,  1776;  m.  Abraham  Waterman. 

Eunice,  b.  June  18,  1779;  m.  Jeremiah  Heath. 

Rebeckah,  b.  May  11,  1781;  m.  Wm.  Joslyn;  went  to  Vermont. 


504  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

Betsey,  b.  April  20,  1783;  m.  Lovell  Bowman. 

\Timothy,  b.  March  18,  1785. 

Grace,  b.  March  5,  1787;  d.  unmarried. 

Polly,  b.  Jan.  2,  1789;  d.  unmarried. 

Josiel,  b.Nov.  16,  1790;  was  colonel  of  3rst  Regt;  m.,  Nov.  ir,  1813, 

Lucy  Dunham. 
Lydia,  b.  Dec.  14,  1792;  m.  Samuel  Dow. 
Ebeneser  F.,  b.  Nov.  26,  1794;  m.  Salona  Pike;  went  West,  where  he 

has  a  family. 


Timothy  Perry,  s.  of  Stephen  ;  an  efficient  and  prosperous 
farmer;  b.  March  iS,  17S5  ;  m.  Susanna  Patterson. 

^Dan,  b.  May  5,  1809.  ^Timothy,  b.  March  4,  1811. 

Anna,  b.  Nov.  30,  1814;  m.  Erastus  Fisk ;  r.  at  Northville. 

^yanies,  b.  Dec.  22,  1816. 

Nancy,  b.  March  15,  1820;  m.  Samuel  K.  Wright. 

P/itla,  b.  May  11,  1823;  m.  Austin  L.  Wright. 

Harriet,  b.  May  2,  1831. 


Dan  Perry,  s.  of  Timothy;  b.  May  5,   1S09  ;  m.  Jan.    i, 
1S35,  Fanny  F.  Fisk,  of  Chiremont,  b.  Nov.  23,  1810. 

George  B.,  b.  Sept.  6,  1835  ;  d.  in  Minnesota. 

Mary  y.,h.  Aug.  19,  1837;  m.  Moses  Adams,  of  Weare ;  ch.,  Char- 
lotte, Ada  F. 

\  William  A^.,  b.  Oct.  12,  1840. 

Frances  M.,  b.  March  10,  1843;  m.  Granville  Rowell,  of  Claremont. 
Ch.,  Etta,  Nellie,  Minnie,  Eugene,  Herbert. 

Edwin  A.,  b.  Sept.  i,  1844;  went  to  the  war;  d.  in  Montana. 

Horace  F.,  b.  Feb.  12,  1849;  m-  Sarah  Adams,  of  Cornish;  ch.,  Tiza. 


William  H.  Perry,  s.  of  Dan  Perry;  b.  Oct.  12,  1840; 
lives  on  the  homestead  in  the  wrest  part  of  the  town.  He  was 
in  the  war  of  the  Rebellion,  and  was  a  selectman  in  187 1  and 
1872.     Married  Fanny  S.  Kidder. 

Fred  W.,  Frank  IV.,  twins;  b.  Jan.  4,  1866. 

Stella  7.,  b.  Feb.  7,  1869.  Fdzain  H,  b.  March  3,  1871. 


Timothy  Perry,  s.  of  Timothy  Perry;  b.  March  4,  181 1  ; 
r.  at  Kelleyville;  m.,  1S3S,  Judith,  dau.  of  Edmund  Kelley. 

A7ig7{sta  M.,  b.  March  23,  1841  ;  m.  Hiram  Austin. 
JosepJiine,  b.  Sept.  21;  1847;  m-  John  Johnson. 


James  Perry,  s.  of  Timothy;  b.  Dec.  22,  1816;  a  farmer; 
r.  at  the  M.  C.  Ayer  place,  Northville  district;  m.,  March  14, 
1844,  Roxy  Fisk,  of  Claremont. 


GENEALOGY.  505 

Georgia,  b.  March  28,   1845;  "i-.  May  20,   1873,  Melvin  J.  Fletcher,  of 

Croydon. 
Ella  M.,  b.  Oct.  28,  1848;  m.,  Dec,  1869,  Rodney  Tilton. 
Edna,  b.  Jan.  20,  1852. 


Horace  A.  Pekry,  a  railroad  conductor;  b.  Sept,  12,  1S20, 
at  Woodstock,  Vt. ;  came  from  Pittsfield,  where  he  had  been  a 
hotel-keeper  in  1S6S.  He  owned  and  drove  the  stage  to  Brad- 
ford until  the  opening  of  the  railroad.  M.,  JSlarch  3,  1S44, 
Lucy  A.  Shepardson,  of  Lempster,  b.  April  11,  1825. 

Willis  A.,  b.  July  18,  1845;  m.  Mary  J.  Sanderson;  ch.,  Charles  H., 

b.  Nov.  9,  1872. 
Nellie  A.,  b.  April  14,  1849;  '^-5  Nov.  29,  1871,  Eugene  A.  Pollard. 

PERSON. 

Ira  Person,  b.  at  Windsor,  Vt.,  on  the  2Sth  of  Septem- 
ber, 1791.  He  was  a  son  of  William  and  Hannah  Person,  and 
a  descendant  from  John  Person,  who  emigrated  from  York- 
shire, Eng.,  to  this  country  in  1616.  After  a  thorough  course 
of  study  at  Randolph  academy,  he  entered  the  sophomore  class 
at  Dartmouth  college,  in  1814.  His  health  was  such  that  he 
was  unable  to  go  on  with  his  class.  He,  however,  continued 
to  prosecute  his  college  studies.  He  commenced  his  ministry 
at  Hartland,  Vt.,  in  April,  1S18,  and  was  ordained  June  30, 
1819.  In  answer  to  repeated  calls  he  came  to  this  town  July  i, 
1821,  and  was  settled  as  pastor  over  the  Baptist  church,  and 
continued  here  until  July,  1835.  After  an  interim  of  nearly 
three  years,  spent  at  Chester,  Vt.,  he  returned  to  his  former 
charge  at  Newport,  where  he  continued  until  November,  1S42. 
The  whole  of  his  pastorate  in  town  was  nearly  nineteen  years. 
During  his  ministry  here,  350  members  were  added  to  the 
church  b}'  baptism.  After  brief  pastorates  at  Plymouth,  Mil- 
ford,  and  Lowell,  Mass.,  he  removed  to  Ludlow,  Vt.,  in  June, 
1853,  ^"*^  there  remained  until  1S72,  when  he  gave  up  his  pas- 
toral labors,  and  returned  to  Newport,  the  birthplace  of  his 
wife,  and  where  were  spent  so  many  of  the  early  years  of  his 
ministry.  His  clerical  labors,  which  continued  more  than 
fifty-six  years,  were  in  an  unusual  degree  blessed  with  revivals. 
He  has  baptized  nearly  600  persons,  married  4S0  couples,  and 
attended  over  600  funerals.     At  82  years  of  age  he  preached 


506  HISTORY   OF    NEWPORT. 

every  Sabbath,  and  performed  all  the  regular  services  of  his 
pastorate  except  in  the  ordinance  of  baptism.  In  his  inter- 
course with  the  w^orld  he  has  alw^ays  been  urbane  and  respect- 
ful, and  always  beloved  by  all.  Sept.  5,  18 16,  he  m.  Sophia 
Jones  Pollard,  b.  Jan.  4,  1794,  who  was  the  mother  of  his  chil- 
dren, and  who  d.  Sept.  8,  1848.  He  was  m.,  June  5,  1849,  ^^ 
his  second  wife,  Mrs.  Tryphena  C.  King,  widow  of  Rev.  Alon- 
zo  King,  and  dau.  of  Col.  Wm.  Cheney,  of  this  town. 

Ira  B.,  b.  at  Barre,  Vt.,  June  14,  1817;  a  lawyer;  d.  at  Lowell,  Mass., 

Aug.  23,  1858. 
John  Williani,  b.  at  Hartland.  Vt.,  April  8,    1819;  is  a  physician  at 

Lowell,  Mass. 
Sophia  T.,  b.  at  Hartland,  June  i,  1821 ;  m.,  Sept.  18,  1848,  J.  Milton 

Emerson,  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
James  Jl'a/es,  b.  at  Newport,  Oct.  23,  1823  ;  d.  Oct.  24,  1825. 
Charles  E.,  b.   July  17,    1830;  a  physician;  drowned  from  an  ocean 

steamer,  Dec.  2,  1863. 


Alexander  Persons,  lived  at  Kelleyville,  on  the  farm  north 
of  the  saw-mill.  He  had  a  large  family  of  enterprising  boys. 
They  went  to  Chicago,  where  they  have  become  wealthy. 

PIERCE. 

Franklin  J.  Pierce,  s.  of  J.  G.  Pierce;  b.  Aug.  5,  1847, 
at  Chester,  Vt.  ;  came  to  this  town  in  July,  1878,  from  Clare- 
mont,  and  purchased  the  clothing  establishment  of  M.  W. 
Burke,  where  he  is  now  in  trade.  M.,  Sept.  2,  1873,  Martha 
E.  Wheeler,  of  Claremont,  dau.  of  Sylvester  and  Percis  (King) 
Wheeler,  b.  May  30,  1854. 

George  R.  IV.,  b.  Nov.  28,  1878. 

PIKE. 

The  Pikes  came  from  England  to  Massachusetts.  John, 
Moses,  and  Jarvis  came  from  Attleborough,  Mass.,  and  were 
among  the  early  settlers,  occupying  Pike  hill.  John  settled  on 
the  Abial  D.  Pike  farm,  Moses  on  the  Calvin  H.  Pike  place, 
and  Jarvis  on  a  farm  south  of  the  Ingalls  place. 


John  Pike,  b.  May  20,  1764;  m.  Ruth  Dunham,  in  March, 


GENEALOGY.  50/ 

1786,  the  year  previous  to  his   coming  to  town.     She  was  b. 
Nov.  26,  1765. 

John,  b.  Nov.  6,  1788;  m.  Philomela  Messer.  Ch.,  Fanny,  m.  Mitch- 
el  Hunt. 

\Lnther,  b.  Sept,  1789.  ].4/nal  D.,  b.  Aug.,  1794. 

William  IV.,  h.  July,  1797;  m.  .Sally  Carr,  of  Newbury.  Ch.,  William 
D.,  m.  Judith  Sholes;  Madonna,  m.  William  Leavitt;  Ursula,  m.  Dr. 
Harvey  Wheeler ;  Sabrisa;  Philura. 

Ransom,  a  farmer;  b.  July  14,  1799;  d.  at  Kelleyville;  m.  Hannah 
Pike. 

Salona,  b.  June,  1801;  m.  Ebenezer  Perry;  went  to  Illinois. 

Calvin,  b.  Aug.  16,  1806;  m.  Waitstill  Pike. 


Luther  Pike,  s.  of  John  ;  b.  Sept.,   1789;    m.  Polly  Wil- 
marth. 

Sarah  W.,  m.  Ovid  Chase.  Lydia,  m.  Moses  G.  Kelley. 

Samuel  L.  K.,  b.  Aug.  24,  1823;  d.  in  the  army  in  1863  ;  m.  Louisa  Cur- 
rier. Ch.,  Charles  C,  b.  Aug.  i,  1851.  Ellen  E.,  b.Sept.  15,  1850; 
m.  Michael  M.  Barry;  ch.,  Perley  M. 

Abial  D.  Pike,  s.  of  John  ;  b.  Aug.,  1794;  m.  Lucy,  clau.  of 
Dr.  Grossman,  of  Unity. 

Stillivan  G.,  b.  Oct.  25,  1816;  r.  at  Goshen;  a  farmer;  was  a  military 

officer;  m.  Ellen  Stevens. 
\Abial  D.,  b.  Sept.  14,  1819. 


Abial  D.  Pike,  s.  of  Abial  D. ;  b.  Sept.  14,  1S19  ;  m.  Mary 
Russell. 

John  R.,  b.  Jan.  12,  1841 ;  m.  Bell  Smith,  of  San  Francisco,  Cal. ;  ch., 

George. 
Lucy  E.,  b.  July  28,  1844;  m.  Don  Smith. 
Ella  F.,  b.  July  16,   1847;  a  blacksmith;  r.  at  Sunapee;  m.  Edward 

Siddell. 
Margaret  F.,  b.  1850;  m.  Wilbur  Young,  of  Sunapee. 
Charles  IV.,  b.  Oct.,  1852;  m.  Nellie  Ladd,  of  Montpelier,  Vt. 
Emma  A.,  b.  Feb.,  1858.  Ellsworth  F.,  b.  Oct.  i,  1863. 

Moses  Pike,  b.  Jan.  26,  1766;  came  here  in  17S7,  and  set- 
tled on  the  Calvin  H.  Pike  farm,  on  Pike  hill,  where  he  d.  July 
23,  1S48.     Married  Nancy  A.  Willis,  of  Bridgevvater,  Mass.,  in 

17SS. 

Phineas,  b.  Jan.  12,  1789;  d.  y.         \^^oses  L.,  b.  Aug.  20,  1790, 
Sarah,  b.  Oct.  24,  1792;  d.  April  7,  1S35. 
\David,  b.  Nov.  13,  1796. 


508  HISTORY   OF    NEWPORT, 

EpJu-aim,  b.  Dec.  26,  1798:  m.  Lucy  Grossman,  of  Unity. 

Nancy  A.,  b.  Mar.  25,  1801  ;  m.  Moses  Kidder.     Ch.,  Martin  B.  B. ; 

Oliver,  d.  young. 
Henry  F.,  a  twin  with  Calvin;  b.  Jan.  17,  1804. 
]Calvin  H.,  b.  Jan.  18,  1804. 


Moses  Leonard  Pike,  s.  of  Moses;  b.  Aug.  20,  1790.    Mar- 
ried Polly  Kelsey ;    m.,   2d,  Abigail    Brown;    m.,  3d,   Olive 


Wright. 


Parmclia,  b.  Dec.  18,  1810.  Alonzo  H.,  b.  Oct.  23,  1815. 


David  Pike,  s.  of  Moses  ;  b.  Nov.  13,  1796  ;  lived  and  died 
on  Pike  hill.     Married  Gracie  Corkings,  of  Lempster. 

Alzira,  b.  Jan.  18,  1820;  m.  Matson  Gee,  of  Unity. 

Henry  F.,  b.  Sept.  7,  1822  ;  m.  Mandana  Bailey,  b.  Nov.  6,  1820.    Ch., 

Arthur  L.,  b.  July  26,  1846;  Eugene  B.,  b.  March  24,  1853. 
Lovina  C,  b.  Aug.  12,  1824;  m.  Martin  Bascom. 
David  L.^  b.  Aug.  25,  1826;  m.  Eveline  Rodgers. 
Margaret  H.,  b.  Oct.  14,  1828. 
Marian  E.,  b.  March  29,  1840;  m.  Charles  C.  Marshall. 


Calvin  H.  Pike,  s.  of  Moses;  b.  Jan.  18,  1804;  d.  July  2, 
1878  ;  remained  at  the  old  homestead,  and  was  a  successful 
farmer.  M.,  Feb.  10,  1S43,  Elmira,  dau.  of  Col.  Eliphalet 
Bailey. 

Bela  C,  b.  July  24,  1844;  m.  Abby  A.  Young,  of  Sunapee;  m.,  2d, 
Sept.  2,  1877,  Hattie  E.  Spooner.  Ch.,  Ashton  S.,  b.  Feb.  21, 
1868.    Jay  Leon,  b.  Oct.  7,  1875;  d.  Aug.  24,  1876. 

Harlon  N.,  b.  Oct.  21,  1847 ;  "■>•  Lucy  A.  Tompkins.  Ch.,  James  W., 
b.  May  27,  1874;  Homer  C.,  b.  Aug.  10,  1875. 


Jarvis  Pike,  b.  June,  1768  ;  d.  April  22,  1835  !  c^me  to  this 
town  from  Attleborough,  Mass.,  in  17S9.  Married  Betsey  Wil- 
lis, of  Bridgewater,  in  1790. 

\ Stephen,  b.  Aug.  22,  1791. 

Betsey  Ann,  b.  April,  1793  ;  m.  James  Atwood,  of  Bradford. 

Polly,  b.  April,  1795;  m.  Daniel  Emerson;  had  one  son,  a  physician, 
at  Worcester,  Mass. 

Wilson  S.,  b.  April  7,  1797;  m.  Harriet  Currier,  of  Goshen;  r.  at 
Goshen. 

Jarvis,  b.  Sept.,  1799;  lived  and  died  on  Pike  hill ;  m.  Mary  McLaugh- 
lin, of  Goshen.  Ch.,  Mary  Ann,  b.  Aug.,  1824,  who  m.  Hon.  Levi 
W.  Barton, — first  wife. 

Hannah,  b.  Oct.  14,  1805;  m.  Francis  Rogers,  of  Kelleyvale,  Vt. 

\George  Washingtoti,  b.  Oct.  10,  1807. 


GENEALOGY.  509 

Stephen  Pike,  s.   of  Jarvis  Pike;  b.  Aug.  20,   1791  ;   m.,    . 
March  13,  1815,  Eunice  Eincrson  ;  m.,  2d,  Jan.  31,  1836,  Han- 
nah Tandy  ;  went  to  Unity,  where  he  d.  in  1S50. 

Eunice  E.,  b.  Feb.  21,  1816;  m.,  March  31,  1836,  Jonathan  Silsby. 
Almond^  b.  April  6,  1818.  Liicinda  11'.,  b.  Jan.  9,  1821. 

Betsey,  b.  Aug.  23,  1823;  m.  William  Montgomery. 
Frances,  b.  Aug.  27,  1826.  Oliver,  b.  April  3,  1830. 

^Daniel  F.,  b.  March  30,  1832. 


Daniel  F.  Pike,  s.  of  Stephen  ;  b.  IVIarch  30,  1S33  ;  a  farm- 
er and  livery  man;  m.,  April  19,  1S53,  Philinda  E.,  dau.  of 
Francis  Cutting,  of  Croydon,  b.  May  12,  1S30. 

Frank  C,  b.  May  16,  1854.  Fred  E.,  b.  June  3,  1858. 

Emma  R.,  b.  Nov.  14,  i860.  Etia  E.,  b.  Jan.  1868. 


George  Washington  Pike,  s.  of  Jarvis  ;  a  farmer  ;  b.  Oct. 
10,  1S07  ;  m.,  March  31,  1S31,  Olive  W.  Stevens,  of  Goshen. 

R.  Sopliia,  b.  Jan.  6,  1834;  a  teacher. 

Francis  L.,  b.  Feb.  i,  1836;  d.  June  28,  1837. 

Emily  Fratices,  b.  Jan.  27,  1839;  m.,  June  3,  1862,  Granville  Pollard. 

xMary  J.,  b.  Dec.  13,  1843;  d.  Aug.  21,  1848. 

George  Washington,  b.  Feb.  11,  1847;  d.  young. 

George  Stevens,  71.  farmer;  b.  Dec.  10,  1849;  "^m  June  22,  1873,  Ellen 

E.,  dau.  of  Henry   Davis,  b.  June  9,  1852.     Ch.,  Mabel  Olive,  b. 

Sept.  3,  1876. 

PILLSBURY. 

Bailey  PiLLSBURY,  a  farmer;  b.  March  3i,  1S03  ;  d.  Feb. 
29,  1876;  came  to  this  town  in  1858,  from  Sunapee,  where  he 
had  been  a  selectman  eight  years,  and  was  a  representative  in 
1S47  and  1848;  r.  at  Northville.  Married  Susan  H.  Peasley, 
b.  Oct.  28,  181 1,  at  Newbury,  and  d.  Nov.  15,  1S76. 

POLLARD. 

Granville  Pollard,  s.  of  Truman  Pollard,  of  Lempster ; 
a  harness  and  trunk  merchant  and  manufacturer;  b.  Dec.  11, 
1835  ;  came  to  this  town  at  the  age  of  fifteen,  and  learned  his 
trade  with  Edmund  Wheeler,  and  in  1858  was  admitted  as  a 
partner  with  him.  lie  was  afterwards  in  trade  with  his  broth- 
er Eugene,  who  had  purchased  tlie  interest  of  Mr.  Wheeler  in 
the  establishment.     He  was  educated  at  Kimball  Union  Acad- 


510  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

emy.  He  was  twice  a  candidate  for  representative,  and  in 
1878  was  a  candidate  for  county  treasurer.  M.,  June  3,  1862, 
E.  Frances,  dau.  of  George  W.  Pike. 

Fred  T.,  b.  Nov.  13,  1865.  Ralph  S.,  b.  Nov,  22,  1866. 


Eugene  A.  Pollard,  also  son  of  Truman  Pollard  ;  b.  May 
13,  1S45  ;  came  here  in  1S61  ;  learned  the  harness  trade  with 
Wheeler  &  Pollard,  after  which  he  purchased  the  interest  of 
Mr.  Wheeler,  and  was  a  partner  with  his  brother  Granville. 
He  afterwards  assumed  the  whole  business,  and  is  now  car- 
rying on  trade  alone.  Married  Nellie  A.,  dau.  of  Horace  A. 
Perry. 

Perley,  b.  Feb.  26,  1873. 

POWERS. 

EzEKiEL  Powers,  s.  of  Ezekiel ;  a  farmer  ;  b.  Oct.  4,  1813  ; 
came  from  Croydon  in  1855,  and  settled  in  the  north-west 
part  of  the  town.  Married  Hannah  Jacobs,  of  Croydon;  m.., 
2d,  Lydia  Barton,  of  Croydon. 

Nancy  A.,  b.  Oct.  9,  1837  ;  m.  Samuel  M.  Adams. 

Luther  J.,  b.  Mar.  20,  1847.  Mary  £".,  b.  July  7,  1857. 

PRESSEY. 

George  Pressey,  a  tinsmith  ;  b.  March  12,  1834  !  came  from 
Canaan,  N.  H.,  in  1871  ;  m.  Charlotte  Cummings,  of  Concord. 
He  is  a  leading  bass  singer. 

PRESBY. 

Nathaniel  Presby,  b.  Nov.  12,  17S4;  came  to  this  town 
from  Bradford,  his  native  place,  about  1840,  and  settled  on  the 
J.  Thayer  fiirm.  He  was  a  lieutenant.  M.,  in  1S05,  Martha 
Hoit,  of  Bradford. 

Willard,  b.  March  17,  1807;  m.  Feb.  15,  1838,  Margaret  Penney;  r.  in 
Kirkwood,  Miss. 

Delia,  b.  July  5,  1809;  m.,  May  4,  1828,  William  Shattuck. 

Rodney,  b.  April  15,  181 1 ;  m.,  July  3,  1834,  Mary  Peaslee  ;  r.  in  Bos- 
ton. 

Curtis,  b.  July  24,  1813;  went  West. 

Harriet,  b.  Sept.  7,  1816;  d.  Apr.  15,  1825. 


GENEALOGY.  5  1 1 

Eliza  A.,  b.  Dec.  19,  1818;  m.,  May  15,  1851,  David  Sylvester  Wil- 
cox. 

Milton  //.,  b.  May  19,  1821;  ni.,  Jan.  i,  1844;  r.  in  Cal. 

Sylvia  A.,  b.  May  21,  1824;  m.,  Dec.  17,  1846,  Thomas  Penney,  Cold 
Lake,  Miss. 

Carlos,  b.  July  28,  1829;  d.  June  14,  1S51,  during  vogage  to  California. 

PUFFER. 

John  Puffer  came  from  Munson,  Mass.,  in  1S41,  and  com- 
menced as  a  farmer  in  the  Northville  district;  was  afterwards 
a  woollen  manufacturer  at  the  village  ;  went  to  the  West ;  m. 
Martha  M.  Williams. 

Charles  A.,  learned  the  marl)le  trade  in  the  shop  of  W.  E.  Moore,  and 
succeeded  him  in  business.     He  was  in  the  war  of  the  Rebellion. 
Married  Emma  J.  Hutchins,  of  Sunapee;  ch.,  Herbert  J.,  b.  Nov 
17,  1859. 

Chester  W.        Job.        Frank. 

m 

PURINGTON. 

John  C.  Purixgton,  b.  Jan.  16,  1S43  !  ^  native  of  Henni- 
ker;  came  from  Goshen  in  1S72,  and  settled  on  the  J.  Page 
farm,  on  the  Goshen  road  ;  m.  Susan  French. 

Alice  7. ,  b.  May  15,  1870. 

PUTNAM. 

Ansel  Putnam,  a  former  ;  b.  July  24,  1S17  ;  came  from  Ac- 
worth  in  1S60  ;  was  in  the  army  three  years  ;  m.  Viola  Holmes  ; 
m.,  2d,  Aug.  31,  1S5S,  Frances  F.  Davis. 

Angle M.         Eliza  A.        Evima  E.         />^^^.,  b.  March  14,  1S60. 
Herinati  E.,  b.  Feb.  27,  1868.        Morrison  R.,  b.  May  20,  1876. 

PUTNEY. 

Elbridge  L.  Putney,  s.  of  William  ;  b.  April  22,  1S2S; 
came  to  this  town  from  Bradford  in  1S51.  He  commenced  his 
career  as  a  hotel-keeper  at  the  Sugar  River  House  (which  stood 
upon  the  site  now  occupied  by  the  Phenix  hotel),  which  was 
afterwards  burned,  where  he  had  a  successful  business.  In  1S66 
he  purchased  the  Newport  House,  then  comparatively  new  ; 
four  years  after  he  put  upon  it  the  Mansard  roof  and  observa- 
tory, and  made  other  substantial  improvements.     In  1S74,  such 


512  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

had  been  liis  pecuniary  success,  and  such  the  urgent  need  of 
more  ample  accommodations  for  the  pubhc,  induced  by  the 
increasing  amount  of  his  business,  he  put  on  an  extension  at 
the  north,  thus  nearly  doubling  the  former  capacity  of  his  house, 
and  making  it  one  of  the  most  attractive  public  resorts  in  this 
part  of  the  state.  [See  Hotels.]  Married  Mary  J.  Currier,  of 
Sunapee. 

Ada  F.,  b.  Oct.  2,  1857.  Ernest  L.,  b.  July  6,  1869. 


Daniel  Putney  came  from  Henniker  in  1S09,  and  settled 
in  the  south-west  corner  of  the  town  ;  m.  Polly  Heath. 

Joel,  m.  Sarah  Parmelee.     Ch.,  Mary,  m.  Charles  Beman  York. 

QUIMBY. 

Daniel  P.  Quimby,  s.  of  Col.  Samuel,  of  Springfield  ;  b.  in 
1839;  was  bred  a  merchant;  upon  being  elected  register  of 
deeds  for  Sullivan  county  in  1S66,  he  came  to  this  town  to  re- 
side. He  held  the  office  of  register  three  years ;  since  which 
he  has  been  on  the  Concord  &  Claremont  Railroad.  He  was 
educated  at  Meriden,  and  has  been  a  leader  and  teacher  of  vocal 
music.  Married  Emeline  E.,  dau.  of  Hon.  Daniel  N.  Adams, 
of  Springfield ;  she  was  educated  at  New  London ;  was  a 
teacher  and  organist.  He  m.,  2d,  Nov.  22,  1876,  Etta  A.  Hun- 
toon. 


Isaac  Quimby,  a  farmer;  b.  April  22,  1S07,  at  Deering; 
came  from  Claremont  to  this  town  in  1S57,  and  settled  at  Kel- 
leyville.  Married  Martha  Wright,  of  Cambridgeport,  Mass. ; 
m.,  2d,  Mattie  Chase,  of  Unity. 

Marshall  C,  b.  Oct.  2,  1850. 

RAND. 

Nehemiah  Rand,  b.  March  31,  1801,  at  Bradford;  came 
here  and  purchased  his  farm,  on  the  old  road  between  North- 
ville  and  Kelleyville,  in  1S38.  M.,  Jan.  30,  1827,  Roxana 
George,  b.  June  30,  1S06. 


GENEALOGY.  513 


RAWSON. 


Franklin  Alanson  Rawson,  s.  of  Jonathan,  of  Alstead  ;  b. 
May  25,  1S35  ;  is  a  merchant ;  came  liere  from  Gilsum  in  1S63  ; 
was  for  a  while  a  butcher,  and  a  dealer  in  produce  ;  has  now  a 
grocery  store  in  Wheeler's  block  ;  has  been  a  selectman,  and 
has  held  other  offices,  and  is  prominent  among  the  Odd  Fel- 
lows.    M.,  Oct.  27,  1861,  Caroline  Elizabeth  Dean. 

Murton  Otis,  b.  March  26,  1868.      Shirley  J.,  b.  March  9,  1870. 

RAYMOND. 

John  S.  Raymond,  b.  Dec.  i8,  1838,  at  Hopkinton  ;  came  to 
this  town  in  1861  ;  has  been  engaged  in  the  scythe  factory  of 
E.  T.  Sibley,  at  Northville,  since  1S62  ;  built  his  residence  in 
1S67.  M.,  Sept.  20,  1863,  Syrena  A.  Walker,  of  Unity,  b.  Apr. 
23,  1845. 

REYNOLDS. 

Joseph  Reynolds,  a  prominent  man  in  the  early  part  of  the 
century  ;  lived  in  the  east  part  of  the  town.  M.,  Dec.  3,  iSoS, 
Polly,  a  sister  of  Arphaxad  Whittlesey,  a  lady  of  culture. 

REED. 

Jonathan  E.  Reed,  a  farmer;  b.  Jan.  10,  1S19;  came  here 
in  1S52  from  Burlington,  Mass.,  and  settled  on  Pike  hill,  where 
he  remained  several  years,  when  he  sold  out  and  removed  to 
East  Unity,  where  he  now  resides.  M.,  April  13,  1846,  Debo- 
rah Hunt,  b.  Sept.  13,  1831. 

Nathan  E.,  b.  April  22,  1847.     [See  Lawyers.] 

Frank  A.,  b.  March  11,  1849;  '"•-  Feb.  20,  1873,  Emma  J.  Whittier. 

Ch.,Fred  A.,  b.  Feb.,  1874;  r.  at  the  L.  Bascom  place  on  the  Unity 

road. 
S.  Lizzie,  b.  June  30,  1852 ;  m.  Sanford  L.  Craine. 
Josiah  Edzvin,  b.  June  8,  1859.         Herbert  L.,  b.  Dec.  23,  1867. 


Andrew  J.  Reed,  b.  Jan.  25,  1813,  at  Woburn,  Mass.  ;  came 
here  in  1S36  ;  lived  on  East  mountain  ;  m.  Lucinda  Millen. 

Caroline  L.,  b.  Nov.  5,  183S;  d.  Sept.  5,  1S60. 
Harriet  L.,  b.  July  12,  1S40;  m.  Moody  E.  Blood. 

33 


514  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

William  L.  Reed,  a  joiner;  b.  Oct.  20,  1803,  at  Milton, 
Mass.  ISIairied  Mabel  N.,  dau.  of  Aaron  Buell,  Jr.,  in  1S39. 
They  have  since  occupied  the  Buell  homestead  on  the  Croydon 
road. 


Stephen  Reed,  b.  Dec.  9,  1790  ;  came  from  Plainfield,  Vt., 
when  nine  years  of  age  ;  lived  at  the  Reed  saw-mill,  in  the 
north-east  part  of  the  town.  M.,  Nov.  16,  iSio,  Lovina,  dau. 
of  Peter  Wakefield,  b.  in  1791. 

\Erastus,  b.  Mar.  15,  181 1.  Rosena,  m.  Azor  Paul. 

\jackson,  b.  Feb.  20,  1819.  Roivena,  m.  Gih-nan  Davis. 

Rosilla,  m.  Azor  Paul, — 2d  wife. 


Erastus  Reed,  s.  of  Stephen  ;  b.  Jvlarch  15,  iSii  ;  m.  Lydia, 
dau.  of  Nathan  Hurd  ;  m.,  2d,  Susan  G.  Sargent. 

Sylvester^  b.  March  i,  1830;  m.  Melissa  Cobb. 
Sophronia  A.,  b.  May,  1833.  Etta,  b.  April,  1863. 

George,  b.  Jan.  i,  1866.  Morton,  b.  Jan.  29,  1869. 


Elbridge  Reed,  s.  of  Stephen  ;  b.  Feb.  13,  1S14  ;  m.,  Mar. 
21,  1835,  Maria,  dau.  of  Nathan  Hurd;  m.,  2d,  Jan.  10,  1864, 
Ann  Willard. 

Sarah  M.        Alojizo.         George. 


Jackson  Reed,  s.  of  Stephen  ;  b.  Feb.  20,  1S19 ;  m.  Harriet 
D.  Crowell. 

Dexter  G.,  an  officer  during  the  Rebellion;   a  joiner;  m.  Elizabeth 

Hook;  m.,  2d,  Mary  Sargent. 
Austin,  m.  Olive  F.  Dow;  killed  in  the  civil  war. 
Willard,  m.  Mary  Richardson.         Herbert  IV.         Frank. 

Isaac  A.  Reed,  b.  in  1814 ;  s.  of  David,  who  was  a  soldier 
in  the  War  of  181 2,  and  who  m.,  July  6,  1S08,  Rhoda  Good- 
win, and  went  to  Plainfield,  Vt.  ;  was  also  a  grandson  of  Mo- 
ses Reed,  who  was  a  soldier  in  the  Revolution,  and  was  with 
Washington  at  Valley  Forge.  After  spending  his  minority  on 
a  farm  with  his  father  in  Vermont,  Isaac  went  to  Nashua,  where 
he  became  a  dentist ;  after  practising  his  profession  here,  in 
Vermont,  and   in  Lowell,  Mass.,  he  settled   here  in  1S50.     He 


GENEALOGY.  5  I  5 

has  several  times  been  a  candidate  for  representative  and  regis- 
ter of  deeds,  and  has  been  a  leader  in  the  Grange  movement  in 
this  part  of  the  state.  M.,  Oct.  i6,  1S3S,  Mahalah  P.  Iloit,  b. 
at  Orford,  Nov.  15,  1S16. 

Ellen  I).,  b.  Oct.  12,  1S39;  educated  at  Tilton  Female  College  and  in 

Canada;  m.,  Dec.  23,  1861,  Capt.  George  E.  Belknap,  U.  S.  Xavy  ; 

d.  Oct.  28,  1865. 
Lucius  P.,  b.  Aug.  29,  1846  ;  a  farmer;  was  in  the  army  during  the 

civil  war;  m.  Clara  E.,  dau.  of  Hon.  Daniel  M.  Smith,  of  Lenip- 

ster.     Ch.,  Edith  L.,  b.  Nov.  26,  1870. 


Benjamin  Reed,!).  jNIarch  27,  1791,  at  Westfield,  Mass.; 
came  here  in  1S39,  and  purchased  his  farm  in  the  south  part  of 
the  town,  on  the  Unity  road,  where  he  operated  until  his  death, 
March  18,  i868.  M.,  Nov.  27,  1834,  Jane  Little,  of  Belmont, 
Me. 


Wallace  L.  Reed,  s.  of  Benjamin  ;  b.  July  22,  1S42  ;  v\'as 
bred  a  farmer,  which  occupation  he  followed  several  years,  after 
which  he  came  to  the  village,  and  opened  a  restaurant.  M., 
Jan.  16,  1868,  Hattie  A.  Taggart,  of  Claremont. 

Hattie  A.,  b.  April  6,  1870.  Fred  IV.,  b.  May  16,  1S73. 

REMELE. 

Jonathan  Remele  was  the  first  pastor  of  the  Congrega- 
tional church.  He  was  installed  Jan.  23,  1783,  and  dismissed 
Oct.  10,  1 791.  He  was  a  fine  scholar,  an  able  preacher,  and  a 
man  of  much  wit  and  humor.  He  was  teacher  as  well  as  min- 
ister. From  this  town  he  removed  to  Orwell,  Vt.  Married 
Anna  Read. 

Mary,  b.  April  4,  1777.  Stephen  West,  b.  March  24,  1778. 

Samuel  Hopkins^  b.  May  26,  1780.  Nancy ^  b.  1782. 
Jonathan  Edwards,  b.  Sept.  7,  1783. 

REMINGTON. 

The  Remingtons  came  from  Vermont.  Harriet,  m.  Luther 
J.  Powers;  Henry  L.,  b.  Feb.  3,  1S46,  m.  Abigail  Gould; 
David  J.,  b.  May  13,  1S4S,  m.  Esther  Pike. 


5l6  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 


RICHARDS. 

Sylvanus  Richards  came  from  Dedham,  Mass.,  about  the 
beginning  of  this  century,  and  settled  on  the  S.  11.  Cutting 
farm,  in  the  west  part  of  the  town,  where  he  kept  a  tavern.  He 
was  at  one  time  one  of  the  largest  land-holders  and  tax-payers 
in  town.  He  also  owned  and  operated  the  Buell  tavern  in  the 
village. 

^Leonard,  b.  Nov.  20,  1789.  ^Seth.h.  Feb.  20,  1792. 

Abiathar,h.  Feb.  13,  1796;  went  to  Dedham,  Mass. ;  m.  Julia  Colburn, 

of  Dedham. 
\Sylva7ius,  b.  March  4,  18 11. 


Leonard  Richards,  s.  of  Sylvanus ;  b.  Nov.  20,  17S9 ;  was 
a  teamster  ;  during  most  of  his  maturer  life  drove  a  six-  or  eight- 
horse  team  between  this  town  and  Boston.  He  removed  from 
this  town  to  Anoka,  Minn.,  where  he  was  burned  to  death.  His 
house  took  fire,  and  he,  being  in  the  chamber,  w^as  unable  to 
escape.  He  m.,  Nov.  21,  181 2,  Phebe  Brown,  dau.  of  Rev. 
Thomas  Brown.  ^ 

Laura  A.,  b.  Nov.  25,  1814;  m.  Joseph  E.  Wheeler. 

Riiel,  b.  April  18,  18 16;  r.  in  Indiana. 

Lucy,  b.  April  22,  1818  ;  m.  Horace  Adams,  of  Akron,  O. 

Lavina,  b.  April  23,  1820;  m.  Francis  Turner,  Dedham,  Mass. 

Harvey,  b.  i\Tarch  i,  1822;  m.  Laura  Wheeler. 

Thomas  B.,  b.  Sept.  26,  1824;  m.  Emma  A.  Nichols;  r.  in  Minn. 

Sophia,  b.  June  25,  1828  ;  m.,  and  lives  at  Dedham,  Mass. 

Phebe  M.,  b.  May  15,  1832  ;  m.  Edwin  Whitney,  of  Cleveland,  O. 


Seth  Richards,  s.  of  Sylvanus  Richards  ;  b.  Feb.  20,  1792; 
spent  the  early  part  of  his  life  at  farming  and  hotel-keeping, 
first  at  the  west  part  of  the  town,  and  afterwards  at  hotel-keep- 
ing at  the  Rising  Sun  hotel  in  the  village.  He,  however,  soon 
turned  his  attention  to  trade,  and  w^as  a  clerk  in  the  store  of 
Erastus  Baldwin.  He  afterwards  bought  the  Cheney  store, 
where,  in  connection  with  his  sons,  he  had  a  successful  trade 
for  many  years.  He  sold  out  here,  and  was  engaged  in  manu- 
facturing at  the  Sugar  River  Mills,  with  his  son  Dexter,  where 
he  had  a  prosperous  ^rade  until  he  retired  from  active  business. 
He  was  post-master,  a  selectman  four  years,  and  a  representa- 
tive in  1S33,  and  held  other  offices.     He  was  an  officer  in  the 


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5l8  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT, 

member  and  deacon  of  the  Congregational  church  in  the  town, 
he  has  greatly  interested  himself  in  its  prosperity  and  success, 
contributing  largely  to  the  erection  of  its  present  chapel  and 
parsonage,  besides  giving  wholly  its  present  fine  organ.  A 
patron,  also,  of  educational  interests  in  general,  he  gave  $i,ooo 
to  found  a  scholarship  at  Dartmouth  college  ;  he  is  a  trustee  of 
Kimball  Union  Academy.  He  was  formerly  president  of  the 
Newport  Savings  Bank,  and  is  now  president  of  the  First  Na- 
tional Bank  of  Newport.  He  interests  himself  largely  in  the 
prospeiity  of  the  town,  giving  liberally  in  support  of  its  busi- 
ness and  social  interests.  M.,  Jan.  27,  1S47,  Louisa  F.,  dau.  of 
Dr.  Mason  Hatch,  b.  April  i,  1S27. 

Elisabeth  A.,  b.  Nov.  9,  1847;  d.  May  25,  1868. 

Seth  iMasoH,  b.  June  6,  1850;  was  a  clerk  for  a  while  in  Boston,  but 
returned  to  this  town,  and  was  admitted  as  a  partner  with  his  father 
in  the  manufacturing  business,  since  which  he  has  devoted  himself 
wholly  to  its  interests,  and  has  been  a  valuable  and  efficient  mem- 
ber of  the  firm  ;  m.,  Oct.  9,  1878,  Lizzie,  dau.  of  Oliver  Farnsworth, 
of  Boston,  and  grand-dau.  of  Dea.  Joseph  Farnsworth,  of  this  town. 

Josephine  E.,  b.  Oct.  30,  1855;  graduated  at  Andover,  Mass.,  in  1877. 

James  D.,  b.  Oct.  11,  i860;  d.  July  17,  1861. 

Eugene  D.,  b.  Nov.  24,  1863;  d.  y.    William  F.,  b.  Jan.  28,  1867. 


Abiathar  Richards,  s.  of  Seth  ;  b.  Oct.  8,  1825  ;  was  bred 
a  mercJTant,  and  has  devoted  his  life  mainly  to  trade  ;  be  began 
as  a  clerk  in  his  father's  store,  and  on  attaining  his  majority  was 
admitted  as  a  partner  with  his  father  and  brother  Dexter. 
This  firm,  of  which  he  was  the  active  member,  bis  father  and 
brother  being  engaged  in  manufacturing,  did  a  successful  busi- 
ness ;  he  continued  there  until  186S,  when  he  disposed  of  his 
interest,  and  went  into  trade  in  Boston.  After  an  absence  of 
two  years  he  returned  to  this  town,  purchased  the  Newport 
Mills,  and  engaged  in  manufactures  ;  at  the  expiration  of  one 
year  bis  mill  was  burned,  and  he  returned  to  trade,  in  which  he 
has  since  continued.  M.,  May  7,  1S54,  Amanda  E.  Durant,  of 
Charlestown,  b.  Dec.  16,  1830. 

Hallet  C,  b.  Dec.  5,  1854;  d.  1855. 

Frederick  PF.,  b.  Jan.  31,  1856;  a  clerk  in  the  Newport  Savings  Bank, 

and  assistant  cashier  in  the  First  National  Bank  in  this  town. 
Einvia  F.,  b.  July  6,  1857;  d.  y.       Henry  D.,  b.  April  i,  i860;  d.  y. 
Dexter,  b.  Nov.  11,  1868. 


GENEALOGY.  519 

Sylvanus  Richards,  a  fiirmer  ;  s.  of  vSylvamis  ;  b.  March  4, 
iSii;  d.  June  16,  1S78;  m.  Clarissa,  dau.  of  Dea.  Ehiathan 
Ilurd,  b.  Oct.  17,  1S17. 

Charles,  a  boot-  and  shoe-trader;  was  killed  by  the  falling  of  a  chimney 

on  Elm  street. 
Lucy  Ann,  b.  Feb.  5,  1845  i  "">•  James  B.  Sawyer,  of  Sutton. 

RICHARDSON. 

Asa  Richardson,  s.  of  David  ;  b.  Aug.  16,  1809;  came  to 
this  town  with  his  father  in  1S4S  from  Goshen,  and  purchased 
the  lower  tannery,  where  he  and  his  father  carried  on  business 
for  a  number  of  years,  and  where  they  introduced  several  valu- 
able improvements  in  tanning ;  he  sold  out,  and  became  land- 
lord at  the  Eagle  hotel.  He  was  in  the  army  during  the  Rebel- 
lion. Married  Marilla,  dau.  of  Samuel  Allen,  who  lived  on 
Page  hill,  on  the  Goshen  road  ;  she  d.  Feb.  14,  1836,  aged  28 
years;  m.,  2d,  Mary  J.  Colden,  of  Thornton.     [See  Tanners.] 

Sarah  A.,  b.  Dec,  1841  ;  m.  Sherman  Woodbury,  of  Plymouth. 
George,  L.  Sept.  1843;  d.  in  the  army  during  the  Rebellion. 
Marilla  J.,  b.  1845;  "^-  Martin  V.  Dickey,  of  Plymouth. 


Harmon  Richardson,  b.  May  6,  1808  ;  came  from  Goshen 
to  this  town  in  1S22,  and  settled  on  his  form,  on  the  old  road 
between  Northville  and  Kelleyville,  on  which  is  the  celebrated 
mineral  spring.  He  d.  Jan.  4,  187S.  M.,  1852,  Alvira  G. 
George,  of  Sunapee. 

Marilla  A.,  b.  Dec.  2,  1836.  Almira  F.,  b.  July  26,  1846. 


Leontard  Richardson,  b.  March  20,  1807;  came  to  this 
town  and  bought  what  was  formerly  known  as  the  Joseph  Kim- 
ball farm  at  Northville,  where  he  has  since  resided.  M.,  May, 
24,  1831,  Lucena  Jenneson,  of  Auburn,  Mass.,  b.  Dec.  8,  1809. 

Cyrus  E.,  b.  March  19,  1832.  ] Leonard  E.,  b.  Oct.  15,  1833. 

Caroline  D.,  h.  Sept.  3,  1835;  m.,  Nov.  2,  1858,  Alexander  H.  Dean. 
Hannah  L.,  b.  Jan.  26,  1838.  Joseph  F.,  b.  Nov.  13,  1840. 

Mary  S.,  b.  Jan.  20,  1843. 
Elizabeth,  b.  Oct.  11,  1844;  m.,Nov.  26,  1871,  Edward  N.  Dean. 


Leonard  E.  Richardson,  s.  of  .Leonard  ;  b.  Oct.  15,  1S33  ; 
was  well  educated,  and  early  in  life  a  successful  teacher  ;  studied 


520  HISTORY   OF   NEWPORT. 

medicine  with  Dr.  John  L.  Swett,  of  this  town,  and  graduated 
at  Harvard  Medical  College,  after  which  he  removed  to  Hart- 
ford, Conn.,  where  he  commenced  his  professional  life,  and 
where  he  still  resides.  M.,  Sept.  28,  1S58,  Lois  M.,  dau.  of 
Dea.  Austin  L.  Kibbey,  of  this  town. 

RIDER. 

Warren  Rider,  a  stage  proprietor  ;  b.  Ma}'  i,  1795,  at  Croy- 
don ;  d.  June  5,  1S66;  m.  Polly  Brown,  of  Croydon. 

Louisa  A.,h.  May  29,  1818  ;  m.  Sylvester  E.  H.  Wakefield. 

Nathaniel  B.,  b.  Dec.  12,  1824. 

Warren,  b.  July  g,  1829;  d.  July  21,  1870;  m.  Mary  Foster. 

Willard  IV.,  b.  Aug.  10,  1831  ;  m.  Mary  J.  Way,  of  Unity;  m.,  2d, 
Deborah  S.  Hyde,  of  New  Bedford,  Mass.  Ch.,  Abbie  J.,  b.  Feb. 
26,  1849;  m.  Hiram  C.  Hall.  Hattie  F.,  b.  March  29,  1866.  Will- 
iam Nourse. 

RILEY. 

James  L.  Riley,  a  native  of  Goffstown  ;  b.  April  8,  iSio; 
d.  April  33,  1871  ;  came  here  in  1822.  He  was  a  deputy  sher- 
iff'four  years,  and  a  jailor  fourteen  years.  M.,  May  29,  1833, 
Elizabeth,  dau.  of  Elias  Thatcher,  b.  May  7,  1811. 

Harvey  M.,  b.  May  30,  1835;  d.  in  1847. 

yames  E.,  d..  1848. 

Frances  E.,  b.  Feb.  9,  1851;  a  singer;  m.,  1877,  E.  A.  Kenion. 

ROBINSON. 

Jacob  Robinson,  a  tin-ware  manufacturer  and  stove  and 
hardware  dealer;  b.  May  20,  1S14,  at  Greenfield;  learned  his 
trade  at  Leominster,  Mass. ;  was  in  trade  at  Canaan  ten  years ; 
came  here  in  1849.  M.,  June  20,  1841,  Mrs.  Mary  W.  Dean,  of 
Qiieechy,  Vt.,  b.  April  20,  1807.     He  d.  March  14,  1877. 

Lucia  P.  Dean,  her  child  by  a  former  husband;  b.  Sept.  22,  1835  ;  was 
in  1876  one  of  a  troupe  of  ballad  singers  giving  concerts  to  the 
ilite  of  London,  with  tickets  at  a  guinea  an  evening  (I4.66) ;  m. 
Aaron  F.  Nettleton  [see  Music]. 

Frajik,  b.  June  4,  1842;  d.  1849.     Ella,  b.  Nov.  8,  1844. 

Laurenza,  b.  Dec.  15,  1846;  d.  1848. 

Laura,  b.  Sept.  30,  1848;  m.,  Sept.  15,  1869,  Albert  L.  Hall. 


Alvaii  Robinson  came  from  Unity  in  1833  ;  lived  on  the  S. 
Marston  place  ;  m.  Lucy  Bean. 


GENEALOGY.  521 

jDavi's  B.,  b.  Mar.  20,  1825. 

Beise}',h.  Sept.  27,  1827;  m.  Dana  Town,  of  Manchester ;  ch.,  George, 
Mary. 


Davis  B.  Robinson,  s.  of  Alvah  Robinson ;  b.  March  20, 
1S35  ;  lives  on  East  mountain  ;  m.,  Dec.  26,  1S44,  Abby  R. 
Cross,  of  Methuen,  Mass. 

IVilUain  D.,  b.  July  3,  1848  ;  d.  y.  Mary  E.,  b.  Mar.  27,  1855. 
Liuy  E.,  b.  Sept.  10,  1861.  George  D.,  b.  May  27,  1862 ;  d.  y. 

Betsey  B.,  b.  Oct.  25,  1870. 

John  Roberts,  a  farmer ;  came  from  Orford  ;  lives  on  the 
P.  Scranton  farm  on  the  Claremont  road  ;  m.  Phebe  A.  Rob- 
bins. 

C.  Ebnadou),  Anjia,  Clark,  Martha  L.,  Ida  J.,  Ada  F.,  Ceon^e  B. 
McClellan,  Estella  M.,  Nellie,  Cora  B. 

ROCKWELL. 

Benjamin  Rockwell,  b.  April  4,  1804;  came  to  this  town 
from  Claremont,  in  1S32,  and,  in  connection  with  John  Smith, 
bought  out  the  cloth-dressing  mill  of  Nathan  Hurd,  which  was 
situated  at  the  bridge  east  of  the  village,  near  the  present  resi- 
dence of  Austin  C.  Fletcher,  and  converted  it  into  a  satinet  foc- 
tory.  At  the  end  of  three  years,  in  1S35,  their  establishment 
was  burned,  after  which  Mr.  R.  purchased  the  farm  which  he 
now  occupies,  in  the  west  part  of  the  town,  near  Blueberry 
Ledge,  where  he  has  since  been  engaged  in  farming.  M.,  Nov. 
6,  1S30,  Cynthia  Cutting,  a  dau.  of  Jonas,  senior,  b.  May  19, 
1S07,  '"^'■1  ^-  Sept.  17,  1S77. 

Harrison  H.,h.  Nov,  6,  1831,  an  overseer  in  the  mills  at  Lawrence, 

Mass.;  d.  April,   1859;    m.,   1S53,   Abby  Campbell,  of  Augusta, 

Me. 
George  B.^  b.  Mar.  12,  1834;  a  mechanic  at  Springfield.  Vt. ;  m..  Oct. 

31,  1854,  Caroline  V.  Hurd,  b.  Apr.  21,  1840;  ch.,  Charles  H. 
Charles  H.,  b.  Sept.  28,  1835;  d.  Mar.  28,  1858. 
]Sai/iuel  M.,  b.  June  12,  1839. 
Marion,  b.  Dec.  14,  1850;  m.,  Oct.  19,   1871,  Geo.  S.  Stone;  r.  at  her 

homestead. 


Samuel  M.  Rockwell,  s.  of  Benjamin;  b.  June  13,  1S39; 
V.  on  the  hill  between  Northville  and   the  village,  on  the  farm 


522  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT, 

recently  owned  by  Dr.    Sanborn;    m.,  Jan.  9,  1861,  Hannah 
L.,  dau.  of  Nathaniel  O.  Page,  b.  Sept.  25,  1S40. 

Katie,  b.  Oct.  18,  1869. 

ROSSITER. 

Timothy  B.  Rossiter,  s.  of  Sherman  and  Olive  (Baldwin) 
Rossiter,  of  Claremont ;  b.  Sept.  iS,  1807;  came  to  this  town 
in  1S36,  and  settled  on  the  S.  H.  Cntting  place  in  the  west  part 
of  the  town,  where  he  was  a  most  industrious  and  thriving 
farmer.  In  the  autumn  of  1S58  he  sold  out  and  returned  to  his 
native  town,  where  he  purchased  a  farm  on  the  main  road  be- 
tween Claremont  village  and  Charlestown,  one  of  the  best  in 
town,  where  he  has  since  resided.  He  is  one  of  the  weal- 
thiest farmers  in  the  county.  M.,  May  31,  1836,  Elvira,  dau. 
of  Moody  Dustin,  of  Claremont,  b.  Dec.  14,  1809. 

^George  P.,  b.  May  6,  1840. 

Edwaid  A.,  b.  Mar.  10,  1844;  was  bred  a  merchant;  was  for  several 
years  in  trade  at  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y.,  where  he  was  agent  for  a 
firm  in  Boston.  Is  now  doing  a  successful  business  for  himself  in 
Pittsburgh,  Penn. 

Ellen  A.,  b.  Feb.  26,  1850;  d.  young. 


George  P.  Rossiter,  s.  of  Timothy  B.  Rossiter;  b.  May  6, 
1S40  ;  was  reared  a  farmer;  remains  at  the  homestead,  where 
he  is  engaged  in  farming.  He  takes  a  deep  interest  in  agricul- 
ture, and  is  often  a  successful  competitor  at  our  county  fairs. 
He  was  educated  at  Kimball  Union  Academy.  M.,  April  27, 
1865,  Carrie  Lewis,  dau.  of  Charles  Gleason,  of  Plainfield,  b. 
May  30,  1S42. 

Charles  7z//z^//y/,  b.  Dec.  21,  1868.    James  Ediuard,  b.  Apr.  29,  1871. 
Robert  Gleason,  b.  June  13,  1875. 

ROUNSEVEL. 

Lyman  Rounsevel,  b.  Nov.  7,  1805,  at  Unity.  While  in 
his  native  town  he  was  a  drover,  and  was  extensively  engaged 
in  farming.  He  has  sound  judgmerrt,  and  has  had  a  success- 
ful business  career.  He  came  to  this  town  in  1867,  having  dis- 
posed of  his  homestead  for  a  county  farm.  He  purchased  the 
tannery,   where  he  now   carries  on  business.     He  was  for  a 


GENEALOGY.  523 

while  a  partner  of  Milton  S.  Jackson.  While  in  Unity  he  was 
often  a  selectman,  and  was  a  representative  three  years.  vSince 
coming  to  this  town  he  was  a  selectman  in  1874,  and  the  Dem- 
ocratic candidate  for  councillor  in  1S76  and  1877.  M.,  Jan.  27, 
1829,  Sarah  G.  P.  S[)arling,  of  Henniker,  b.  Aug.  27,  1S04. 

Thomas  E.  B.,  b.  Oct.  30,  1831  ;  d.  Aug.  28,  1832. 

Vienna  E.,  b.  Aug.  28,  1833;  d.  Jan.  i,  1834. 

Lyman  E.  B.,  b.Nov.  17,  1834;  d.  Fel).  21,  1846. 

Hotner  S.,  b.  Dec.  11.  1837;  d.  Oct.  7,  i860. 

Almira  C,  b.  Nov.  19,  1840;  m.  Ale.xis  J.  Groves. 

Diantha  S.,  b.  Sept.  19,  1843. 

Ashton  IV.,  b.  Dec.  6,  1847;  a  tanner;  is  engaged   in  business  in  his 

father's  establishment;  m.   Mary  Richards,  of  Charlestown,  .Mass., 

in  1871.     Ch.,  Nellie  J.,  b.  Sept.  10,  1873. 

RUSS. 

John  Russ,  b.  in  1791.  He  was  a  shoemaker,  a  livery-man, 
and  a  horse-trader,  and  always  delighted  in  the  fleetest  nag. 
While  here  he  built  a  store,  and  the  dwellings  of  A.  W.  Clark 
and  Dr.  J.  L.  Swett.  He  went  to  Chicago,  111.,  in  1S39,  ''^"^^  ^• 
at  Aurora,  in  that  state,  in  iS6i.  He  m.  a  Miss  Angell,  of  Sun- 
apee. 

Sarah  Ann,  m.  Charles  Peck,  a  wealthy  mechanic  at  Chicago,  111. 
Sidney,  a  conductor  on  tlie  B.,  C.  &  M.  R.  R. ;  m.  and  r.  at  Concord. 
Catharine  and  Jane,  the  two  youngest  daughters,  m.  and  r.  in  111. 

ROWELL. 

HiLLiARD  RowELL,  s.  of  HiUiard  Rowell,  of  Ryder  Corner, 
Croydon;  b.  Nov.  29,  1S26;  a  prosperous  farmer;  came  from 
Croydon  in  1S54,  '''^*^^  settled  on  the  S.  Kempton  farm,  in  the 
north  part  of  the  town.  M.,  Dec.  28,  1852,  Charlotte  N.  Rob- 
erts, of  Medford,  Alass.,  b.  June  7,  1825. 

Ellen,  d.  at  20.  Alice  D.,  b.  March  15,  i860. 

Stella  J/.,  b.  June  ii,  1865. 

Albert  Roweli.,  b.  Nov.  10,  1827;  a  brother  of  Hilliard, 
Jr. ;  came  to  this  town  in  1848.  M.,  Nov.  10,  1S53,  Orpha, 
dau.  of  Hon.  Jeremiah  D.  Nettleton.  He  operated  the  village 
grist-mill  with  Levi  Bennett, — afterwards  with  Mr.  Wright. 

George  A.,  b.  Jan.  13,  1S57.  Freddie  £".,  b.  Sept  20,  1862. 


524  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT, 

Eben  L.  Rowell,  another  brother  of  Hilliard  ;  b.  Sept.  7, 
1S29;  a  successful  farmer;  came  here  in  1S64,  and  settled  on 
the  C.  C.  Shedd  farm  in  the  north  part  of  the  town  ;  was  a 
representative  in  1875  and  1S76.  Married  Martha  Carleton,  of 
Haverhill. 

Etta  B.,  b.  Nov.  i,  1864.  Edgar  E.,  b.  Jan.  11,  1868. 


Stephen  Rowell,  s.  of  David;  b.  June  27,  1S02,  at  Croy- 
don ;  when  an  infant,  sleeping  in  his  mother's  arms,  she  was 
killed  by  lightning  while  he  escaped  unharmed,  and  d.  in  this 
town  at  an  advanced  age.  Married  Keron  H.  Bartlett ;  m.,  2d, 
Irene  B.  Bartlett ;  m.,  3d,  Mary  R.  Woodbury. 

Richards.,  b.  Dec.  19,  1833;  m-  Sarah  L.  Stevens;  d.  Aug.  29,  1864. 

Almond B.,  b.  Sept.  19,  1838;  d.  Dec.  27,  1855. 

George  E.,  b.  June  29,  1846;  d.  Dec.  10,  1862. 

^Eranklin  P.,  b.  Aug.  26,  1850.        Irving  C,  b.  Nov.  6,  1854. 


Franklin  P.  Rowell,  s.  of  Stephen;  b.  Aug.  26,  1850; 
came  here  with  his  father,  and  purchased  an  interest  in  the  vil- 
lage grist-mill,  where  he  operated  in  connection  with  ]Mr. 
Wright ;  he  subsequently  sold  out,  and  purchased  a  grain  and 
lumber  store  of  U.  H.  Dutton,  on  Corn  alley,  where  he  soon 
after  erected  a  steam  grist-mill,  and  where  he  has  since  carried 
on  the  grain  and  lumber  trade.  Married  Eliza  I.  Young,  of 
Manchester. 

Arthur,  b.  Oct.  26,  1876.  Stephen  S.,  b.  Oct.  4,  1878. 


Christopher  Rowell,  s.  of  David  ;  came  to  this  town  from 
Croydon,  and  was  one  of  our  finest  artists  ;  in  1866  he  went  to 
Boston,  where  he  has  had  a  successful  career. 

ROWE. 

Robert  M.  Rowe,  s.  of  John  and  Elsa  (More)  Rowe  ;  b.  at 
Wilmot,  Aug.  30,  1S16  ;  was  in  trade  in  his  native  town  some 
twenty-five  years  ;  while  there  was  a  selectman  and  town  treas- 
urer for  a  number  of  years.  He  came  to  this  town  in  Aug., 
1876;  m.  Nancy  Tilton,  of  Andover ;  m.,  2d,  Sarah  Pillsbury, 


GENEALOGY,  52$ 

of  Sutton  ;  in.,  ^d,  Nov.  i8,  1855,  Mary  E.  Severance,  of  Wil- 
mot,  a  sister  of  Ransom  Severance  of  this  town. 

Clarence  R.,  b.  Sept.  16,  1861.         Ednor  M.,  b.  March  18,  1864. 

ROYCE. 

Philip  Royce,  s.  of  Philip;  b.  Feb.  11,  1S39;  came  to  this 
tow^n  in  1S71,  from  Barnard,  Vt.,  where  he  liad  been  a  success- 
ful teacher,  and  went  into  trade  with  George  H.  Fairbanks,  un- 
der the  firm  name  of  Fairbanks  &  Royce,  with  whom  he  has 
since  operated.  M.,  Jan.  5,  1S63,  Betsey  L.  Lamb,  of  Bridge- 
water,  Vt.,  b.  Sept.  2,  1S43. 

Charles  S.,  h.  May  3,  1S64.  Grace  S.,  h.  Feb.  26,  1866. 

Bertha  L.,  b.  May  25,  1878. 

SANBORN. 

Thomas  Sanborn  [see  Physicians],  m.,  1S45,  Harriet,  dau. 
of  Hon.  David  Allen. 

Harriet  E.,  b.  Oct.  30.  1845  ;  d.  in  1S64. 

Mary  7.,  b.  March  16,  1847;  d.  in  1875;  graduated  at  South  Hadley, 
Mass. ;  m.  Rev.  George  Ide,  of  Hopkinton,  Mass.,  a  graduate  of 
Dartmouth  college  and  at  Andover  Theological  Seminary.  Ch., 
Carrie  S.,  b.  June  2,  1872;  Charles  E.,  b.  Jan.  22,  1874. 

Thomas  B.,  b.  July  9,  1853.     [See  Physicians.] 

Christopher  A.,h.  April  5,  1855  ;  a  printer  and  telegraph  operator;  is 
now  a  medical  student. 


Tappan  Sanborn,  b.  Jan.  24,  1800,  at  Hill ;  d.  Jan.  28, 1873  ; 
came  here  in  i860  from  Unity,  where  he  had  been  post-master 
and  selectman  several  years.  Married  Mary  Flanders,  of  Bos- 
cawen  ;  m.,  2d,  Sarah  Sanborn,  of  Unity. 

Mary  F.,  b.  April  4,  1835  '■<  "i-  John  Paul,  of  Unity. 
Ruth  S.,  b.  Sept.  2,  1838;  d.  March  5,  1847. 

SARGENT. 

Stephen  Sargent,  b.  April  13,  1787,  at  Amesbury,  Mass. ; 
m.  Feb.  13,  1814,  Sarah  Davis,  of  Plaistow. 

Daniel  D.,  b.  Dec.  28,  1816.  Ezekiel,  b.  Nov.  i,  1821. 


Moses  M.  Sargent,  a  farmer;  b.  Nov.  25,  181 1,  at  Gran- 


526  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

tham  ;  came  here  from  Canterbury,  in  1S71  ;  r.  at  Northville  ; 
m.  jNIary  C.  Currier. 

yolin  C,  b.  Feb.  15,  1845;  ™'  Fanny  Watson. 

Ltdlla  S.,h.  Nov.  30,  1851.  Lor  en  £".,  b.  Aug.  23,  1862. 

James  Sargent,  a  farmer:  b.  Jan.  20,  1813,  at  Grantham; 
r.  on  Oak  street;  m.,  Sept.  10,  1842,  Nancy  Sargent,  of  War- 
ner, b.  March  14,  181 2  ;  she  d.  Feb.  27,  1876. 

Elhanaji  IV.,  b.  Dec,  1843;  d.  March,  1846. 
Grace  A.,  b.  Dec.  28,  1846;  a  teacher. 
Granville  A.,  b.  March  30,  1849;  i"-  ^t  Wahham,  Mass. 
Mary  E.,  b.  March  18,  1852;  a  teacher;  m.,  Nov.  2,    1874,  James  A. 
Stone  ;  r.  at  WaUham,  Mass. 

SAWYER. 

Joseph  Sawyer,  b.  Feb.  4,  1771  ;  d.  July  30,  1856;  came 
here  in  1796,  and  settled  in  the  south-west  part  of  the  town; 
m.,  June  20,  1796,  Ruth  Page,  of  Dunbarton,  b.  Oct.  7,  1772  ; 
d.  Nov.  18,  1842. 

Lydia  P.,  b.  Nov.  27,  1799;  m.  Rev.  John  Wilcox. 

Williavi,  b.  May  10,  1803;  d.  Feb.  10,  1805. 

Edmnnd,  b.  Dec.  22,  1805. 

Laji7-a,h.  Kwg.  30,  1807;  a  successful  teacher;  m.  Calvin  Hurd,  of 
Boston;  m.,  2d,  Stoddard  Tower,  of  Springfield,  Vt.  She  d.  July 
6,  1877. 

^Joseph,  b.  April  10,  1809. 

Uriah,  b.  May  18,  1813  ;  m.  Marilla  Gunnison,  of  Goshen  ;  r.  at  Broad- 
head,  Green  county,  Wisconsin.  Ch.,  Ellen  M.,  m.  Oliver  Parker ; 
Annah,  d.  at  18. 

^Langdon,  b.  Sept.  7,  1815.  \John  B.,  b.  Sept.  10,  1817. 

\Benjaniin  F.,  b.  Dec.  14,  1819. 


Joseph  Sawyer,  s.  of  Joseph  ;  b.  April  10,  1S09;  d.  Aug. 
13,  1857  ;  r.  at  the  L.  W.  Darling  place  on  East  mountain.  He 
was  an  enterprising  and  prosperous  farmer,  and  an  active 
member  of  the  Methodist  church.  He  m.,  April  6,  1S37, 
Mary  Colby,  of  Hopkinton,  b.  Aug.  15,  1812. 

Mary  Jane,  b.  Mar.  31,  1838;  m.  James  Wesley  Miller. 
Augusta  L.,  b.  Aug.  31,  1839;  "^-  Edmund  Wheeler. 
\ Andrew  J.,  b.  July  6,  1844. 

Andrew  J.  Sawyer,  s.  of  Joseph  Sawyer,  Jr.  ;  b.  July  6, 
1844  ;  was  three  years  a  soldier  during  the  Rebellion.     On  his 


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528  HISTORY   OF   NEWPORT. 

teacher,  and  for  many  years  a  superintending  school  committee. 
Was  an  active  member  of  the  Methodist  church,  and  a  superin- 
tendent of  the  Sabbath-school.  He  was  moderator  in  1S56 
and  1S57,  a  representative  in  1S54  and  1855,  and  again  in  1S68 
and  1S69,  and  a  candidate  for  state  senator  in  1S51  and  1852. 
He  removed  to  Napa  City,  Cal.,  in  1S70,  where  he  has  been  a 
tanner,  and  has  been  engaged  in  the  hide  and  wool  trade,  in 
which  he  is  doing  an  entensive  business  ;  is  superintendent  of  a 
Sabbath-school,  and  trustee  of  the  Napa  Collegiate  Institute  at 
Napa  City.  M.,  April  24,  1S44,  Lois  M.  Gunnison,  of  Goshen, 
b.  Nov.  13,  1823,  who  d.  in  1878. 

\Frencli  A.,  b.  Jan.  30,  1845. 

Lydia  Sophira,  b.  April  30,  1847  ;  d.  Jan.  5,  1865;  was  educated  at  New 
London. 


French  A.  Sawyer,  s.  of  Benj.  F.  ;  b.  Jan.  30,  1845;  pre- 
pared for  college  at  the  N.  H.  Conference  Seminary  at  Tilton  ; 
was  two  years  at  Middletown  college.  Conn.,  when  failing 
health  compelled  him,  in  1S68,  to  seek  the  more  congenial  cli- 
mate of  California,  where  he  novv^  resides,  and,  in  connection 
with  his  father,  is  doing  an  extensive  business.  M.,  Nov., 
1869,  Mattie  J.  Holden,  of  Concord,  the  dau.  of  a  prominent 
manufacturer. 

Hattie  S.,  b.  Sept.  22,  1870.  Benjamin  F.,  b.  April  6,  1872. 

Lois  M.,  b.  Jan.  16,  1874. 


Richard  K.  Sawyer,  a  brother  of  Joseph,  Sen. ;  settled  near 
the  A.  Howe  place. 

Jonathan  B.,  b.  March  27,  1806.      Moses,  b.  Oct.  15,  1807. 
Anna  C,  b.  Sept.  2,  1809.  Lovenda,  b.  Feb.  6,  1S13. 


Elias  Savv^er,  a  joiner;  b.  March  29,  1832;  came  from 
Grantham,  his  native  town,  in  1852  ;  m.,  1853,  Augusta  C. 
Heath,  of  Croydon,  b.  in  1836. 

Charles  F.,  b.  Feb.,  1855;  d.  Feb.,  1859. 
Ada  F.,\i.  Feb.,  1856;  d.  Feb.  13,  1859. 
Herbert  IV.,  b.  Sept.  8,  1861. 


GENEALOGY.  529 


SCRIBNER. 

John  Scribxer,  a  manufacturer  ;  b.  at  Andover,  Jan.  i,  1816  ; 
came  here  in  1S50.  M.,  March  16,  1S43,  Martha  M.  Scovell, 
of  Walpole,  b.  April  3,  1821,  who  d.  Nov.  18,  1S50;  m.,  2d, 
Aug.  31,  1851,  Matilda  il.  Booth,  of  Lempster,  b.  May  3, 1826. 

\Elbnd}j;e  L.,  b.  Jan.  29,  1846. 

Clara  Af.,  b.  March  7,  1853  ;  m.  Willard  Eastman,  of  Goshen. 

Geort^e  ^L,  b.  March  31,  1855;  m.  Celia  Cutts. 

Jennie  M.^  b.  Sept.  19,  1858;  m.  Daniel  Dudley. 


Elbridge  L.  Scribxer,  s.  of  John  ;  came  to  this  town  with 
his  father  ;  was  for  a  while  engaged  in  the  laundry  business. 
Married  Etta  Littlefield,  of  Amesbury,  Mass.  ;  r.  in  Suncook. 

Fred  IV.,  b.  Sept.  13,  1873.  /vor/  K,  b.  July  16,  1875. 

SEVERNS. 

Ransom  Severxs,  a  native  of  Derby,  Vt. ;  b.  Dec.  12,  181 1  ; 
came  from  Unity  in  1868  ;  while  at  Unity  he  was  a  represent- 
ative in  1 866  and  1867,  and  a  selectman  two  years.  M.,  May 
2,  1837,  Lorenda  Currier,  of  Unity,  b.  Sept.  28,  1813. 

F/ora  y.,  b.  Jan.  16,  1839;  d-   in   1861  ;  m.  William  B.Johnson,   of 

Unity. 
Burton  Dean,  a  joiner;  b.  June  25,  1841  ;  m.  Hattie  Randall,  of  Clare- 

mont;  r.  in  Wisconsin. 
Louisa  Attn,  b.  April   13,  1S46;  m.  Dr.  Jerry  S.  Elkins,  now  of  this 

town. 

SEVERANCE. 

Daniel  Severance,  a  stone-mason;  b.  Feb.  26,  1812;  d.  in 
1878,  at  Goshen;  came  to  this  town  from  Claremont ;  m. 
Martha  Bradley,  who  d.  185S  ;  m.,  2d,  Feb.  20, 1859,  Lucy  Lat- 
imer, who  d.  Oct.  10,  1869;  m.,  3d,  Jan.  26,  1870,  Sarah  M. 
Chamberlain,  b.  July  21,  1825. 

Adeline  B.,  b.  Nov.  20,  1840;  d.  Oct.  31,  1869. 

Orren  j^.,  b.  Oct.  3,  1846;  m.  Lucy  Chase;  m.,  2d,  Sarah  M.  Messer, 
of  New  London. 

34 


530  HISTORY   OF   NEWPORT. 


SHATTUCK. 

William  Shattuck,  b.  Oct.  i6,  1S04,  at  Bradford  ;  came  to 
this  town  in  1850;  d.June  11,  187S.  Married  Delia  Presby : 
r.  at  Kelleyville. 

Harriet  P.,  b.  Sept.  17,  1828  ;  d.  young. 

David  D.,  b.  May  28,  1830;  m.  Jane  Gage,  and  went  to  California. 

Frances  W.,  b.  Jan.  11,  1832;  r.  at  Groveland,  Cal. 

JoJiJi  H.,  b.  Oct.  28,  1833;  m.  Lucy  Stevens. 

Lucy  A.,  b.  Sept.  i.  1835  ;  m.  Edward  Pike,  of  Claremont. 

Martha  S.,  b.  March  2,  1837;  m.  Hon.  Ervin  T.  Case,  of  Providence, 

R.  I. 
IVtltiam  H.,  b.  March  27,  1840;  d.  young. 
Charles  C,  b.  Dec.  28,  1842 ;  m.  Mary  Frances,  dau.  of  Dr.  J.  L.  Swett ; 

r.  in  California. 
Rodney  P.,  b.  Dec.  3,  1844;  r.  at  Knowlton,  Wis. 
Harj-iet,  b.  Nov.  12,  1847;  r.  at  Providence,  R.  I. 
Milton  H.,  b-  Aug.  13,  1849;  m.  Frances  M.  Penney. 
William  C,  b.  Nov.  30,  1850;  m.  Carrie  Rankin;  r.  at  South  Vallejo, 

Cal. 


William  Shattuck,  a  farmer,  and  a  native  of  Hollis ;  b. 
Feb.  2,  1803  ;  d.  Feb.  3,  1871  ;  came  tp  this  town  from  Orange, 
in  March,  1857,  ^^'^  settled  on  the  Dr.  Corbin  farm.  Married 
Phebe  Davis,  of  Hanover,  who  d.  April  3,  1861. 

•\Charles,  b.  Oct.  3,  1833.  ^Byron  C,  b.  Dec.  6,  1835. 

\Henry,  b.  Sept.  11,  1837. 

Charles  Shattuck,  s.  of  William  and  Phebe  (Davis)  Shat- 
tuck; b.  Oct.  23,  1833;  came  from  Orange  in  1858;  lives  on 
the  J.  Reddington  place,  on  East  mountain.  M.,  Feb.,  1859, 
Matilda  L.  Parshley,  of  Laconia,  b.  1837. 

Herbert  O.,  b.  May  11,  i860.  Walter  O.,  b.  July  30,  1862. 

Byron  C.  Shattuck,  s.  of  William  ;  b.  Dec.  6,  1835  ;  came 
from  Orange  in  1857  ;  remains  at  the  homestead  on  the  Corbin 
place.  M.,  March  22,  1863,  Mary  E.,  dau.  of  Mark  Gove,  b. 
Feb.  21,  1842. 

JVellie  A.,  b.  Feb.  22,  1867.  Charlie  H,  b.  Jan.  27,  1872. 


Henry  Shattuck,  a  joiner;  s.  of  William ;  b.  Sept.  11, 
1837  ;  came  to  this  town  with  his  father  in  1S57.  ^'^"'  May  14, 
1863,  Sarah  O.  Parshley,  of  Laconia,  b.  Jan.  18,  1S40. 


GENEALOGY.  531 


SHERMAN. 

WiLLARD  vSiiERMAN,  s.  of  Johii ;  b.  July  i8,  1S36;  m.  Jane 
Baker,  of  Croydon  ;   lived  in  the  north-west  part  of  the  town. 

Nellie  B.,  b.  April  14,  1859.  Laura  N.,  b.  Nov.  7,  1862. 

John  W.  iV.,  b.  Nov.  14,  1867.         Martha  J.,  b.  Oct.  30,  1S71. 
Hattie  B.,  b.  Feb.  5,  1873. 

SIIOLES. 

Hutchinson  Siioles  and  family  came  from  Massachusetts ; 
he  settled  on  Griffin  hill,  but  spent  most  of  his  life  with  a  son 
on  Thatcher  hill. 

Jonathan.  Christopher,  m.,  June  10,  1784,  Riioda  White. 

Joseph.  Temperance,  m.  Elisha  Thatcher. 

Levi,  b,  1773;  m.  Elenor  Jones,  and  lived  on  the  A.  G.  Savory  farm; 
he  d.  Mar.  7,  1835,  aged  90;  she  d.  Dec.  18,  1833,  aged  94. 

Prentice  Sholes,  m.,  Sept.  28,  1800,  Zeviah  Washburn. 

SIBLEY. 

Ezra  T.  Sibley,  a  scythe  manufacturer;  b.  Feb.  3,  1817,  at 
Auburn,  Mass. ;  served  his  apprenticeship  at  Millbury,  Mass. ; 
came  here  from  New  London  in  1845,  purchased  an  interest  in 
the  scythe  factory  at  Northville,  and  went  into  business  with 
Sylvanus  Earned.  Upon  the  death  of  Mr.  Earned,  in  1S48,  he 
formed  a  business  connection  with  William  Dunton,  which  con- 
tinued until  1 85 1,  when  he  bought  out  the  interest  of  Mr.  Dun- 
ton,  and  carried  on  the  business  alone  until  1873,  when  he  en- 
larged his  establishment,  and  admitted  his  son,  Frank  A.,  as  a 
partner.  He  has  a  fine  residence  at  Northville.  Was  a  select- 
man in  1S53,  and  a  representative  in  1871  and  1873.  M.,  July 
19,  1839,  Lydia  D.  Gay,  of  New  London,  b.  March  10,  1S20. 

Amelia  R.,  b.  April  7,  1840;  m.  Samuel  W.  Allen. 

Frank  A.,  b.  Jan.  28,  1851  ;  was  in  the  hardware  business  with  J.  H. 
Brown,  and  afterwards  with  M.  E.  Hatch  until  1873,  when  he  was 
admitted  as  a  partner  with  his  father  in  the  scythe  business.  He 
has  given  much  attention  to  music,  and  is  successful  with  the  violin 
and  the  organ. 


532  HISTORY    OF   NEWPORT. 


SILVER. 


The  Silvers  came  from  Hopkinton.  John,  the  father,  was 
among  the  early  settlers  here.  He  m.  Mary  Buell,  May  25, 
17S4,  and  had  a  large  family.  After  operating  at  his  trade, 
that  of  mason,  for  several  years,  he  removed  to  Cass  county, 
Mich.  His  son  John  was  bred  to  his  father's  trade,  but  soon 
became  a  successful  landloi'd.  He  was  a  captain  in  the  militia, 
and  ranked  high  in  the  Masonic  fraternity.  Married  Judith 
Colby,  of  Goshen  ;  m.,  2d,  Susan  Russell,  of  Hancock  [see 
Hotels]. 
\Oren,  b.  Dec.  8,  1812. 


Orex  Silver,  s.  of  John,  Jr. ;  b.  Dec.  8,  1S12;  m.,  Oct.  27, 
1833,  Abbie  F.  Fifield,  of  Sutton,  b.  Apr.  8,  1S15.  They  r.  in 
Cass  county,  Mich. 

George  Franklin,  b.  Jan.  9,  1835;  m.  Sarah  J.  Harvey. 

SILSBY. 

Jonathan  Silsby,  a  farmer ;  s.  of  Nathaniel  Silsby,  of  Ac- 
worth  ;  b.  Nov.  3,  1810  ;  d.  Dec.  6,  1S55  ;  came  to  this  town 
in  1833  ;  was  for  a  time  engaged  in  hotel-keeping  at  the  Eagle 
hotel.  M.,  March  31,  1S36,  Eunice  E.  Pike,  b.  Feb.  21,  1S16, 
and  d.  Nov.  13,  1S57. 

^Charles  A.,  b.  Dec.  25,  1836. 


Charles  A.  Silsby,  s.  of  Jonathan  Silsby  ;  b.Dec.  25,  1836  ; 
was  bred  a  farmer.  On  attaining  his  majority,  was  for  several 
years  a  trader  in  the  city  of  New  York.  He  returned  to  this 
town,  and  purchased  the  M.  Hunt  farm  on  Thatcher  hill,  where 
he  now  resides.  He  had  been  a  successful  speculator,  inde- 
pendently of  his  farming.  He  was  a  selectman  in  1S77,  and 
has  been  for  two  years  president  of  the  Newport  Farmers 
and  Mechanics'  Association.  M.,Jan.  13,  1S62,  Frances  K., 
a  dau.  of  John  Trask,  b.  Nov.  23,  1835. 

John  C,  b.  July  18,  1864. 


GENEALOGY.  533 

SIMONDS. 

Frankmn  Simoxds  was  f(jr  a  time  a  citizen  of  this  town,  and 
while  here  took  a  lively  interest  in  its  affairs.  He  is  remem- 
bered as  a  man  of  energy  and  practical  ability.  While  in  town 
he  was  engaged  in  the  mannfacture  of  cotton  yarn.  After  the 
destruction  of  his  factory  by  fire  he  moved  to  Warner,  where 
he  gave  his  attention  to  banking,  in  which  he  had  a  marked 
success.  While  there  he  was  representative,  and  a  candidate 
for  councillor.  Upon  his  decease  his  will  had  devised  $25,000 
to  endow  the  SImonds  high  school  at  Warner,  which  school  is 
now  in  successful  operation,  and  will  be  an  enduring  monu- 
ment to  his  liberality. 

SMITH. 

Etiiax  Smith,  a  farmer  ;  s.  of  Wm.  Smith,  of  Crovdon  :  b. 
Aug.  17,  1S45,  at  Goffstown  ;  came  to  this  town  in  1S72,  and 
settled  on  the  G.  F.  Whitney  farm,  in  the  north-east  part  of  the 
town.     Married  Celinda,  dau.  of  Caleb  Barton,  of  Croydon. 

Mary  A.,  b.  March  4,  1872.  William  C,  b.  Oct.  15,  1873. 

Nathan  Smith,  b.  Sept.  10,  1S05,  ^^  Londonderry;  came  to 
this  town  in  1858,  and  purchased  a  farm  on  the  Goshen  road; 
m.  Betsey  E.  Baker,  of  Unity. 

Nelson  y.,  a  jeweller;  b.  Aug.,  1841  ;  d.  March  30,  1874.  He  was  for 
a  time  in  trade  in  Wheeler's  block.  Married  L.  Adelia  Mathers. 
Ch.,  Cora  A.,  b.  Sept.  16,  1865;  Elmer  E.,  b.  June  7,  1867;  C. 
Herbert,  b.  Dec.  12,  1869. 


Dox  C.  Smith,  a  farmer;  b.  Jan.  28,  1833;  was  a  soldier 
during  the  Rebellion  ;  came  from  Norwich,  Vt.,  in  1S61  ;  m. 
Elizabeth  L.,  dau.  of  Abial  D.  Pike,  and  settled  on  Pike  hill. 


Ezra  LaRoy  Smith,  a  carpenter ;  s.  of  John  and  Rebecca 
(Buswell)  Smith;  b.  April  6,  182S;  came  to  this  town  from 
Grantham  in  1S6S  ;  m.,  Dec.  30,  1852,  Kazia  Ames  Littlcfield, 
b.  July  6,  1829. 

Emma  Kazia,  b.  Aug.  28,  1858.       Helen  Ames,  b.  April  2,  1869. 


534  HISTORY   OF   NEWPORT.         * 

Nathaniel  B.  Smith,  a  clergyman  ;  was  for  a  number  of 
years  engaged  in  mechanical  business  at  Northville.  Married 
Rebecca  Dow,  a  sister  of  Hial.  Had  a  family.  He  moved  to 
Weare,  where  he  d. 


Elbridge  H.  Smith,  s.  of  Hiram  Smith,  of  Unity  ;  b.  Dec. 
13,  1S30  ;  came  to  this  town  from  Claremont  in  1S7S,  and  was 
in  the  employ  of  John  Muzzey,  as  a  baker,  until  Nov.  of  the 
same  year,  when  he  purchased  the  interest  of  Mr.  Muzzey  in 
the  bakery,  and  has  since  carried  on  the  business.  M.,  April 
6,  1S65,  Mary  E.,  dau.  of  Col.  Timothy  Holt,  of  Andover, 
Mass. 

SPOONER. 

Hiram  G.  Spooner,  b.  Jan.  14,  1826 ;  came  from  Croydon, 
and  settled  on  the  Unity  road  ;  m.,  Oct.  4,  1854,  Eliza  E.  Pat- 
ten, b.  May  15,  1837. 

Joseph  C,  b.  Feb.  22,  1855.  Htrajn  D.,  b.  Jan.  7,  1857. 

Lillian  A.,h.  April  27,  1859.  Sarah  A.,  b.  Oct.  26,  1862. 

Isaac  S.,  b.  Feb.  2,  1864.  Mania  //.,  b.  Feb.  6, 1866. 
Porter  C,  b.  June  22,  1868. 

SPRAGUE. 

Henry  Sprague  came  from  Cambridgeport,  Mass.,  where 
he  had  kept  a  hotel,  in  1S45,  and  settled  on  the  A.  H.  Sprague 
farm  ;  d.  Sept.  26,  1S54,  aged  73  years.  Married  Betsey  Tuck- 
er, of  Charlestown,  Mass. 

Albert  H.  Sprague,  s.  of  Henry  Sprague ;  b.  Dec.  8, 
1S09  ;  came  to  town  with  his  father,  and  occupied  the  home- 
stead after  his  father's  death.  M.,Jan.  10,  1S38,  Joan  Hamil- 
ton, of  Barre,  Mass.,  b.  1810. 

\VVilliam  H.,  b.  Nov.  26,  1838.      Mary  A.  V.,  m.  Charles  Lamb. 


William  H.  Sprague,  s,  of  Albert  H.  vSprague;  b.  Nov. 
26,  1S38  ;  r.  for  a  while  at  the  homestead,  after  which  he  pur- 
chased the  J.  Kilburn  farm  at  the  junction  of  Sugar  river  and 
the  Croydon  Branch,  but  afterwards  sold  out  and  went  to  Gib- 
bon, Buffalo  Co.,  Neb.,  where  he  now  r.  He  was  selectman 
in  1867  and  1868.     Married  Amorette  R.  George. 


GENEALOGY.  535 

Elmer  £".,  b.  June  20,  1861.  Flora  W.,  b.  Dec.  12,  1863. 

Albert  IV.,  b.  Aug.  26,  1865.  /ra  P.,  b.  April  23,  1867. 

STANARD. 

William  Stanahd  came  from  Killingworth,  Conn.,  and 
was  among  the  very  earliest  settlers  in  town;  lived  on  the  J. 
Hall  farm,  which  was  long  known  as  the  Stanard  place.  Mar- 
ried Mindwell,  a  sister  of  Abraham  Buell ;  m.,  2d,  April  19, 
17S6,  Margery,  sister  of  Aaron  Buell,  b.  July  30,  i759- 

Sally,  b.  Oct.  6,  1771 ;  m.  Moses  Goodwin. 

^William,  b.  Aug.  26,  1776. 

Mindwell,  b.  Oct.  4,  1782;  m.  Jonathan  Wakefield,  of  Croydon.     Ch., 

Leonard,  Moses,  Jonathan,  Sally. 
yereiniah,  b.  June  29,  1785. 
Abigail,  b.  July  4,  1791  ;  m.  Adolphus  King. 


WiLLLVM  Stanard,  s.  of  William  ;  b.  Aug.  26,  1776;  re- 
mained at  the  old  homestead  for  many  years,  when  he  sold  out 
and  went  to  Iowa,  where  he  died.  Married  Hannah  Hagar,  of 
Croydon.  It  is  said,  by  an  eye-witness,  that  the  cavalcade  of 
ladies  and  gentlemen  on  horseback,  who  attended  the  bridal 
pair  to  their  new  home,  was  a  most  beautiful  and  imposing  dis- 
play. 

\yeremiah,  b.  June  2,  1799.  \Joel,  b.  March  9,  1802. 

\Obed,  b.  Oct.  2,  1803. 

Vashti,  b.  Oct.  5,  1805;  m.  John  P.  Capron,  of  Morrisville,  Vt.  Ch., 
William,  Edwin,  Amelia. 

Hannah,  m.  John  Houghton;  r.  at  Phenix,  Oregon;  ch.,  Ira. 

Sarah,  m.  George  Bonney,  and  went  to  Illinois. 

Laura,  m.  in  Iowa.  Electa,  m.  a  Mr.  Russ. 

Samuel,  lives  at  Lebanon,  Iowa ;  is  a  justice,  a  deacon,  and  a  promi- 
nent man;  m.  Priscilla  Walls.  Ch.,  Arthur,  Fanny,  Charles, 
Cora  V. 

Orpha,  m.  Josiah  Bonney,  of  Keosauqua,  Iowa. 


Jeremiah  Stanard,  s.  of  William,  Jr. ;  b.  June  2,  1799  ;  m., 
March,  1S22,  Sophia  Call ;  went  to  Michigan. 

Abial  L.,  b.  Dec.  28,  1823  ;  has  been  a  number  of  years  a  member  of 

the  senate  in  Michigan  ;  m.  Hannah  E.  Fletcher.    Ch.,  Jay,  b.  July 

8,  1855;  Gates,  b.  Dec.  4,  1856. 
Eunice  H.  S.,  b.  Aug.  23,  1825;  m.  Brecket  Chapman.     Ch.,  Ellen  S., 

b.  Nov.  16.  1847;  Edwin  B.,  b.  April  24,  1855. 
Percis  A.,  b.  March  8,  1833;  m.  J.  C.  English,  of  Michigan.   Ch.,  Carl 

S.,  Eunice. 


536  HISTORY   OF   NEWPORT. 

Joel  Stanard,  s.  of  William,  Jr. ;  b.  March  9,  1802;  m., 
Aug.  9,  1S26,  Sophia  Burton  ;  r.  at  Chester,  Vt. 

Henry  B.,  b.  April  11,  1837;  a  post-master  and  justice;  m.,  Oct.  5, 
1852,  Elmira  Mansur,  of  Andover,  Vt.;  ch.,  Adelia. 

Albert  E.,  b.  Jan.  i,  1839  ;  a  justice,  selectman,  and  representative,  at 
Chester,  Vt. ;  m.,  April  25,  1855,  Amanda  N.  Fuller,  of  Andover, 
Vt. 


Obed  Staxard,  s.  of  William,  Jr.  ;  b.  Oct.  2,  1803  ;  remain- 
ed here  for  several  years,  and  occupied  a  part  of  the  homestead, 
when  he  sold  out  and  removed  to  Iowa,  where  he  d.  Oct.,  1869. 
Married  Mary  Ann  Webster. 

Alphonso,  r.  in  Albany,  Oregon;  is  mayor  of  the  city.     Ch.,  William 

O.,  Charles  E.,  George  C.,  Henry,  Franklin. 
^Edivin  O. 
Melissa  M.,  m.  J.  H.  Duffield.     Ch.,  Mary  E.,  Ida  M.,  Charles  M. 


Edwin  O.  Stanard,  s.  of  Obed  and  grandson  of  William, 
Jr.  ;  b.  at  the  A.  Hall  farm  on  the  Croydon  road.  Early  in  life 
he  went  with  his  father  to  Illinois,  and  from  thence  to  Iowa  ; 
finally  settled  in  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  where  he  has  been  a  successful 
business  man;  was  lieutenant-governor  of  the  state  in  1869  and 
1870,  and  was  four  years  a  member  of  congress.  Married  Hes- 
ter Ann  Kauftman,  of  Iowa  City. 

Cora  Z.         William  K.        Louilla.         Edwin  Obed. 

STANIELS. 

Hiram  Staniels,  a  miller  and  farmer;  b.  Jan.  25,  1809; 
came  here  from  Chichester,  in  Nov.,  1S51.  ]SIarried  Amoret 
Langmaid  ;  m.,  2d,  Ann  Drake  ;  m.,  3d,  Jennie  M.  Craige,  of 
Bradford. 

Otis  J.,  b.  June  8,  1849;  m.  Ada  Cooper,  of  Croydon  ;  ch.,  Florence  A. 
Amoret  L.,  b.  June  10,  1851.  George  B.,  b.  July  30,  1865. 

Henry  D.,  b.  May  26,  1870. 

STARBIRD. 

Naylor  Starbird,  a  tailor  ;  a  native  of  Strafford  ;  came  to 
this  town  in  1822,  and  here  carried  on  his  business  for  nearly 
fifty  years.  He  held  a  position  on  the  staff  of  Maj.-Gen.  Na- 
than Emery,  and  was  the  Free  Soil   candidate  for  register  of 


GENEALOGY.  537 

deeds  in  1S51.  Married  Ann  R.  Aiken.  Few  families  in  town 
have  contributed  more  generously  to  the  promotion  of  social 
enjoyments  than  his  ;  his  parlors,  always  open,  were  thronged 

with  guy  circles. 

STEVENS. 

JosiAH  Stevens,  b.  at  Killingworth,  Conn.,  Oct.  21,  1743; 
came  to  Alstead,  this  state,  in  1767,  and  from  thence  to  this 
town  in  1771-  Was  a  farmer,  a  merchant,  and  a  deacon  of  the 
Congregational  church  ;  also  town-clerk  nearly  twenty  years  ; 
became  a  preacher  and  missionary  ;  d.  at  the  Isles  of  Shoals  in 
1804.  M.,  Jan.  26,  1763,  Mary  Gray,  of  Killingworth,  Conn.; 
m.,  2d,  May  15,  17S8,  Abigail,  widow  of  Hon.  Benj.  Giles. 

Rebecca,  b.  Nov.  10,  1763.  \Josiah,  b.  Dec.  4,  1765. 

Ediuard,  b.  March  12,  1768;  drowned  on  his  passage  home  from  Geor- 
gia. 
]\Tary,  b.  Aug.  11,  1770.  Abigail,  b.  July  22,  1772. 

Thankful,  b.  Aug.  9,  1774.  Grace,  b.  Oct.  28,  1776. 

Lucy,  b.  Nov.  5,  1778;  m.  John  Buell,  2d. 
Miriam,  b.  March  17,  1781. 
Oliver,  b.  March  11,  1783;  went  to  Georgia. 
Eunice,  b.  Aug.  25,  1785. 


JosiAH  Stevexs,  s.  of  Dca.  Josiah  ;  b.  at  Killingworth,  Conn., 
Dec.  4,  1765,  and  d.  Dec.  3,  1844  ;  was  for  many  years  deacon 
of  the  Congregational  church  ;  lived  on  the  D.  L.  Carr  farm  at 
Southville.    M.,Sept.  19,  1785,  Hannah  Huntoon,  of  Kingston. 

Hantiah,  b.  Dec.  12,  1786;  d.  Nov.  15,  1788. 

Mary,  b.  Aug.  4,  1788;  m.  Bela  W.  Jenks;  d.  April  16,  1820. 

Wealthy,  b.  Aug.  30,  1792;  m.  Jeremiah  Kelsey,  2d;  d.  Oct.  2,  1857. 

\Josiah,  b.  Jan.  28,  1795. 

Speda,  b.  Aug.  11,  1796;  m.  Ruel  H.  Keith;  d.  Feb.  26,  1826. 

Sally  B.,  b.  Nov.  27,  1802;  m,  Alvin  Hatch;  d.  July  17,  1827. 

JosiAH  Stevens,  s.  of  Maj.  Josiah  and  grandson  of  Dea.  Jo- 
siah  Stevens;  b.  Jan.  28,  1795.  While  here  he  was  a  success- 
ful teacher,  and  many  times  a  superintending  school  committee  ; 
was  deputy-sheriff,  moderator,  and  selectman  ;  was  represent- 
ative three  years ;  during  his  third  year,  in  1838,  he  was  elected 
secretary  of  state,  and  removed  to  Concord.  (This  othce  he  held 
until  1843,  five  years,  when  he  retired  to  a  farm  in  the  suburbs 
of  the  city.     He    was   a   member  of  the  building  committee 


538  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

of  the  N.  H.  Asylum  for  the  Insane,  chairman  of  the  board  of 
selectmen  under  the  town  organization,  member  of  the  school 
committee,  police  justice,  and  several  times  candidate  for  the 
mayoralty  of  the  city.  He  had  rare  gifts  as  a  presiding  officer  ; 
had  much  aptitude  for  military  life,  and  enjoyed  its  honors.  He 
d.  April  17,  1869;  m.,  June  20,  1820,  Fanny,  dau.  of  Aaron 
Nettleton,  b.  Dec.  28,  1796,  and  d.  June  23,  1S67. 

Josiah,  b.  Aug.  21,  1823;  removed  to  Concord  with  his  father;  fitted 
for  college  at  New  Hampton  Institute,  and  entered  Dartmouth  col- 
lege in  the  fall  of  1842  ;  remained  only  until  the  spring  of  1843,  his 
eyes  then  troubling  him.  He  spent  the  winter  of  1849  and  1850  in 
Europe,  visiting  his  sister,  Mrs.  Adams,  at  Havre,  France,  and 
travelUng  upon  the  continent.  During  President  Pierce's  adminis- 
tration he  was  appointed  mail  agent  to  California ;  at  the  commence- 
ment of  the  civil  war  he  was  appointed  major  of  the  2d  Regt.,  re- 
ceiving his  commission  May  3,  1861  ;  June  14,  1862,  was  commis- 
sioned lieutenant-colonel  of  the  9th  Regt.  In  1869  he  was  appoint- 
ed station  agent  at  Manchester,  and  had  control  of  the  railroad 
business  there  until  the  severe  illness  which  ended  his  life,  Oct.  26, 
1875.  While  at  Concord  he  was  the  Democratic  candidate  for 
mayor;  he  was  a  prominent  Mason,  and  adjutant  of  the  Amoskeag 
Veterans.  M.,  Nov.  27,  185 1,  Ann  H.  Head,  of  Hooksett,  eldest 
sister  of  Gov.  Natt  Head.  Ch.,  Sarah  Frances,  b.  Jan.  23,  1854; 
Edwin  Eugene,  b.  Jan.  31,  1859. 

Fraftces  M.,  b.  Sept.  20,  1826;  m.,  May  27, 1847,  Rev.  Ezra  E.Adams, 
of  Concord  ;  the  same  year  he  was  appointed  to  a  position  at  Havre, 
France,  where  he  remained  seven  years,  after  which  he  returned  to 
this  country  and  became  a  pastor  at  Philadelphia,  where  he  d.  Nov. 
3,  1871.  Ch.,  Josiah  R.,  b.  Dec.  20,  1848  ;  is  a  lawyer  at  Philadel- 
phia. James  D.,  b.  May  13,  1850;  is  a  lawyer  at  Omaha,  Neb. 
Benj.  B.,  b.  Aug.  13,  185 1;  is  a  doctor  at  Washington,  D.  C. 

Ednah  C,  b.  April  i,  1829;  d.  Sept.  9,  1832. 

Bela  yV.,  b.  Dec.  22,  1832;  was  at  Dartmouth  Medical  College  in  1854; 
studied  medicine  with  Dixi  Crosby,  of  Hanover;  was  two  years  in 
the  Marine  Hospital,  at  Chelsea,  Mass.,  and  five  years  surgeon  in 
the  Government  Insane  Hospital,  at  Washington,  D.  C,  where  he 
d.  July  5,  1865. 


John  Stevens,  a  carpenter ;  b.July  6,  1775  ;  came  here  from 
Goffstown  in  1802;  m.,  Dec.  6,  1798,  Lois  Buswell,  of  Brad- 
ford, b.  Jan.  12,  1773. 

Hannah  K.,  b.  Feb.  17,  1801  ;  d.  at  16. 

PoHy  7.,  b.  June  5,  1803.  Lois,  b.  Jan.  29,  1806. 

Sa/'ly  A.,  b.  Feb.  29,  1808,  Florinda,  b.  June  9,  1810. 

John,  b.  April  27,  1812;  d.  y.  John,  b.  Feb.  9,  1814;  d.  1825. 

Emmons,  b.  July  22,  1816;  d.  1825.  Hannah  K.,  b.  May  27,  1819. 


Smith  N.  Stevens,  a  cabinet-maker ;  came  to  this  town 


GENEALOGY.  539 

from  Springfield;  d.  in  1S65.     Married  Mrs.  Sophia  Stevens; 
ch.,  Henry  [see  Printers]. 


Elias  Stevens,  a  hatter ;  b.  at  Chelsea,  Vt. ;  came  to  this 
town  from  Springfield  in  1S37,  ^"<^^  ^^^  ^°^'  "^^"7  years  a  jour- 
neyman in  the  shop  of  Amos  Little.    Married  Sophronia  Hurd. 


Edward  Stevens,  a  joiner  ;  a  native  of  Bradford  ;  came  to 
this  town  from  Wisconsin  in  1S6S.  Married  Ella,  dau.  of  AVm. 
Emerson. 

Clark  D.,  by  a  former  wife. 

STEARNS. 

Oliver  F.  Stearns,  a  farmer ;  b.  Feb.  35,  1825  ;  came  here 
from  Milford  in  1S54  ;  d.  April  2,  1S7S  ;  m.  Lima  J.,  a  dau.  of 
N.  B.  Hull. 

Edward  E.,  b.  Sept.  15,  1850.         Frankie  L.,  b.  Feb.  8,  1855. 
William  W.,  b.  Dec.  9,  1858. 


Henry  Stearns,  a  brother,  settled  on  the  J.  Perry  farm. 

STOWELL. 

Ezra  Stowell,  a  farmer;  b.  at  Cornish,  June  24,  1791  ;  d. 
July  14,  1S73.  He  was  a  successful  farmer;  lived  on  the  S. 
Kempton  farm,  in  the  north  part  of  the  town  ;  m.  Clarissa  Dia- 
mond ;  m.,  2d,  Sally  Colby;  m.,  3d,  Betsey  Colby;  m.,  4th, 
Mrs.  Jane  Lowell,  a  widow  of  Wm.  Lowell. 

\Sylvanus  C,  b.  Aug.  3,  1827. 

Sylvanus  G.  Stowell,  s.  of  Ezra  ;  b.  Aug.  3,  1S27 ;  spent 
his  minority  with  his  father  at  farm  work,  and  has  since  been 
engaged  to  some  extent  in  agriculture.  He  occupied  for  some 
time  the  A.  Hall  farm,  on  the  Croydon  road,  but  for  several 
years  has  devoted  himself  to  mercantile  business.  He  is  now 
in  the  hardware  trade.  Has  been  a  successful  trader  and  spec- 
ulator.    Married  Wealthy  A.  Libbey,  of  Goshen. 

Sarah  A.,  h.  Mar.  11,  1848. 


540  HISTORY   OF   NEWPORT. 

Abbic  F.,  b.  June  8,  1850;  m.,  Feb.  6,  1873,  George  E.,  s.  of  Edward 
H.  Frost,  of  Readfield,  Me.,  b.  June  10,  1842,  who  came  to  this  town 
in  1869  from  Newmarket;  a  tailor.  Ch.,  Maud  L.,  b.  Dec.  22,  1875; 
Guy  S.,  b.  Nov.  15,  1877. 

Ira,  b.  June  19,  1855 ;  i'"-.  Sept.  20,  1874,  F.  Adell  Averill,  a  dau.  of 
Chester  Averill ;  ch.,  Ray  L.,  b.  May  7,  1878. 

John  B.  Stowell,  a  tanner ;  a  native  of  Cornish  ;  came  to 
this  town  from  Croydon.  He  was  an  active  member  of  the 
Universalist  church,  a  justice,  a  post-master,  a  representative  in 
1S39,  ^""^^  ^  selectman  in  1837,  '3^;  ^"<^  '44-  ^^  "°^  resides  at 
Manchester.  Married  Lavina  Durkee,  of  Croydon,  a  sister  of 
Ruel  Durkee. 

Mary  Ann,  b.  Aug.  2,  1828 ;  m.  F.  Kelley ;  a  tailor, 

STONE. 

James  Stone,  a  brick-maker ;  operated  at  the  junction  of 
Oak  and  Pine  streets  ;  b.  July  12,  1811  ;  came  here  from  Gran- 
tham in  1S69  ;  m.  Harriet  Dinsmore,  of  West  Boylston,  Mass. 

George  S.,h.  Oct.  i,   1846;  m.,  Oct.   19,   1871,  Marion  Rockwell,  b. 

Dec.  14,  1850;  r.  at  the  Rockwell  homestead. 
yanies  A.,  b.  May  13,  1849;  rii.,  Nov.  2,   1874,  Mary  Sargent,  dau.  of 

James;  r.  at  Waltham,  Mass. 
Ai'thur  C,  b.  Oct.  20,  1853.  Irvin  Af.,  b.  Dec.  20,  1855. 

Isaac  C,  b.  Jan.  7,  1859;  was  among  first  graduates  of  Newport  high 

school. 

STORY. 

Daniel  C.  Story,  b.  May  i,  1803  ;  came  to  this  towm  from 
Hopkinton  in  1S25  ;  m.  Rachel  Winter,  of  Grantham  ;  m.,  2d, 
Mary  M.  Woods,  of  Bradford. 

Adaliiie.         Martha.         Maroa. 

Ellen  E.,  m.  Wm.  H.  Redfield,  of  Claremont. 

William  H.,  b.  Nov.  20,  1865. 

STOW. 

Peter  Stow,  b.  at  Grafton,  Mass.,  Jan.  21,  1771.  He  was 
s.  of  Jonah  and  Lydia  (Powers)  Stow.  He  came  with  his 
father  and  three  brothers  from  vStockbridge,  Mass.,  and  settled 
at  "  Stow  hill,"  now  Brighton,  in  the  west  part  of  Croydon, 
and  was  among  the  early  settlers  of  that  town.  While  at  Croy- 
don he  was  a  representative  in  1S09,  and  a  selectman  some  six 


GENEALOGY.  54 1 

years.  He  came  to  tliis  town  in  1S09,  and  settled  on  the  A. 
Paul  nirm,  where  he  d.  in  1816.  lie  was  a  representative  from 
this  town  in  181 2  and  '13,  and  selectman  in  1812,  '13,  and  '14. 
Married  Deborah,  dau.  of  Jeremiah  Nettleton,  b.  Feb.  11,  1775. 

^ Baron,  b.  June  16,  1801. 

Royal  P.y  a  clerk  in  the  House  of  Representatives,  at  Washington. 
Temperance  Judith,  m.  May  27,  181 7,  Sylvester  Partridge,  and  went 
to  Potsdam,  N.  Y.  [see  Partridge]. 


Baron  Stow,  d.  d.,  s.  of  Peter;  was  b.  at  Croydon,  June 
16,  iSoi  ;  came  to  this  town  with  his  fatlier  in    1S09.     He  re- 
ceived his  early  training  at  the  common   schools,  and   pursued 
his  classical  studies  with   Rev.   Leland   Howard,  of  Windsor, 
Vt.,  but  mainly  at  the  academy  in  this   town,  defraying  his  ex- 
penses by  teaching  winter  schools.     In  1823,  his  health  requir- 
ing a  milder  climate,  he  went  to  Washington,  D.  C,  and  entered 
Columbian    college,   where    he   graduated    in    1825,   with   the 
first  honors  of  his  class ;  after  which  he  edited  for  a  year  and  a 
half  The    Columbia7t   Star,  a  religious  paper  at  the  city  of 
Washington.     He  was  ordained  as  pastor  of  the  Middle  Street 
Baptist  church,  at  Portsmouth,  N.  H.,  in    1827.     On  Dec.  15, 
1832,  he  was  installed  over  the  Baldwin  Place  Baptist  church, 
in  Boston.     In  1S4S  his  impaired  health  induced  him  to  resign 
this  pastorate  and  accept  the  less  onerous  duties  of  pastor  of 
the  Row^e  Street  Baptist  chinch,  in  the  same  city,  where  he 
continued  until   his  death,  which  occurred   Dec.  27,  1869.     In 
1846  Brown  University  cenfcrred  on  him  the  honorary  degree 
of  Doctor  of  Divinity,  and  in  1854  Howard  University  repeat- 
ed the  honor.     He  was  the  author  of  several  books  and  pam- 
phlets, and  wrote  much  for  the  periodical  press.     In  1840,  and 
again   in   1859,  "'''^  people,  at  their  own  expense,  sent  him  to 
Europe  for  his  health,  and  for  mental   improvement.     He  was 
always  and  everywhere  a  favorite,  so  urbane  his  manners  and 
so  exemplary  his  life.     He  had  eminent  talents,  and  enjoyed  a 
wide  popularity.     He  m.,  Sept.  7,  1827,  Elizabeth  L.,  dau.  of 
Benj.  Skinner,  of  Windsor,  Vt.     They  had  no  otlspring. 


542  HISTORY   OF   NEWPORT. 


STOCKWELL. 

Austin  Stockwell,  b.  March  27,  1S17;  came  from  Croy- 
don in  1846,  and  settled  on  the  W.  Brown  place,  in  the  north 
part  of  the  town,  known  as  the  Durkee  place  ;  was  for  several 
years  engaged  in  mining  in  California.  Married  Melita  Fletch- 
er, b.  Ma3'-  10,  1S19. 

Mary  J.,  b.  Oct.  2,  1842;  m.  John  Page. 

El/en  /.,  b.  July  3,  1844;  m-  £dgar  Borden.     Ch.,  Carrie,  Albert. 

Charles  H.,  b.  Feb.  18,  1846;  m.  Persis  Kingsley,  of  Pomfret,  Vt.     A 

joint  owner  of  the  village  grist-mill  with  Henry  E.  Wright,  where 

they  are  engaged  in  milling  and  the  grain  trade. 
Austin,  b.  Oct.  17,  1848;  m.  Elmira  Belknap. 
Ada  M.,  b.  Nov.  25,  1852;  m.  George  B.  Drew;  ch.,  William  A. 
Clara  A.,h.  March  5,  1855. 

SUTHERLAND. 

William  W.  Sutherland,  b.  Sept.  20,  1817,  in  Canada 
West,  where  he  remained  until  ten  years  of  age,  when  his  par- 
ents removed  to  northern  New  York  ;  he  was  ordained  a  cler- 
gyman by  the  Christian  denomination  in  1844  ;  settled  at  North- 
ville  in  1S63.     Married  Asenath  Ramsey. 

Willie  M.,  b.  Jan.,  1847  J  d.  at  16  years. 

SWEET. 

The  Sweets  came  from  Washington.  Armoni  and  Orpha 
came  to  live  with  Capt.  Elkanah  Carpenter,  an  uncle,  in  1810, 
who,  upon  his  death,  bequeathed  to  them  a  portion  of  his  val- 
uable estate.  They  were  children  of  Dexter  and  Experience 
(White)  Sweet.  Orpha  m.  Hon.  Jeremiah  Nettleton  ;  m.,  2d, 
John  Robbins,  of  Bradford. 

Armoni  Sweet,  a  farmer  and  stone-mason  ;  b.  May  2,  1805  ; 
m.,  May  24,  1827,  Abigail,  dau.  of  Jeremiah  Newell,  Esq.,  of 
Croydon,  b.  July  29,  1S06. 

Elkanah  C,  b.Feb.  17,  1829;  was  a  barber  and  shoe-dealer;  m.,  June 
8,  1851,  Almira  S.  Muzzey,  of  Newbury  ;  r.  "at  Sherbrook,  Canada. 

Abby,  b.  Oct.  28,  183 1  ;  r.  at  the  homestead. 

Gardner,  b.  Nov.  19,  1834;  d.  Sept.  5,  1865;  m.  Justina  Comstock;  ch., 
Edgar  N.,  b.  June  11,  1856. 


GENEALOGY.  543 

Seneca  Sweet,  s.  of  Dexter;  b.July  25,  iSoS  ;  m.  Mary 
Ann  JVIiller ;  m.,  2d,  Harriet  Hardy,  of  Langdon  ;  r.  at  Clare- 
mont. 


Hartford  Sweet,  a  brother  of  Armoni ;  spent  his  youth  at 
farming;  having  attained  his  majority,  he  was  a  wliile  in  trade 
in  this  town,  but  early  removed  to  Lancaster,  where  he  had  a 
successful  business  during  the  remainder  of  his  life,  and  where 
his  family  now  reside.  M.,  Oct.  10,  1S45,  Fanny  E.,  dau.  of 
Hon.  Jeremiah  D.  Nettleton,  b.  Nov.  25,  1S21. 

Helen  F.,  b.  May  18,  1848;  d.  July  20,  1850. 
Jerry  H.,  a  twin,  b.  Feb.  7,  1851  ;  d.  Oct.  13,  1865. 
yulia  //.,  a  twin,  b.  Feb.  7,  185 1  ;  d.  July  10,  1868. 
Henry  N.,  b.  Jan.  15,  1853;  d.  Jan.  16,  1854. 
Henry Neit/eton,  b.  Aug.  4,  i860;  a  student. 

SWETT. 

Joseph  Swett,  b.  Oct.  28, 1798  ;  a  farmer  ;  came  from  Clare- 
mont  in  1853  ;  m.,  Jan.  2,  1S25,  Mary  N.  Davis,  b.  Oct.  30, 
1803.  He  settled  on  the  H.  Staniels  farm,  on  Spring  street,  but 
subsequently  removed  to  the  M.  Gordon  place  on  East  moun- 
tain.    He  was  scholarly  in  his  tastes,  and  was  well  educated. 

Clarissa,  b.  Aug.  13,  1826;  m.  Thomas  J.  Hunt,  of  Charlestown. 
Sarah  Af.,  b.  April  10,  1828;  m.  Nathan  Hunt;  went  to  Iowa. 
Wilder  F.,  b.  May  28,  1S31 ;  a  farmer;  r.  for  a  number  of  years  at  Lemp- 

ster;  m.,  March   15,  1857,  Rosalie  M.  Crowell,  of  Sunapee ;  ch., 

Celia  A.,  b.  March  13,  1858. 
Ellen,  b.  Aug.  6,  1835  ;  m.,  Sept.,  1863,  James  M.  Gordon. 
Isabel,  b.   Oct.  4,  1837;  m.,  March,   1868,  Edwin  R.  Derby,  of  Cedar 

Rapids,  Iowa. 


John  L.  Swett,  m.,  May,  1842,  Elizabeth,  dau.  of  Jonathan 
Kimball,  of  Bradford,  who  d.June  7,  1S52;  m.,  2d,  June,  1S53, 
Rebecca,  dau.  of  Ephraim  Beaman,  of  Provincetown,  Mass. 
[See  Physicians.] 

Frances  Mary,  b.  June  29,  1843;  m.  Charles  C.  Shattuck ;  r.  at  San 

Francisco,  Cal. 
John  K.,  b.  Oct.  22,  1845;  d.  Mar.  12,  1S46. 
Elizabeth,  b.  July  4,  1847  ;  d.  Sept.  9,  1S4S. 

William  K.,  b.  March  7,  1852  ;  read  medicine,  and  was  in  practice  two 
years  in  Kerne  county,  Cal.,  where  he  died  July  15,  1876. 


544  HISTORY   OF   NEWPORT. 


TANDY. 


James  Tandy,  b.  Dec.  13,  1800;  a  native  of  Goshen;  came 
to  this  town  in  1S38  ;  lived  on  the  Wm.  Emerson  place,  on 
the  Unity  road  ;  w^as  a  deacon  of  the  Baptist  church  ;  moved 
in  1S50  to  Cambridgeport,  Mass.,  where  he  now  resides.  M., 
Jan.  35,  1824,  Elizabeth  Lewis. 

Carlos  M.,  Lovilla,  Cordelia,  Eleanor,  Eleazer,  Sarah  y. 

TAYLOR. 

Nathan  Taylor,  b.  Oct.  20,  17S6,  at  Newfane,  Vt. ;  came 
herein  1S29;  d.  Jan.  17,  1869;  m.,  Dec.  10,  iSii,  Hannah 
Bixby,  of  Dummerstown,  Vt.     [See  Literature.] 

Mary  Jane,  b.  June  28,  181 5  ;  m.  Aug.  30,  1849,  Abijah  Williams,  of 
Cornish  ;  m.,  2d,  James  Stone. 

Cornelia  C,  b.  Feb.  10,  1817  ;  m.,  Feb.  29,  1848,  Hezekiah  E.  Hanson. 

Nathan,  b.  Sept.  12,  1818;  d.  Oct.  16,  1834. 

George  C,  b.  Aug.  i,  1821;  d.  Oct.  19,  1834. 

John  W.,  b.  April  3,  1823  ;  m.  Mary  Carr,  of  Salisbury;  r.  at  New  Lon- 
don. 

Charles  H.,  b.  Nov.  22,  1824;  drowned  March  9,  1832. 

Erastus  D.  Taylor,  a  joiner;  b.  Aug.  27,  1806;  came 
from  Lempster,  his  native  town,  in  1867.  Married  Tryphena 
Dodge,  of  Lempster,  b.  July  10,  181 1  ;  d.  July  7,  1834;  m.,  2d, 
Mary  Colby,  of  Henniker,  d.  June  39,  1865  ;  m.,  3d,  Feb.  7, 
1857,  Charlotte  M.  Clark,  of  Croydon. 

Eliza  M.,  b.  Jan.  i,  1833;  d.  y.     Helen  A/.,  b.  Aug.  11,  1838;  d.  y. 

Levi  C,  b.  Dec.  12,  1841  ;  m.,  Dec.  8,  1874,  Nellie  Thayer,  of  Peter- 
borough. 

Ella  M.,  b.  Jan.  13,  1843;  m^  May  11,  1866,  Eugene  W.  Ober,  of  Graf- 
ton, Vt. 

Delora  A.,b.  March  2,  1852. 

TENNEY. 

Thomas  Tenney,  a  carpenter;  b.  Sept.  21,  1771  ;  came  to 
this  town  in  1795,  and  settled  on  the  Hial  Call  farm,  but  spent 
most  of  his  life  and  d.  at  the  H.  F.  Pike  place;  m.  Hannah 
Long;  m.,  2d,  Susan  Cheney. 

\  Joshua,  b.  Dec.  2,  1795. 

Mary,  b.  Dec.  3,  1798;  m.  James  Ashley,  of  Claremont.  Ch.,  Fran- 
ces, who  m.  Austin  Griffin. 


GENEALOGY.  545 

Hannah,  b.  Sept.  8,  1800;  m.  Elihu  Bascom. 

Te?iiperancc,  b.  July  20,  1S02;  m.  Klisha  Hascom. 

Susan,  b.  Jan.  10,  1807;  m.  Adolpluis  Tenney,  of  Windsor,  Vt. 

^Abijah  W.,  b.  Nov.  25,  1810.         \lsaac  C,  b.  July  11,  1814. 

Daniel,  b.  Oct.  17,  1816;  m.  Henrietta  Powers;  r.  at  Morristown,  Vt. 

Abijah  W.  Tenney,  s.  of  Thomas  Tenney;  b.  Nov.  25, 
iSio;  an  excellent  mechanic;  r.  at  Southville.  where  he  has 
been  engaged  in  various  kinds  of  mechanical  business  nearly 
all  of  his  life.  The  business  of  a  millwright  has  been  his 
specialty.  Married  Hannah  S.,  a  dau.  of  Bela  W.  Jenks,  b. 
Nov.  26,  1S16,  d.  Sept.  12,  1848;  m.,  2d,  Emily,  dau.  of 
James    Baker,   b.  April  22,  1823.     Ch.  by  first  wife  : 

Mary  Jenks,  b.  May  18,  1845;  ^-  Thomas  Alontague. 
.(4r///«/'/>'w/6'«,  a  superior  architect  and  builder;  b.  May  22,  1846;  m. 

Hattie  Grey,  of  Worcester,   Mass.     He  was   the  favorite  builder 

here  while  he  remained  in  town. 
George  Hubbard,  b.  July  26,  1848;  d.  Dec.  11,  1866. 


Isaac  C.  Tenney,  s.  of  Thomas  Tenney;  b. July  11,  1814; 
was  a  mechanic  and  r.  at  Southville  ;  m.  Louisa  Dunklee. 

\Sinio7i  A.^  b.  Dec.  18,  1842. 

Abby  S.,  h.  April  6,  1845  i  •""•  Tracy  Cowles,  of  Claremont.  Ch.,  Ora 
E.,  Eugene  E. 

jVe/Zie,  b.  Aug.  20,  1847;  m.  Bela  Kurd. 

Edwin  H.,  b.  Aug.  6,  1849  ;  a  joiner  ;  m.,  Oct.  15,  1878,  Alice  Ken- 
ion. 

Lucy  A.,  b.  Feb.  i,  1857;  d.  in  1878. 

Charles  W.,  b.  Oct.  9,  1859. 


Simon  A.  Tenney,  s.  of  Isaac  C.  Tenney  ;  b.  Dec.  18,  1843  ; 
a  farmer  and  milk-dealer  ;  r.  at  the  W.  Emerson  place,  on  the 
Unity  road.  He  has  been  an  active  member  and  an  officer  in 
the  Agricultural  and  Mechanical  Association  in  this  town.  Was 
an  officer  during  the  civil  war.  He  is  a  valuable  member  of 
the  Congregational  church.  M.,  Feb.  12,  1S70,  Clara  A.  Rol- 
lins, of  Burlington,  Mass.,  b.  April  7,  1S52. 

Cora  B.,  b.  April  23,  1872.  Ada  R.,  b.  March  26,  1877. 

Flora  D.,  b.  Jan.  31,  1878. 


Joshua  Tenney,  s.  of  Thomas ;  b.  Dec.  31,1818;  m.  Lydia 
Wilmarth  ;  m.,  2d,  Eliza  Peters,  of  Sutton  ;  lived  on  Pii^e  hill. 


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546 


HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 


Hannah  L:,  b.  Oct.  25,  1820;  d.  in  1840. 

\LHther  P .,  a  joiner;  I3.  Feb.  15,  1823. 

Sarah  A.,  h.  Dec.  28,  1824;  d.  1841. 

Nathan  J.,  b.  Sept.  27,  1829  ;  d.  1840. 

Eunice  E.,  b.  June  22,  1831;  d.  1840. 

Fratiklin  J.,  b.  June  13,  1843. 

John  A.,  b.  Oct.  19,  1844;  m.  Martha  Williams,  of  Conn. 

Josephine  E.,  b.  Oct.  14,  1849. 


Luther  P.  Tenney,  s.  of  Joshua  Tenney  ;  b.  Feb.  15,  1823. 
He  was  a  joiner  by  trade.  Married  Martha  A.,  dau.  of 
Stephen  Howe;  m.,  2d,  Adeline  S.,  a  dau.  of  James  Hall,  2d. 

Lydia,  b.  Feb.  5,  1850;  m.  Geo.  Chase;  m.,  2d,  Theodore  Snow, 

Henry  C,  b.  Nov.  25,  1851;  m.  Ada  Balch. 

William  P.,  b.  Nov.  9,  1854;  m.  Alice  Dunbar. 

Myron  IV.,  b.  June  16,  1867;  m.  May  11,  1878,  May  M.   Putney,   of 

Washington,  b.  Aug.  31,  1859. 
Flora  G.,  b.  Nov.  25,  1868. 


THATCHER. 

Elisha  Thatcher,  b.  in  Connecticut:  came  from  Goshen, 
and  settled  on  what  has  since  been  known  as  Thatcher  hill, — 
his  residence  there  giving  it  the  name, — on  the  O.  Whitney 
farm;  d.  Dec.  24,  1S35,  'ig^d  75  years.  Married  Temperance 
Sholes. 

\Elias,  b.  July  6,  1787.  Polly,  m.  John  Meserve. 

Harvey,  m.  a  Miss  Cummings.  Eliaki?n,  m.  Asenath  Tandy. 

Sally ^  m.  Silas  Dunklee,  of  Amherst. 
^Calvin,  b.  April  21,  1800. 

Elias  Thatcher,  s.  of  Elisha  ;  b.  July  6,  17S7  ;  d.  Aug.  22, 
1867;  lived  on  Thatcher  hill.  M.,  March  29,  iSoS,  Sally 
Tandy,  of  Goshen,  b.  May  19,  17S6,  d.  Nov.  13,  1874. 

Lorenzo,  b.  Jan.  6,  1809;  d.  Sept.  6,  181 1. 

Betsey  IV.,  h.  May  7,  181 1;  m..  May  29,  1833,  James  L.  Riley. 

Carlos  M.,  b.  July  4,  1813;  d.  Nov.  29,  1825. 

Sophronia,  b.  Nov.  12,  1815;  m.,  Aug.  8,  1837,  Chauncy  Beckwith ;  r. 
in  McHenry  county,  111. 

Siretia,  b.  July  11,  1818;  m.,  Aug.  16,  1839,  David  S.  Wilcox;  d.  May 
10,  1850. 

Caroline  A.,  b.  June  29,  1820;  m.,  Sept.  16,  1847,  Henry  H.  Stevens, 
of  Wisconsin. 

Roxana,  b.  Aug.  4,  1822;  m.,  June  6,  1843,  Austin  C.  Fletcher. 

'[Ira  P.,  b.  April  18,  1824. 

Sylvia,  b.  Jan.  10,  1827;  m.,  Dec.  21,  1848,  Solomon  Bartlett,  of  Sun- 
ape  e. 


GENEALOGY.  547 

Ira  P.Thatcher,  s.  of  Elias;  b.  April  iS,  1S24;  a  fanner; 
r.  at  Derby  Centre,  Vt.  M.,  Nov.  10,  1846,  Miranda  B.  Willey, 
of  Claremont,  vvbo  d.  May  14,  1S61,  aged  33  years;  m.,  2d, 
Oct.  17,  1S61,  Fanny  Howe,  b.  Oct.  17,  1S21. 

Frank.  Albert  M.,  b.  Feb.  3,  1850. 

Eintna  S.,  b.  Feb.  4,  1854. 


Calvin  Thatcher,  s.  of  Elisba  ;  b.  April  21,  iSoo;  lived 
on  the  O.  Wiiitney  place  on  Thatcher  hill ;  was  an  extensive 
farmer.  M.,  Sept.  25,  1S23,  Hannah  Meserve,  of  Goshen,  b. 
April  20,  iSoi. 

Mary  A.,  b.  July  18,  1835;  m.,  Sept.  12,  1849,  Parker  Richardson,  of 
Goshen ;  r.  in  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

Etnily  C,  b.  Sept.  19,  1827;  m.,  March  13,  1847,  James  T.  Gilmore ;  r. 
in  Indiana. 

Lucinda  J/.,  b.  June  23.  1829;  m.,  May  8,  1851,  Charles  Henry  Graves, 
a  farmer  at  Walpole. 

Marilla  A.,  b.  Feb.  28,  1831  ;  m.,  Jan.  6,  1856,  Calvin  B.  Angell,  of 
Sunapee. 

Charles  C,  b.  Feb.  5,  1834;  m.,  Dec.  4,  1862,  Ellen  M.  Tisdale;  a 
merchant  in  St.  Louis,  i\Io. 

Hervey  D.,  b.  Dec.  10,  1837;  m.,  Oct.  4,  1865,  Adda  Bornhart,  of  Pots- 
dam, N.  Y.;  a  druggist. 

Jennie  S.,  b.  April  19,  1840;  m.,  Oct.  21,  1873,  Harold  Jackson,  of  Buf- 
falo, N.  Y. 

Warren  D.,  b.  Jan.  10,  1844;  m.,  Dec.  4,  1867,  Louisa  Ellsworth,  of 
Stockholm,  N.  Y. 

THISSELL. 

Francis  W.  Tiiissell,  s.  of  Richard  Thissell,  of  Newbury ; 
b.  Jan.  5,  1S20;  came  here  in  1S62  ;  was  in  trade  with  George 
W.  Nourse,  and  afterwards  with  George  Herrick.  M.,  Nov. 
15,  1842,  Harriet  G.  Chandler,  of  Newbury,  who  d.  Feb.  9, 
1861  ;  m.,  2d,  Sept.  22,  1862,  Nancy  M.,  a  sister  of  Perley  S. 
Coffin.     They  now  r.  at  Washington,  D.  C. 

Alice  i1/.,  b.  Sept.  2,  1843;  m.,  July  6,  1868,  H.  K.  Fulton,  of  Wash- 
ington, D.  C. ;  ch.,  Florence. 
Herbert  R.,  b.  April  16,  1848;  d.  May  26,  1867. 
Chandler  A.,  b.  May  8,  1853  ;  d.  July  4,  1870. 


548 


HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 


THOMPSON. 

Samuel  Thompson,  a  Revolutionary  soldier;  b.  June  i8, 
1761,  at  Canterbury;  came  here  about  17S3;  d.  Feb.  23, 
1846.  M.,July  3,  17S2,  Patience  Emery,  of  Ci^oydon,  b.  in 
Boscavven,  April  14,  1760,  who  d.  Nov.  13,  1837. 


Sabrie,  b.  March  16,  1783. 
Eiinice,  b.  May  29,  1786. 
David,  b.  Jan.  14,  1790. 


Sa7iinel,  b.  Nov.  13,  1784. 

John,  b.  Jan.  8,  1788. 

Mary,  d.  Nov.  21,  1825,  aged  32. 


Moses  Thompson,  a  mechanic;  b. July  28,  1797:  came  to 
this  town  from  Salisbury.     Married  Hannah  True,  of  Salisbury. 

Belinda  P.,  m.  Stephen  Page,  of  New  London. 

\Jabez,  b.  Nov.  10,  1816. 

Sarah  R.,  b.  Feb.   26,  1819;  m.,  Feb.  8,  1841,  Rev.  John  Young,  of 

Sunapee. 
Be7ijamiii  F.,  r.  in  California.  Harriet  K.,  d.  at  16. 

Elvira  F.,  b.  Dec.  19,  1826;  m.  Allen  W.  Bingham  ;  r.  at  Bristol. 
Abby  H.,  m.  Sewell  T.  Nute ;  r.  at  Lowell,  Mass. 
Mary  J.,  unmarried  ;  T.  at  Manchester. 
James  B.,  m.  Elizabeth  Dale;  r.  at  Lowell,  Mass. 
Lucinda  C,  m.  Thomas  Vose;  r.  at  Manchester. 


Jabez  Thompson,  s.  of  Moses;  b.  Nov.  10,  1S16;  was  bred 
a  tanner  at  the  establishment  of  John  B.  Stowell  at  the  lower 
tannery,  after  which  he  purchased  the  upper  tannery,  where  he 
carried  on  an  extensive  and  thriving  business  ;  sold  out,  and 
was  in  New  York  awhile,  but  returned  to  this  state,  and  was  in 
business  with  Daniel  Nettleton,  at  Wilmot,  some  three  years, 
when  he  went  to  Sunapee,  purchased  the  tannery,  and  carried 
on  business  there  during  the  remainder  of  his  life.  He  was  a 
shrewd  and  active  business  man  ;  was  a  representative  from 
this  town  in  1856.     Married  Maria  C.  Whittemore. 

Alice  M.,  b.  March  19,  1842;  m.,  Sept.  15,  1869,  Jacob  D.  Sleeper,  of 

Sunapee. 
Harriet  A.,  b.  Feb.  26,  1844;  m.,  June  29,  1876,  Albert  Rossiter,  of 

Claremont,  treasurer  of  the  SulUvan  Savings  Bank. 
Alvah  J.,  b.  Aug.  9,  1845.  Charles  E.,  b.  Sept.  26,  1850. 


Richard  H.  Thompson,  s.  of  Richard  H.  and  Irena  (Whit- 
tier)  Thompson,  of  Salisbury  ;  b.  April  15,  1819  ;  came  to  this 
town  in  1871,  from  Royalton,  Vt.  ;  r.  in  the  south  part  of  the 


GENEALOGY.  549 

town,  on  the  S.  Sears  farm.  M.,  1S40,  Ilannali  J.Jacobs,  of 
Grafton  ;  ni.,  2cl,  Jan.  23,  1S70,  Margaret,  dau.  of  John  Iloyt,  of 
VVeare,  b.July  23,  1833. 

Lizzie  Irene,  b.  March  17,  1873. 


Cyrus  A.  Thompson,  a  joiner ;  brother  of  Richard  H. ; 
b.  Dec.  16,  1836,  at  Grafton;  came  from  Lebanon,  in  1S74, 
and  settled  on  the  B.  Reed  farm.  Married  Bell  Wright,  of  Han- 
over. 

Josiah  i?.,  b.  Sept.  21.  1867.  Arthur  B.,  b.  Aug.  17,  1874. 

TILTON. 

William  W.  Tiltox,  b.  Aug.  3,  1S25  ;  came  from  Ply- 
mouth in  1S56;  m.  Mary  Seavey. 

yohn  P.,  h.  July  2,  1846;  m.  Betsey  S.  Lewis;  ch.,  Gracie  L.,  b.  Mar. 

20,  1S70. 
^Rodney  li'.,  b.  Dec.  12,  1847. 

George  IV.,  h.  Dec.  30,  1849;  ^-  Hannah  Allen,  of  Acworth. 
Jacob  C,  b.  Oct.  i,  1853;  m.  Ina  Stevens. 
A7uire7u,  b.  June  21,  1856.  Mary  Z.,  b.  June  25,  i860. 

Martha  A.,  b.  Feb.  16,  1864. 


Rodney  W.  Tilton,  s.  of  Wm.  W.  Tilton  ;  b.  Dec.  12, 
1S47;  a  manufacturer  ;  has  been  engaged  at  the  Granite  Mills 
in  this  town  since  their  erection.     Married  Ella  Perry. 

Gertie,  b.  Jan.  20,  1871.  Hattie,  b.  March  15,  1S72. 

Alice,  b.  Sept.,  1874. 

TOWLES. 

George  H.  Towles,  b.  Oct.  6,  1S32;  came  to  this  town 
from  New  London  in  1S57,  ''^'^^  '^''*^  engaged  for  several  years 
at  manufacturing,  after  which  he  purchased  his  farm  at  Kclley- 
ville,  where  he  has  since  resided.  He  was  a  selectman  in  1S75 
and  '76.  M.,  May  7,  1857,  Theoda  Ware,  of  Gilsum,  b.  June 
22,  1S33  ;  d.  Sept.  iS,  1S70;  m.,  2d,  Oct.  26,  1 87 1,  Mary  A. 
Goward,  of  Claremont,  b.  ^larch  20,  1844. 

George  IV..  h.  March  7,  1861.         Charles  H.,  b.  Jan.  16,  1S67, 
Loran  D.,  b.  March  25,  1874. 


550  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 


TOWNE. 

John  Towne,  a  s.  of  John  Towne,  was  b.  at  Croydon,  Aug. 
17,  1S05.  He  was  a  teacher  by  profession,  and  was  educated 
at  the  Newport  academy.  He  came  to  this  town  early  in  life. 
He  was  appointed  deputy  secretary  of  state  in  1S40,  and  held 
the  office  four  years,  often  doing  the  duties  of  the  secretary.  He 
was  elected  register  of  deeds  for  Sullivan  county  in  1S51,  and 
was  three  times  reelected  to  the  same  office.  He  was  town- 
clerk  in  1840,  and  in  1S66  and  '67.  He  was  for  several  years  en- 
gaged as  a  clerk  in  the  First  National  Bank.  M.,  June  i7» 
1S56,  Mary  J.  Clough,  of  Unity,  b.  Feb.  13,  1S29. 

TOWNER. 

Ephraim  Towner  was  among  the  early  settlers.  His  home 
was  near  the  junction  of  the  old  turnpike  and  the  Break-neck 
Hill  road,  where  he  had  a  saw-mill  on  the  brook  which  has 
since  taken  his  name.  M.,  Oct.  30,  1774,  Hepsibah  Amidown, 
of  Claremont.     He  d.  July  12,  1799,  aged  56  years. 

Asa  L.,  h.  Aug.  12,  1775  ;  m.,  Dec.  24,  1797,  Mary  Goodwin. 
Benjamin,  b.  Oct.  2,  1776.  EpJiraini,  b.  April  6,  1778. 

Joseph,  b.  April  27,  178 1. 
Hepsibah,  b.  July  7,  1783;  m.  Samuel  Stiles. 
Ichabod  A.,  b.  April  14,  1786;  m.,  Nov.  24,  1807.  Olive  Newton. 
Zacheus,  b.  Aug.    5,    1791;    m.   June  9,    1816,   Nancy  Houghton,   of 
Orange,  N.  Y. 

TRASK. 

John  Trask,  a  farmer;  came  from  Beverly,  Mass.,  in  iSio, 
and  settled  in  the  east  part  of  the  town,  on  the  farm  afterwards 
occupied  by  his  son  John,  and  now  by  his  grandson,  Augustus 
K.  Trask. 

Betsey,  m.  Benj.  Woodbury.  Mary,  m.  Timothy  Endicott. 

A'ancy,  m.  John  Moulton.  Zachariah. 

Sarah,  m.  Nathaniel  Batchelder,  of  Sunapee.     Ch.,  Nathaniel;  Mary; 

Henry;  Alfred  T.,  a  lawyer  of  Keene,  and  a  graduate  of  Dartmouth 

college. 
Merinda,  m.  Andrew  Baker.  Israel,  m.  Elizabeth  Day. 

\John,  b.  Aug.  17,  1802.  Alfred,  m.  Mary  J.  Blackey. 

John  Trask,  s.  of  John  ;  a  farmer  and  drover  ;  was  a  repre- 


GENEALOGY.  55  ^ 

sentative  in   1856  and  '57;  m.   Hannah  B.  Kelsey;  r.   at  the 
homestead. 

Frances  K.,  b.  Nov.  23,  1836;  a  teacher,  and  a  graduate  at  the  Albany 

Normal  Institute,  N.  Y.;  m.  Clias.  A.  Silsby. 
Augustus  K.,  b.  Oct.  29,  1839;  ^  farmer;  resides  at  the  homestead; 
,        m.  Mrs.  Lamira  Angell ;  ch.,  Fanny  Angell,  who  m.,  Dec.  25,  1878, 

Henry  Batchelder,  of  Sunapee. 
Elizabeth,  b.  April  14,  1842;  a  teacher;  educated  at  New  London. 
Hannah  B.,  b.  March  13,  1845;  a  teacher;  educated  at  New  London. 
John  E.,  b.  May  20,  1850 ;  d.  at  the  age  of  16. 

TRAVIS. 

Shepherd  II.  Travis,  b.  April  11,  iSoS,  at  Natick,  Mass. ; 
d.  Oct.  31,  1S73;  came  to  this  town  in  1S67,  and  settled  at 
Northville;  m.Jidy  i,  1S47,  Betsey  Jane  Trow,  of  Mt.  Vernon, 
b.  July  6,  1S22. 

Curtis  S.,  b.  June  27,  1849,  ^^  Newton,  Mass. 

TROW. 

James  W.  Troav,  s.  of  \Vm.  Trow,  of  Sunapee  ;  b.  June  24, 
1S14;  came  here  in  1874;  m.  Ruth  A.  Davis,  dau.  of  Eli 
Davis,  of  Sunapee;  b.  Dec.  10,  1S29. 

Alvina  A.,  b.  Oct.  9,  1850;  d.  y.     Willis  IV.,  b.  Jan.  30,  1851. 
Alice  A.,  b.  June,  1852  ;  m.  Edward  A.  Todd,  of  New  London. 
William//.,  b.  March  15,  1855;  d.  April  3,  1875. 
Anna  M.,  b.  Dec.  9,  i860.  Chester  E.,  b.  April  28,  1867. 

TRUMBULL. 

Samuel  T.  Trumbull,  s.  of  Andrew  Trumbull,  of  Wilmot; 
b.  April  I,  1826;  a  joiner;  came  to  this  town  in  1S69;  m., 
Jan.  22,  1847,  Laura  J.  Tilton,  of  Andover,  b.  Oct.  13,  1S27. 

Eliza,  b.  March  13,  1850;  m.  Oct.  22,  1875,  Geo.  E.  Marston. 
Mcdora  S.,  b.  Dec.  22,  1854;  m.  Sept.  12,  1875,  Joseph  Karr. 
Sarah,  b.  March  22,  1866. 

TUBBS. 

Hexry  Tubbs,  s.  of  Joseph  and  Azubah  (Monroe)  Tubbs  ; 
b.  Feb.  24,  I  S3 1,  at  Peterborough.  He  was  a  brother  of  the  late 
Elijah  M.  Tubbs,  of  Manchester,  who  amassed  a  fortune  by  the 


552  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

sale  of  "  Ring's  Vegetable  Ambrosia,"  and  in  other  specula- 
tions. He  studied  dentistry,  and  in  iS6o  came  to  this  town  and 
opened  an  office,  and  has  since  had  a  prosperous  business.  He 
m.,  Dec.  25,  1S65,  Mary  Ann,  dau.  of  Charles  Rogers,  of  Suna- 
pee. 

Afmie  L.,  b.  Aug.  3,  1868.  Gertie  M.,  b.  Oct.  27,  1874. 

TURNER. 

Jonathan  Turner,  a  joiner  ;  b.  Mar.  23,  1S33,  at  Washing- 
ton ;  was  a  soldier  in  the  Union  army  ;  came  here  from  Keene 
in  1S72  ;  m.  Almira  Newton,  of  Walpole. 

Etnma  M.,  b.  Sept.  13,  1859. 

TUTTLE. 

Benjamin  TuTTLE,b.  at  Hillsborough,  April  27,  iSii  ;  came 
here  in  Oct.,  1874 ;  while  in  his  native  town  he  had  been  a  rep- 
resentative in  1856  and  again  in  1S57,  ^  sheriff  some  twelve 
years,  and  a  number  of  years  a  justice.  M.,  Jan.  29,  1833,  Fan- 
ny H.  Hopkins,  of  Antrim;  m.,  2d,  Oct.  12,  1 841,  Margaret 
Jane,  dau.  of  Capt.  John  Gilmore,  of  this  town. 

Ann  Ophelia,  b.  June  19,  1834;  m.,  Jan.  16,  1854,  Stephen  Tuttle,  of 
Boston. 

Frances  Jane,  b.  April  14,  1838;  m.,  Feb.  19,  1863,  Edmund  H.  Hug- 
gins,  of  Woburn,  Mass. 

Ellen  Josephine,  b.  May  30,  1840;  m.  Luther  A.  Gould,  of  Woburn, 
Mass. 

TWITCHELL. 

Eli  Twitchell,  b.  Feb.  18,  1800;  a  farmer;  came  from 
Unity,  and  lived  on  the  D.  F.  Pike  place,  on  Claremont  hill ; 
was  a  man  of  cool  judgment,  and  fond  of  books  ;  was  a  select- 
man in  1S40;  moved  to  Lempster.  Married  Lyma,  a  sister  of 
Jonathan  Silsby. 

;^«?j /^.,  b.  Oct.  12,  1829;  d.  Oct.  II,  1858;  m.  Y.  G.  Hurd,  of  Lemp- 
ster. 

H.  Augusta,  b.  Sept.  7,  1838  ;  d.  Dec.  9,  1872 ;  m.  William  Welch,  of 
Claremont. 

Nettie  M.,  b.  March  8,  1844;  m.,  Feb.  24,  1864,  Kimball  Pollard,  of 
Lempster.  He  came  to  this  town  in  1878,  and  purchased  a  farm  at 
Southville. 


GENEALOGY.  553 

Thomas  A.  Twitchell,  brother  of  Eli ;  h.  April  13,  1810, 
at  Unity  ;  was  a  manufacturer,  and  for  a  number  of  years  bad  a 
thriving  business  at  the  Eagle  Mills,  and  at  a  similar  establish- 
ment at  Gilsuin  ;  employed  many  hands,  and  was  one  of  our 
largest  tax-payers.  He  was  a  director  in  the  Sugar  River  Bank  ; 
was  one  of  the  leading  men  in  the  organization  of  the  M.  E. 
church  of  this  town,  and  devoted  both  time  and  money,  liber- 
ally, to  the  promotion  of  its  interests  ;  was  a  leading  singer  in 
its  choir.     Married  Esther  Walker,  of  Langdon. 

Hamiltofi,  b.  July  6,  1840;  d.  young. 

M.  Amanda,  b.  July  10,  1842;  m.  Jesse  T.  Cobb. 

VVADLEIGH. 

Benjamin  Wadleigh,  b.  July  5,  1S19,  at  Sutton  ;  was  in 
trade  for  a  while  atSunapee,  and  came  from  there  to  this  town  ; 
here  continued  in  trade  in  the  Nettleton  block  ;  was  town-clerk 
in  1S65.  Married  Hannah  P.,  dau.  of  Capt.  William  Young,  of 
Sunapee. 

Arthur  E.,  b.  July  12,  1852.  William  Young,  b.  Nov.  10,  1854. 

Benjamin  G.,  b.  May  31,  1865. 

WAIT. 

Albert  S.  Wait,  m.,  Oct.,  1S49,  Caroline  Arnold,  who  d. 
May,  1S51  ;  m.,  2d,  June  23,  1S53,  Harriet  E.  Kingsbury,  of 
Alstead,  who  d.  Feb.  21,  1S73.  [See  Lawyers,  also  Litera- 
ture.] 

Fred  Arnold,  d.  young. 


Thomas  Wait,  a  saddler  ;  operated  in  this  town  during  the 
first  half  of  the  century  ;  m.  Asenath,  dau.  of  Abiathar  13ow- 
man.     [See  Saddlers.] 

Caleb.        C/iarles  //.,  A  haiter.         Violet. 

WAKEFIELD. 

The  Wakefields  came  from  Sutton,  Mass.,  during  Shav's  Re- 
bellion ;  all  of  them,  with  the  exception  of  Silas,  were  children 
of  Jonathan,  who  was  killed  at  Dorchester  Heights. 


554 


HISTORY   OF    NEWPORT. 


Jonathan  Wakefield,  s.  of  Jonathan;  b.  March,  1761  ;  d. 
Oct.  14,  1S57  ;  came  here  in  1779  ;  first  settled  on  the  H.  Brown 
farm,  but  spent  most  of  his  Hfe  at  the  Kibbey  place.  Married 
Sally  Fletcher ;   m.,  2d,  Elizabeth  Goodwin. 

Anna,  m.  William  Wakefield.  Sally,  m.  Abel  Fairbanks. 

yonathan,  m.  Rebecca  Haven.  Amos,  m.  Chloe  Cooper. 

Ira,  a  teacher  and  deacon  ;  m.  Prudence  Wheeler. 
Polly,  unmarried.  Achsa,  m.  William  Knapp. 

Betsey,  m.  David  Fletcher. 


JosiAH  Wakefield,  s.  of  Jonathan,  of  Sutton,  Mass. ;  b.  May, 
1763  ;  spent  most  of  his  life  on  his  farm  in  the  north  part  of  the 
town,  where  he  died.  He  had  a  literary  taste,  and  for  many 
years  kept  the  Northville  library  ;  was  a  man  of  excellent  judg- 
ment, and  enjoyed  the  confidence  of  his  townsmen.  He  had  no 
children.  Married  Polly  Putnam  ;  m.,  2d,  Emma  Putnam  ;  m., 
3d,  Polly  Newton  ;  the  latter  attained  the  age  of  nearly  one 
hundred  years. 


Sally  Wakefield,  a  sister  of  Josiah  ;  m.  Jonathan  Haven. 


Joel  Wakefield,  s.  of  Jonathan,  Sen. ;  b.  at  Sutton,  Mass., 
Jan.  10,  1764;  settled  on  the  J.  Rice  place  at  Northville.  At 
one  time  he  was  the  largest  dairyman  and  land-holder  in  town. 
M.,  Jan.  26,  1792,  Mercy  Morse,  of  Douglass,  Mass.,  b.  Dec.  31, 

1765- 

Zilpha,  b.  March  13,  1793  ;  m.  Abel  Wheeler. 
Clark,  b.  Oct.  16,  1794;  m.  Caroline  Rice. 

Willard,  b.  June  19,  1797;  m.,  March  g,  1820,  Martha  McGregor. 
Charles,  b.  Aug.  30,  1805;  m.  Martha  A.  Fletcher.     Ch.,  Maroa,  Clar- 
issa. 


Lucy  Wakefield,  a  sister  of  Joel ;  m.  Urias  Powders,  of  Croy- 
don. 

Urias,  a  clergyman ;  the  first  graduate  from  Croydon  at  Dartmouth  col- 
lege. 

Frederick.         Simeon.         Jonathan. 

Anna,  first  wife  of  Col.  D.  R.  Hall,  of  Croydon.         Willard. 

Horace,  an  eminent  physician,  politician,  and  banker,  at  Morristown, 
Vt. 

Josiah  IV.,  a  clergyman;  a  graduate  of  Dartmouth  college. 


GENEALOGY.  555 

Peter  Wakefield,  s.  of  Jonathan,  Sen.  ;  was  the  father  of 
Methodism  here  ;  built  the  Reed  saw-mill  and  the  cliapel  at 
Northvillc  ;  lived  many  years  in  the  west  part  of  the  town, 
near  the  plumbago  mines;  spent  the  latter  portion  of  his  life  at 
Northville.     Married  Hannah,  sister  of  William  Haven. 

Nancy,  b.  ALiy  17,  1778. 

Lavina,  b.  March  8,  1791  ;  m.  Stephen  Reed. 

Hannah,  b.  March  31,  1793;  m.  Cyrus  McGregor. 

Lncy,  b.  Au;;.  17,  1795;  m.  Jeremiah  Adams. 

\  Sim  con,  b.  April  20,  1798. 

Ruth,  b.  Sept.  8,  1801  ;  m.,  Sept.  22,  1822,  Lorenzo  Freeto. 

Orpha,  b.  Oct.  24,  1804.  Mahala,  b.  April  26,  1809. 

Peter,  b.  June  21,  iSio.  I'hilcna,  b.  July  31,  1812. 

Simeon  Wakefield,  s.  of  Peter  ;  b.  April  20,  179S  ;  m.  Amy 
Freeto  ;  lived  at  Northville. 

Diana,  b.  r8i8;  m.  Chauncy  Wellington.     Ch.,  Elwin,  Martha. 

Howard  P.,  b.  Sept.,  1820;  m.  Asenath  F.  Dow.  Ch..  Edwin  H.,  b. 
Jan.  2,  1845;  "''•>  Nov.  30,  1865,  Justina,  dau.  of  Jonathan  Emer- 
son, Jr. ;  is  a  merchant  at  Northville. 

yohn  M.,  b.  Jan.  5,  1823;  m.  Betsey  S.  Whittier,  of  New  London;  ch., 
Lilla  L.,  b.  March  24,  1856;  he  has  been  a  successful  farmer. 

Emma  F.,  b.  1825  ;  m.  John  Frye,  of  Claremont;  ch.,  Nettie. 

Jesse  Wakefield,  s.  of  Jonathan  Wakefield,  senior;  b. 
March  27,  1769,  at  Sutton,  ]Mass ;  m.  Aug.  27,  17S7,  Polly 
Scovel,  of  Croydon,  b.  Feb.  5,  1763. 

Amtna,  b.  July,  1788;  m.  David  Taylor,  of  Conn. 

Josiah,  b.  Nov.  5,  1790;  m.  Miss  Warner,  of  Conn. 

\Chauncy,  b.  Oct.  18,  1792. 

Sabra,  b.  1794;  m.  Ela  Harvey,  of  Penn. 

Jesse,  b.  1796;  m.  Christina  .^Iadison.  , 

Patty,  b.  1798;  m.  Joseph  Taylor,  of  Conn. 

Polly,  b.  1800;  m.  Lowell  Taylor,  of  Conn. 

Duly,  b.  1802;  m.  James  Peat.       AUlen,  b.  1807;  d.  young. 


Ciiaunxv  Wakefield,  s.  of  Jesse;  b.  Oct.  iS,  1792;  m., 
;March  24,  iSii,  Lydia,  a  dau.  of  Rev.  Thomas  Brown;  m., 
2d,  Eliza  Tompkins. 

James,  b.  Oct.  15,  1811  ;  m.  Emma  Brattlebank;  r.  in  Cornish,  Minn. 
William,  b.  Sept.  15,  1819;  d.  at  14. 
Mary,  b.  Dec.  ir,  1822;  m.  Bryant  Wheeler. 

Emma  A.,  b.  Jan.  2,   1814;  m.  James  B.  Harris;  r.   at  Worcester, 
^lass. 


556  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT, 

Rjith  D.,  b.  Nov.  17,  1832;  m.,  March  26,  1856,  Horace  Rice,  of  Hol- 

den,  Mass. 
Josiah,  b.  Jan.  27,  1826;   m.  Susan  Avery;  r.  at  Worcester,  Mass. 


Chloe  Wakefield,  a  sister  of  Jesse  ;  m.  Asaph   Stow,  of 
Croydon,  an  uncle  of  Baron  Stow,  d.  d. 

Silas  Wakefield,  a  brother  of  Jonathan  Wakefield,  senior  ; 
came  from  Sutton,  Mass.     Married  Anna  Marsli. 

yames,  m.  Susan  Ledoyt,  a  dau.  of  Rev.  Bial  Ledoyt ;  has  two  sons. 
Elias,  m.  Jonanna  Cutting.    Ch.,  Silas,  a  clergyman  at  Montpelier,  Vt. ; 

ch.,Elias,  Sydney,  Lorinda,  Matilda. 
Anna,  m.  a  Mr.  Brown,  and  went  to  Vt. 
\Silas.         Astiba,  went  to  New  York. 


Silas  Wakefield,  s.  of  Silas ;  lived  on  the  B.  B.  Hastings 
place;  was  selectman  in  1S33  and  '33  ;  was  one  of  those  who 
purchased  the  Arg-us,  and  brought  it  from  Claremont  to  this 
town  ;  m.  Polly,  dau.  of  Joel  McGregor. 

Sylvester  E.  H.,  b.  Oct.  14,  1815  ;  a  musician  ;  m.  Louisa  A.  Rider. 
Hiildah  M.,  b.  Jan.  22,  1817  ;  m.  Orren  D.  Hall. 
Delina,  m.  Christopher  Hartshorn,  of  Littleton.  Aug.  12,  1846. 
Soleiida,  m.  Simon  B.  Harris. 

WALKER. 

LoA  Walker,  b.  Sept.  30,  17S0,  in  Vermont;  came  here 
from  Boscawen  in  iSio  ;  lived  at  the  R.  Ainger  place,  on  Elm 
street.  He  was  a  joiner,  and  worked  at  his  trade  during  his 
residence  in  town.  He  removed  to  Norfolk,  N.  Y.,  where  he 
d.  Aug.  18,  1855.  M.  Sally  A.  Jones,  of  Derry,  N.  H.,  b. 
March  30,  17S5  ;  d.  Dec.  I3,  1827;  m.,  2d,  Mercy  Clark,  of 
Newport. 

\Morrill  J.,  b.  Jan.  24,  1805. 

Willard,  b.  Oct.  3,  1806;  a  farmer;  has  a  family;  r.  in  Sunapee. 
Elvira,  b.  Jan.  12,  1809;  d.  April  17,  1831  ;  m.  J.  D.  Whittlesey. 
Sarah  A.,  b.  Jan.  13,  1813;  m.  Ashley  Arnold;  d.  at  Keeseville,  N.  Y. 
Ruel  y.,  b.  April  25,  1818  ;  m.  Mary  Webster,  of  Lowell,  Mass.  ;  r.  at 

Waltham,  Mass. 
Emerenza  S.,  b.  July  12,  1820;  m.  S.  Smith,  of  Norfolk,  N.  Y. 
Solon  H.,  b.  May  15,  1824;  d.  June  25,  1848. 
Francis  S.,  b.  Nov.  22,  1827;  d.  Aug.  25,  1855,  in  Cal. 


Morrill  J.  Walker,  s.  of  Loa  Walker;  b.  Jan,  34,  1S05  ; 


GENEALOGY.  557 

when  he  was  five  years  of  age,  came  with  his  father  to  New- 
port;  was  educated  at  tlie  district  school,  witli  a  brief  term  at 
the  academy.  At  17  he  became  a  clerk  in  llie  store  of  Col. 
VVm.  Cheney,  where  he  remained  seven  years,  when  lie  went  to 
Thetford,  Vt.,  and,  in  connection  with  Tliomas  W.  Gilmore, 
commenced  his  mercantile  career,  Mr.  Gilmore  assisting  him 
with  capital, — a  partnersliip  tiiat  continued  fifteen  years  ;  after 
which  he  continued  business  a  part  of  the  time,  in  connection 
with  a  son,  until  1S76,  when  he  retired  from  business.  He  en- 
joys the  confidence  of  the  community  in  which  he  resides. 
Has  been  a  justice,  town  treasurer,  selectman,  representative, 
and  a  post-master  some  twenty-six  years.  M.,  Feb.,  1834,  J.  S. 
Russell,  His  eldest  son,  a  merchant,  d.  Sept.  10,  1S64,  aged 
28.  Has  two  daughters,  one  of  whom  m.  Rev.  S.  L.  Bates,  of 
Newbury,  Vt. ;  the  other  m.  E.  S.  Whitcomb,  a  merchant  at 
Underbill,  Vt. 

WALLING. 

Silas  H.  Walling,  a  granite-worker;  b.  April  15,  1S16,  at 
Hartford,  Vt.,  came  here  in  1S71,  from  Lebanon,  where  he 
had  resided  many  years.  He  d.  Dec,  1S77.  -^^v  Dec.  25, 
1844,  Frances  A.  Penno,  of  Hartford,  Vt.,  who  d.  Sept.  7, 
1872. 

Charles  E.,  a  granite-worker;  b.  Dec.  3,  1847,  at  Lebanon;  came  here 
with  his  father. 

WALCOTT. 

James  Dexter  Walcott,  manufacturer;  b.  in  Cumberland, 
R.  L,  March  10,  177S  ;  m..  May  26,  1S03,  Hannah,  eldest  dau.  of 
Jeremiah  and  Lucy  Jcnks,  of  Newport.  In  181 2  he  moved 
to  Newport  with  his  young  family,  and  purchased  a  saw-mill 
and  privilege  near  where  the  Sugar  River  Mills  now  are.  In 
18 1 3  he  built  the  dam  above  the  upper  tannery,  and  duo-  a 
canal,  on  which  he  erected  a  factory  for  the  manufacture  ot 
cotton  yarn,  on  the  site  of  the  present  Eagle  Mills, — the  first 
mill  of  the  kind  built  in  town.  The  machinery  placed  in  this 
mill  was  brought  from  Rhode  Island  by  ox-teams.  He  operated 
the  factory  several  years,  and  sold  to  Franklin  vSimonds,  late  of 
Warner.  He  was  an  enterprising  man,  and  was  in  trade  seve- 
ral years  near  the  bridge ;  owned  and  carried  on  the  farm  since 


558  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

owned  by  Samuel  Chellis  and  Francis  Boardman,  near  the  vil- 
lage. Col.  Walcott  was  seven  times  elected  a  selectman,  five 
times  town-clerk,  and  was  one  of  the  committee  to  erect  the  first 
court-house  and  town-hall  building.  He  was  colonel  of  mili- 
tia, and  a  member  of  the  first  "society  for  promotion  of  tem- 
perance" in  Newport.  His  wife,  Hannah,  d.  Sept.  2,  1823,  leav- 
ing seven  children.  He  m.,  2d,  INIay  27,  1S29,  Zelinda  Poor,  of 
Atkinson.  In  1S37  ^^^  removed  to  Auburn,  N.  Y.,  and  d.  Sept. 
8, 1852,  at  Aurelius  (near  Auburn)  ;  she  d.  July  11,  1865,  at  Au- 
burn. 

Albert,  b.  in  Attleborough,  Mass.,  Feb.  17, 1804 ;  came  to  Newport  with 
his  parents,  and  afterwards  went  to  Auburn  and  Rochester,  N.  Y., 
where  he  was  in  the  cotton  manufacturing  business.  Subsequently 
he  removed  to  Detroit,  Mich.,  and  became  a  manufacturer  of  steam 
engines,  boilers,  and  telegraph  instruments.  He  m.,  Sept.  28,  1828, 
Martha,  dau.  of  Samuel  and  Grace  (Doolittle)  Camp,  of  Whites- 
borough,  N.  Y.  Ch.,  Julia  Helen,  b.  June  6,  1829;  George,  b. 
Jan.  II,  1831  ;  Cornelia  (Mrs.  William  Cheney),  b.  Nov.  6,  1832; 
Albert  Henry,  b.  Jan.  8,  1835  ;  Grace  Minerva  (Mrs.  C.  A.  Wheat- 
on),  b.  Nov.  8,  1841  ;  Martha  Hetta,b.  March  i,  1845,  d.  in  1852; 
James  Chittenden,  b.  Dec.  2,  1847,  d.  in  1849;  William  Herbert. 
He  now  r.  at  St.  Peter,  Minn. 

Horatio  Nelson,  b.  in  Attleborough,  Mass.,  Feb.  3,  1806;  went  from 
Newport  to  Texas,  and  became  a  farmer  and  stock-raiser.  He  d. 
at  Pilot  Point,  Texas,  in  1867. 

yames  Dexter,  b.  in  Cumberland,  R.  L,  Sept.  30,  1807;  was  a  cot- 
ton manufacturer  in  Rhode  Island,  and  later  in  South  Carolina. 
He  went  to  Texas,  and  entered  into  the  mercantile  business.  He 
m.,  Sept.  7,  1837,  Lydia  Tillingast,  of  Lonsdale,  R.  I.,  who  had  four 
children, — Daniel,  James  (d.  1876),  Horatio  Nelson,  Hannah  Jenks 
(Mrs.  H.  E.  Bosworth).  M.,  2d,  Oct.  13,  1859,  Martha  Eddleman, 
of  Pilot  Point,  Texas,  who  had  five  children, — Everet,  b.  May  26, 
i860;  Loring,  b.  Feb.  27,  1865;  Arthur,  b.  Mar.  14,  1869;  Mattie, 
b.   Oct.   25,  1871  ;  Harry,  b.  July  5,  1874.     He  r.  at  Pilot  Point. 

Benjai>ii)i  S.,  b.  in  Cumberland,  R.  I.,  Oct.  19,  1809.  From  Newport 
he  went  to  Louisiana,  in  which  state,  and  in  Galveston,  Texas,  he 
spent  several  years.  He  moved  to  Honey  Grove,  Texas,  where  he 
carried  on  a  large  mercantile  business,  and  was  an  extensive  stock- 
raiser.  The  brothers  were  called  upon  to  furnish  supplies  to  the 
Confederate  army  during  the  Rebellion.  The  proceeds  of  their 
transactions  were  invested  in  lands,  so  that  they  did  not  materially 
suffer,  in  the  collapse,  from  holding  Confederate  money.  Mr.  Wal- 
cott m.  Mrs.  Gilmor,  who  had  two  sons, — Charles  H.,  who  m.  Jane 
Fuqua,  and  Benjamin  O.,  who  m.  Martha  Wilson.  He  m.,  2d, 
Mrs.  Amanda  Bugby ,  of  Honey  Grove,  where  he  now  r. 

Jeremiah  Wliipple,  b.  in  Cumberland,  R.  L,  Nov.  27,  1812;  came  to 
Newport  with  his  parents,  and  fitted  for  college  at  Kimball  Union 
Academy ;  entered  Dartmouth  college,  and  graduated  in  the  class 
of  1839.  ^^  went  to  Auburn,  N.  Y.,  and  graduated  from  the  Au- 
burn Theological  Seminary,  and  was  licensed  to  preach  by  the  Cay- 


GENEALOGY.  559 

uga  Presbytery.  He  preaclied  at  Virgil  (Cortland  co.).  N.  Y..  from 
1844  to  1846;  was  principal  of  iMunro  academy,  Elbridge,  N.  Y., 
from  Jan.,  1846  to  1848;  and  was  principal  of  the  Auburn  Female 
Seminary  from  1848  until  the  destruction  of  its  buildings  by  fire  in 
1850.  In  1850  he  removed  to  Wisconsin,  and  preached  at  Meno- 
sha.  Then  lie  purchased  tlie  Hrockway  college  buildings,  at  Ripon, 
Wis.,  completed  them,  and  in  1853  opened  a  school  for  the  educa- 
tion of  young  ladies  and  gentlemen.  In  1857  he  disposed  of  this 
property  to  trustees  of  the  Winnebago  Fresl)yterian  and  Congrega- 
tional ciiurches.  His  labors  witii  tliis  institution  continued  until 
1858,  when  its  name  was  changed  to  "  Ripon  college,"  furnishing 
preparatory  courses  of  study  to  both  sexes.  Mr.  Walcott  m.,  May 
21,  1844,  Hannah  Burton  Church,  of  Bristol.  R.  I.,  who  d.  July  5, 
1849,  leaving  two  children, — Zella,  b.  Mar.  28.  1845,  ^^-  -^b^''-  26, 
1852;  Tliomas  .Shepard,  b.  June  9,  and  d.  Aug.  11,  1849.  He  m., 
2d,  at  Au!)urn,  N.  Y.,  Caroline  Cooper,  dau.  of  Isaac  and  Azuba 
Coojjer,  formerly  of  Croydon,  and  had  two  sons, — Dexter  Cooper, 
b.  Alay  24,  1854;  Frank  Benjamin,  b.  Mar.  26,  1861.  He  r.  at  Ripon 
(Fond  du  Lac  co.).  Wis. 

Cornelia,  b.  in  Newport,  May  3,  1815;  m.,  Aug.  30,  1856,  James  Camp, 
merchant,  of  Auburn,  N.  Y.,  who  d.  Oct.  27,  1878,  leaving  a  dau., 
Cornelia.     They  r.  at  Auburn. 

Bela  Whipple^  b.  in  Newport,  Aug.  12,  1818;  was  in  trade  in  Aurelius, 
N.  Y.,  where  bed.  April  17,  1842. 

LuTiiER  Walcott,  a  Universalist  clergyman  ;  while  here 
was  superintending  school  committee  in  1S60. 

WARD. 

William  Ward  was  for  several  years  a  merchant  in  tliis 
town  ;  m.,  in  1826,  Rebecca  Boynton,  and  the  same  year  re- 
moved to  Plainfield,  where  he  spent  his  life  in  trade. 

Alfred  Ward,  b.  Feb.  7,  1S07;  came  here  in  1S73,  from 
Croydon,  where  he  had  been  a  successful  farmer,  and  where  he 
was  a  representative  in  1S53  and  1S54.  Married  Randilla,  dau. 
of  Samuel  Powers,  of  Croydon;  m.,  2d,  Sept.  i3,  1S76,  jNIrs. 
Susan  Tenney,  of  Charlestown. 

Elizabeth,  b.  March  27,  1836;  m.  Edmund  B.  Richardson,  a  merchant 

in  Lempster  ;  ch.,  Cleon. 
Ermina,  b.  May  10,  1S44. 

WATTS. 

Charles  II.  Watts,  a  harness  manufacturer;  b.  April  24, 
1S31,  at  Boston,  Mass. ;  came  to  this  town  from  Sunapee  in 
1S64.     He   has  been  chief  of  the   fire  department  since  1S74. 


560  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

M.,July   iS,  1S53,  Marion  H.,  dau.  of  Dr.  John  Hopkins,  of 

Sunapee. 

Freddie  L.,  b.  May  18,  1859;  d.  y.         Carrie  T.,  b.  Feb.  4,  1861. 


George  F.  Watts,  a  livery  keeper  ;  s.  of  Samuel  Watts,  of 
Alstead  ;  b.  May  12,  1839;  came  to  this  town  in  Aug.,  1871. 
M.,  April  8,  1875,  Addie,  dau.  of  Sylvester  Spaulding,  b.  1S50. 

Flora  Mated,  b.  Dec.  12,  1876. 

W  ATKINS. 

David  W.  Watkixs,  b.  in  1S22,  at  Winchester;  d.  Jan.  2, 
1862  ;  came  to  this  town  in  1850,  from  Walpole  ;  was  appoint- 
ed post-master  in  i860,  and  held  the  office  until  his  death  ;  his 
widow  was  appointed  to  his  place  in  the  post-office,  and  held 
the  same  until  the  time  of  her  death.  He  m.,  in  1846,  Sarah 
M.  Brown,  of  Stoddard,  b.  May  23,  1818,  who  d.  Dec.  20,  1863. 

Henrietta  M.  Guild,  her  dau.  by  a  former  husband;  a  music  teacher; 
b.  Sept.  13,  1843;  n^-  Richard  W.  Musgrove,  of  Bristol,  a  printer; 
has  four  children. 

Isa  C,  b.  June  10,  1847,  at  Walpole;  d.  Oct.  28,  1865:  m.,  Sept.  6, 
1865,  Eugene  W.  Clark,  of  Woodstock,  Vt.,  a  merchant. 

Eugetie  W.,  a  merchant;  b.  Jan.  21,  1849;  m.  Addie  Fogg,  of  Chester; 
r.  at  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Frank  IV.,  b.  Sept.  18,  1852;  was  for  several  years  a  merchant  in  Bos- 
ton ;  r.  at  St.  Louis,  Mo. 


George  B.  R.  Watkins,  railroad  station-agent;  b.June  17, 
1828,  at  Malone,  N.  Y.  ;  came  here  from  Bradford  at  the  open 
ing  of  the  railroad  in  1872.     He  was  educated,  and  had  been  a 
successful  teacher.     Married  Grace  Greeley,  of  Claremont,  b 
Jan.  17,  1S28. 

George  G.,  b.  June  i,  1852. 

Charles  G.,  b.  Nov.  27,  i860;  d.  July  16,  1877. 

WATSON. 

James  Watsox,  b.  July  2,  1767  ;  came  here  about  1790,  and 
settled  in  the  west  part  of  the  town.  His  farm  was  on  the  old 
road,  and  bounded  west  by  the  Claremont  line.  He  was  an 
energetic  and  thriving  farmer,  and  a  liberal  thinker.  He  d. 
Jan.  9,  1S56.     M.,  Feb.  16,  1794,  Mehitable  Keza,  b.   Nov.  5, 


GENEALOGY.  561 

1773,  d.  March  12,  iSoi  ;  m.,  2cl,  Oct.,  iSoi,  Mrs.  Sally  Cut- 
ting, b.  1770,  d.  Oct.  27,  1806;  m.,  3d,  Feb.  14,  1S08,  Mrs. 
Mabel  Gilbert,  b.  Sept.  17,  1775,  d.  Feb.  16,  1S61. 

Rhoda,  b.  June  6,  1795;  d.  Aug.  27,  1837;  m.  Samuel  F.  Chellis. 

\Ebe71c2er,  b.  June  20,  1796. 

Samuel  M.,  b.  Dec.  26,  1797;  m.  Harriet  Jackson;  m.,  2d,  Elizabeth 

Carter;  ch.,  Emily  C. 
Jonathan,  b.  Sept.  29.  1799;  ^-  J^'Y  6,  1806. 
Elam,  b.  April  9,  1802;  d.   1806. 

Mehitablc,  b.  Jan.  13,  1804;  d.  Feb.  26,   1870;   m.,  Dec.  3,  1833,  Jo- 
seph Harvey.     Ch.,  Ann,  b.  Dec.  4,  1834;  Alfred,  b.  July  27.  1836; 

Marietta,  b.  Jan.  lo,   1837;  Maroa  C,  b.  Aug.  19,  1840;  John,  b. 

July  9,  1842. 
Miriam,  b.  June  21,  1805;  d.  April   13,   1840;  m.,    1828,  Joshua  Dow; 

ch.,  George  W. 
\Amos  A.,  b.  Dec.  17,  1808. 
Albert,  b.  Nov.  10,  1810;  d.  April  3,  1835. 
Gilbert,  b.  Nov.  13,  1812  ;  d.  Nov.  6,  1847;  m.,  1839,  Mary  A.  Rogers; 

ch.,  Mary  G.,  Adeline. 
Hiram, h.  Nov.  13,  1812;  a  twin  of  Gilbert;  d.   March  22,  1855;  ^-y 

Jan.  6,  1839,  Hannah  Harvey.     Ch.,  Caroline  H.,  b.  Sept.  8,  1841; 

Susan  H.,  b.  April  20,  1845. 
Nye,  b.  June  16,  1817 ;  d.  Aug.  9,  1822. 
James  J/.,  b.  April  23,  1820;  d.  March  22,  1840. 

Ebenezer  Watsox,  s.  of  James;  b.  Jan.  20,  1796;  m.,  Oct. 

14,  1S35,  Mrs.  Mary  A.  Barnes,  dan.  of  Dr.  James  Corbin.    He 

was  a  popular    landlord,   and  was   a   captain    in    the    militia. 

Went  to  Prairie  du  Lac,  Wis.,  in  1852,  where  he  d.  April  30, 

1867,  and  where  his  widow  now  resides. 

Mary  A.,  b.  Jan.,  1827;  m.  Alexander  Wyse,  of  Ableman,  Wis. 
Edward,  h.  Sept.,  1831  ;  m.  Laura  Ableman;  r.  at  Ableman,  Wis. 
El/en  M.,  b.  March,  1834;  m.  Simon  Dean,  of  Madison,  Wis. 
Isabel  L.,  b.  Aug.  11,  1836;  m.  W.  H.  Wyman,  Cincinnati,  O. 
Frances  J.,  b.  Jan.,  1839;  m.  E.  B.  Nelson,  Prairie  du  Lac,  Wis. 


Amos  Ali.ex  Watson,  s.  of  James  Watson;  b.  Dec.  17, 
1808;  r.  at  Claremont;  is  a  successful  farmer,  and  an  active 
member  in  the  Universalist  Society  of  that  town.  M.,  Feb.  11, 
1834,  Hitty  W.  Chase,  of  Claremont,  dau.  of  Daniel  Chase. 

Edwin  C,  h.  June  2,  1839;  "''•.  March  6,  1823,  Charlotte  Hendee. 

WEBBER. 

Luther  Webber,  b.  Jan.  15,  1801  ;  came  from   Ilopkinton 
in  1841,  and  settled  on  the  J.   Roberts  farm;  d.  in  1876;  m. 
Joan  F.  Jackman. 
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562  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

LutJier  Page,  b.  March  7,  1825;  m.  Frances  E.  Page,  of  Woodstock, 
Vt. ;  ch.,  George  P. 

Richard  Allen,  b.  May  12,  1829;  m.,  Julia  A.  Allen. 

Lydia  A.,  b.  Oct.  16,  1832;  m.  J.  Choate  Welch. 

Harriet  Jane,  b.  May  21,  1836;  m.  Marcene  H.  Whitcomb  ;  ch.,  Eu- 
gene. 

Charles  C,  b.  April  5,  1838;  m.  Adelia  A.  Chase.  Ch.,  Ella  Bell,  b. 
July  10,  1858,  who  m.  Waldo  Young,  of  Brattleborough,  Vt. ; 
Frank  C,  b.  Sept.  2,  1862. 

Susan  A. 


Maximilian  J.  Webber,  a  brother  of  Luther ;  came  from 
Hopkinton.  He  went  to  Windsor,  N.  H.,  shortly  before  his 
death,  in  1873,  where  he  was  a  representative  in  1S71  and  '72. 
He  m.  Clarissa  Swett,  of  Concord.  His  son.  Brooks  K.^  a  law- 
yer, came  to  this  town  with  his  father.  After  being  admitted 
to  the  bar,  practised  here  for  a  while,  when  he  went  to  Hills- 
borough, where  he  was  a  representative  two  years,  and  where 
he  now  resides  [see  Lawyers]. 

WEBSTER. 

Samuel  Webster,  b.  Feb.  15,  1757,  at  Chester;  came  here 
from  Goflstown,  in  1795  ;  r.  in  the  west  part  of  the  town,  on 
the  farm  now  occupied  by  Samuel  Crowell.  He  was  a  lieuten- 
ant in  the  Revolutionary  War.  Married  Anna  Roby,  of  Ches- 
ter, b.  Oct.,  1757. 

Hannah,  b.  June  23,  1776.  Samuel,  b.  Dec.  i,  1778. 

\John,  b.  April  14,  1781.  Anna,  b.  Sept.  25,  1783. 

Ebenezer,  b.  March  30,  1786.  Jesse,  b.  June  26,  1788. 

Thomas^  b.  Oct.  31,  1790.  Sally,  b.  May  12,  1793. 

Wingate,  b.  July  23,  1796.  Asa,  b.  March  30,  1799. 


John  Webster,  s.  of  Samuel;  b.  April  14,  1781  ;  was  a 
farmer,  and  lived  in  the  north-west  part  of  the  town  ;  d.  Oct.  i, 
1S39.  M.,  July  26,  1S07,  Deborah  Dow,  who  d.  Feb.  25,  1S33, 
aged  50  years. 

Elizabeth  Ami,  b.  May  2,  1808;  m.,  1826,  Capt.  Obed  Stanard;  lived 
on  the  A.  Hall  farm,  on  the  Croydon  road;  is  the  mother  of  Hon. 
E.  O.  Stanard,  of  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  with  whom  she  now  resides. 

Samuel  C,  b.  Sept.  11,  1809;  d.  1841  ;  m.,  1838,  Elizabeth  Tilton,  of 
Mass.;  had  one  son. 

Jesse,  b.  June  7,  181 1 ;  is  a  tailor;  has  spent  the  most  of  his  maturer  life 
at  his  trade  in  Henniker,  in  this  state,  where  he  now  resides ;  m., 
July,  1834,  Susan  C,  a  sister  of  David  S.  Newell.     His  eldest  son, 


GENEALOGY.  563 

Newell  H.,  was  the  third  American  in  Montana  territory;  built  the 

first  frame  house  in  Helena;  resides  there;  had  a  daughter. 
Sally  J/.,  b.  Dec.  13,  1S13.  Al/fieda,  b.  Nov.  8,  1815. 

Melissa,  b.  May  21,  1817.  Kineliiie  J'.,  b.  Feb.  24,  1819. 

yo/in  A'.,  b.  Feb.  17,  1822;  was  captain  during  the  Rebellion:  wounded 

at  Antietam  ;  d.  at  Fredericksburg. 
Elutheria  IK,  b.  July  29,  1825;  m.  Rufus  Churchill,  of  Nashua;  has 

three  children;  r.  at  Hillerica,  Mass. 
Zeviah  K.,  m.  Prof.  I.  S.  Whitney,  of  Henniker;  r,  at  Manchester;  has 

one  child. 
Marictt,  m.,  1835,  Sherburne  Lakeman,  of  Goshen  ;  has  four  children; 

one  of  them  is  Hon.  Daniel  W.  Lakeman,  of  Nashua. 

WELCH. 

Daniel  Welch,  a  hatter ;  came  from  Plaistow.  Married 
Hannah  Montgomery,  of  Haverhill,  Mass. 

Charles.  Horatio  yV.,  m.  Agnes  Wilson. 

Susan,  b.  Oct.  31,  181 1.  Angeline,  d.  at  18. 

Jane. 

Jonathan  C,  b.  Feb.  18,  1821  ;  m.  Lydia  A.  Webber;  m.,  2d,  Maria 

Whittemore;  m.,  3d,  Augusta  N.  Webster. 
Charles  A.,  d.  July  4,  1817,  aged  10  years. 
Ann,  m.  James  Welch,  of  Lowell,  Mass. 

WELLCOME. 

Jacob  Wellcome,  a  sea-captain  ;  b.  Dec.  26, 1791,  at  Minot, 
Me.  ;  came  to  this  town  May  i,  1861.  Married  Hannah  Paine, 
of  Paris,  Me. 


Abner  p.  Wellcome,  s.  of  Jacob  ;  b.  May  i,  1S17,  at  Buck- 
field,  Me. ;  came  to  this  town  in  1S5S,  from  Randolph,  Mass., 
where  he  had  been  a  sheriff',  and  held  other  offices,  and  where 
he  had  been  engaged  in  mercantile  business  ;  since  his  settle- 
ment here  he  has  been  a  farmer,  a  merchant,  and  expressman. 
Married  Sarah  E.  Tucker. 

Jacob  E.,  b.  Jan.  22,  1840;  d.  young. 

Sarah  Jane,  b.  Feb.  12,  1841;  m.  George  E.  Little. 

Prentice  //.,  b.  March  6,  1845  \  r>i.  Olive  Reed.     Ch.,  Nettie  A.,  b.  May 

30,  1871 ;  Ella,  b.  1875. 
Abner  Paine,  b.  March  6,  1849;  "^-  L)ora  Taylor,  of  Hartford,  Conn. 
Clark  Paine,  b.  Oct.  4,  1853;  m.,  March  4,  1877,  Josephine  R.,  dau. 

of  George  E.  Wilmarth,  b.  Aug.  9,  i860. 


564  HISTORY   OF   NEWPORT. 


WHEELER. 

The  Wheelers  came  from  Sutton,  Mass.,  and  settled  mainly 
in  what  is  now  the  Northville  school-district,  in  Feb.,  1793. 
Abel,  the  father,  m.  Rebecca,  a  sister  of  Silas  Wakefield,  Sen. 
Ch.,  David^  Abel^  Jonathan^  Rebecca  (m.  Samuel  Williams,  of 
Sutton,  Mass.),  Abigail  (m.  Nathaniel  Brown,  of  Croydon), 
and  Amos  (m.  Betsey  Hall,  of  Croydon,  and  went  to  Vermont). 

David  Wheeler,  s.  of  Abel,  Sen.  ;  b.  in  Sutton,  Mass.,  Feb. 
12,  1762  ;  d.  Sept.,  1S50.  M.,  June,  17S4,  Eunice  Marsh,  b.  in 
Stockbridge,  Mass.,  Sept.  iS,  1763,  who  d.  in  Clarendon,  Vt., 
April  22,  183S. 

Zadock,  b.  at  Sutton,  Mass.,  April   17,  1785;  d.  at  Wallingford,  Vt., 

Sept.  10,  1846;  m.  Betsey  Benson. 
\David,  b.  at  Sutton,  June  i,  1786. 
Olive,  b.  at  Sutton,  Feb.  14,  1788;  d.  at  Bee,  Iowa,  Aug.  24,  1846  ;  m. 

Jesse  Benson. 
Daniel,  b.  at  Sutton,  Jan.  21, 1790;  d.  at  Mt.  Holly,  Vt.,  Feb.  16,  1811. 
Aaron,  b.  at  Newport,  June  4,  1793;  d.  at  Potsdam,  N.   Y.,  Oct.  i, 

1859;  "^-  Rhoda  Fisher. 
Amos,  b.  June  4,  1793  ;  d.  at  Hampton,  Iowa,  Jan.  30,  1871 ;  m.  Sophia 

Edwards. 
Jason,  b.  April  14,  1795;  d.  at  Lyon,  N.  Y.,  June  25,  1858;  m.  Eliza- 
beth Sedgewick. 
Charlotte,  b.  Oct.  22,  1796;  d.  at  Mt.  Holly,  Vt.,  Sept.  18,  1822. 
^Hosea,  b.  March  25,  1798. 
Edmund,  b.  May  15,  1800;  d.  at  Sylvester,  Wis.,  Dec.  28,  1858;  m. 

Phebe  Carpenter. 
Willis,  b.  June  14,  1802;  unmarried. 
Ruby,  b.  Feb.  2,  1804;  d.  at  Mt.  Holly,  Vt.,  Mar.  31,  1865  ;  m.  Chaun- 

cy  Cook. 
Htildah,  b.  Feb.  19,  1806;  now  with  the  Shakers. 


David  Wheeler,  s.  of  David  ;  was  a  boot  and  shoe  manu- 
facturer and  farmer  at  Northville  ;  m.  Electa  Mores,  of  Chester, 
Mass.  He  d.  Sept.  7,  1847  ;  she  d.  Oct.  i,  1S58,  at  Mt.  Holly, 
Vt.,  where  they  had  resided  for  several  years. 

Cor-inth  E.,  b.  Oct.  11,  1820;  m.,  April,  1849,  L.  W.  Darling. 

Mariett,  b.  June  17,  1822;  m.,  Dec,  1850,  Samuel  Ross,  of  Ludlow, 
Vt. 

Arvilla  L.,  b.  Sept.  16,  1824;  m.,  March,  1849,  Francis  L.  Crary,  of 
Wallingford,  Vt. 

Sophia  .£".,  b.  July  14,  1826;  m.,  March,  1854,  Augustus  Wylie,  of  Clar- 
endon, Vt.  ;  now  r.  in  this  town. 

Jatie  M.,  b.  April  7,  1828;  m.,  May,  1854,  Granville  Miller,  of  Lemp- 
ster. 


GENEALOGY.  565 

Mason,  b.  at  Mt.  Holly,  Vt.,  Aug.  10,  1831  ;  m.,  March,  1853,  Huldah 
W.  Wheeler;  r.  at  Northfield,  Minn,,  where  he  is  a  sheriff. 


IIosEA  Wheeler,  s.  of  David  Wheeler,  Sen.  ;  b.  March  25, 
1798;  studied  mediciiie  with  Dr.  Grinnell,  of  Mt.  Holly,  Vt., 
and  with  Dr.  Fletcher,  of  Cavendish,  in  the  same  state,  and 
graduated  at  Castleton  ;  he  commenced  practice  at  Sturbridge, 
Mass.,  but  removed  to  Springville,  Penn.,  and  from  thence  to 
Chicago,  111.,  where  he  d,  Aug.  S,  1S60.  Married  Laura  Tar- 
bell. 


Abel  Wheeler,  s.  of  Abel ;  settled  on  the  B.  Pillsbury 
farm  at  Northville  ;  was  an  active  deacon  in  the  F.  W.  Baptist 
church  ;  m.  Prudence  Warren.     He  d.  at  7S. 

Vaslifi,  m.  Ansel  Dunbar,  of  Crojdon. 

•\Abcl,  b.  March  13.  1793. 

Prudence,  b.  June  17,  1794;  m.  Ira  Wakefield. 

Luke,  b.  Nov.,  1795;  d.  at  20.  \Cyri/,  b.  Feb.  15,  1797. 

\Albira,  b.  Dec,  1799.  \Lovell,  b.  April  24,  1800. 

Diploma,  b.  March  25,  1802;  m.  Nathan  White. 

AsaJiel,  b.  Jan.  27,  1805;  m.  Adaline  King;  went  to  Bath. 

Afiranda,  b.  Sept.  9,  1806;  m.  Frederick  Powers. 

Warren  IV.,  b.  June  4,  1S08;  d.  at  28. 

Laura,  b.  May  2,  18 13. 


Abel  Wheeler,  s.  of  Abel,  Jr.;  b.  March  13, 1793  ;  was  a  dea- 
con in  the  F.  W.  Baptist  church  ;  a  leading  singer  ;  was  a  colo- 
nel in  the  militia;  lived  at  the  L.  Fitch  place  at  Northville. 
Married  Zilpha  Wakefield  ;  m.,  2d,  Mehitable  Calif,  of  Gran- 
tham. 

Zilpha,  b.  Jan.  28,  1818;  m.  Eliab  Metcalf;  went  to  Boston. 
Albert  C,  b.  Nov.  27,  18 19. 


Cyril  Wheeler,  s.  of  Abel  and  Prudence  (Warren)  Wheel- 
er ;  b.  Feb.  15,  1797  ;  lived  on  the  R.  C.  Everett  farm,  on  Oak 
hill.  Married  Azuba  Stow,  cousin  of  Baron  Stow,  d.  d.,  of 
Boston. 

^Paul  Jacobs,  b.  Dec.  8.  1820. 

Morrill  S.,  b.  Dec.  7,  1824  ;  was  a  merchant  in  Boston. 

Prudence  S.,  b.  Feb.  4,  1827;  ni.  Peter  Sargent. 

C/iloe  A.,  b.  Sept.  20,  1828  ;  m.  Joseph  Cumniings  ;  ch..  Aline. 

C/iarles  E.,  a  joiner  and  merchant ;  b.  Aug.  17,  1830 ;  ni.  Sarah  A.  Kid- 
der, an  adopted  daughter  of  Hon.  Nathan  Mudget. 

Huldah  J!'.,  h.  Dec.  5,  1833;  m.  Mason  Wheeler,  of  Northfield,  Minn. 
Ch.,  Henry,  Marion,  George. 


566  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

Martha,  b.  June  25,  1836;  m.  William  B.  Kibbey. 
Azuba^  b.  Aug.  25,  1838 ;  m.  George  F.  Whitney. 


Albira  Wheeler,  s.  of  Abel  and  Prudence  (Warren) 
Wheeler;  b.  Dec,  1799;  was  a  deacon  in  the  F.  W.  Baptist 
church  ;  spent  most  of  his  life  at  the  homestead,  at  the  B.  Pills- 
bury  place  at  Northville  ;  removed  to  Royalton,  Vt.,  and  from 
thence  to  Chelsea,  in  the  same  state,  where  he  d.,  Jan.,  1S56, 
aged  57  years.  Married  Melita,  dau.  of  Samuel  Metcalf,  of 
Croydon. 

Saimiel Metcalf ,  b.  Aug.  9,  1823.     [See  Lawyers.] 
Lucy  M.,  m.  James  G.  Slafter,  of  Royalton,  Vt. 


LovELL  Wheeler,  s.  of  Abel  and  Prudence  (Warren) 
Wheeler;  b.  April  34,  iSoo;  a  Free  Will  Baptist  clergyman  ; 
was  ordained  in  1S31,  and  has  labored  in  this  state,  in  New 
York,  and  in  the  West,  but  has  spent  most  of  his  active  life 
in  Vermont.  AI.,  April  22,  1S22,  Anna  Brown.  Ch.,  JMay 
A.,  Thomas  B.,   Willard  C,  David  P.,  John  F. 


Paul  Jacobs  Wheeler,  s.  of  Cyril;  b.  Dec.  S,  1S20;  was 
educated  to  the  mercantile  business,  which  he  followed  at  Croy- 
don vmtil  1853,  when  he  became  cashier  of  the  Sugar  River 
Bank,  which  position  he  occupied  until  his  death  in  1S62.  He 
was  moderator  from  185S  until  his  death,  representative  in 
1859  ^^  1862,  candidate  for  speaker  of  the  house  in  i860,  and 
candidate  for  governor  in  1S62.  Married  Sarah  Humphrey, 
of  Croydon  ;  m.,  2d,  Sarah  M.  Larned,  of  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

Jonathan  Wheeler,  a  drover  and  farmer  ;  s.  of  Abel,  Sen. ; 
b.  at  Sutton,  Mass.,  in  1799;  lived  at  Northville.  M.,  Oct.  7, 
1800,  Thankful  Cutting,  b.  Nov.  9,  17S0,  who  d.  1875.  He  d. 
Nov.  27,  1S51. 

Willard,  b.  Mar.,  1802;  m.  Susan  Eastman. 

Jo7iathan,  b.  Oct.  12,  1806;  m.  Anna  Sherman,  of  Croydon;  ch..  Ma- 
rietta; r.  at  Croydon. 

Betsey,  b.  Sept.,  1809;  d.  July  23,  1873;  m.  Hiram  Austin. 

Nancy,  b.  June  i,  181 1  ;  m.  John  Sherman;  m.,  2d,  Nathan  Gould  ;  m., 
3d,  Silas  Kempton. 

\Briant,  b.  Dec.  25,  1814;  d.  Jan.  5,  1876. 

Polly,  d.  Sept.  25,  1855;  m.  Samuel  Sherman.  Ch.,  Anna,  Marcia,  Zil- 
pha,  Martin. 


GENEALOGY.  567 

Liicy,  b.  March  26,  1818;  d.  1S68;  m.  Amos  Latimer;  m.,  2d,  Daniel 
Severance. 

Francis,  b.  1820;  d.  Dec.  27,  1847;  married  Fanny  Bryant;  ch.,  Hi- 
ram. 

Louisa,  b.  Aug.  23,  1823  ;  m.  Frederick  S.  Lewis ;  m.,  2d,  Timothy  Dun- 
ham. 


Briant  Wheeler,  s.  of  Jonathan,  senior;  b.  Dec.  25,  1814; 
a  farmer;  lived  in  the  north-west  part  of  the  town,  where  he 
cLJan.  5,  1S76;  m.  Mary,  dau.  of  Chauncy  Wakefield. 

Anna,  m.  W.  F.  Brown;  m.,  2d,  Otis  F.  Carr. 

Nancy.         Calvin.         Isabel  E.,  m.  Alonzo  Chapin. 

William,  m.  Nancy  Remington. 

Mary,  m.  Daniel  liartlett.  Edna,  m.  Byron  Evans. 

Ida  M.        Francis  R.         Einertine  C. 


James  H.  Wheeler,  b.  May  4,  1817;  a  farmer  and  trader; 
came  from  Goshen  in  1S5S ;  r.  at  Northville ;  m.  Sarah  J. 
Waite,  of  Norwich,  Vt. 

y.  Dean,  b.  Dec.  25,  1842;  m.  Lucy  J.  Hamblet,  of  Keene.    Ch.,  Fred- 
erick A.,  Bertha. 
Frederick  II.,  b.  Nov.  10,  1844;  m.  Lucinda  Sawyer,  of  N.  Y. 
Mattie  y.,  b.  May  ig,  185 1  ;  a  musician. 


Simeon  Wheeler,  s.  of  Dea.  Nathaniel  and  Mehitable 
(Haven)  Wheeler,  of  Croydon  ;  b.  Sept.  29,  1782  ;  d,  April  27, 
1S48  ;  came  to  this  town  in  18 12,  and  settled  on  the  S.  Kemp- 
ton  place.  He  was  a  tidy  farmer,  and  planted  the  maple  trees, 
the  branches  of  which  now  overhang  the  road.  M.,  April  9, 
181 2,  Lucy,  dau.  of  Dea.  David  Putnam,  of  Croydon,  b.  Sept. 
26,  1786;  d.  Oct.  iS,  1821  ;  m.,  2d,  March  2,  1S27,  Hannah, 
dau.  of  Rev.  Jacob  Haven,  of  Croydon,  b.  April  28,  1795;  d. 
Dec.  20,  1S42. 

Harrison,  b.  Oct.  23,  18 13  ;  d.  at  the  West. 

^Si/neon,  b.  Aug.  30,  18 15.  Phebe,  b.  June  10,  1820;  d.  young. 

yacob  Whipple,  b.  March  8,  1828;  d.  July  5,  1853  [see  Literature]. 

Lucy  Putnam,  b.  Dec.  27,  1830;  was  educated  at  Kimball  Union 
Academy,  and  was  a  successful  teacher;  m.,  Nov.  11,  1853,  Fred- 
erick Johnson  Stevens,  son  of  Samuel  Stevens,  b.  June  22,  1827,  in 
Springfield.  He  was  educated  at  Kimball  Union  Academy;  was 
five  years  in  trade  in  Meriden;  one  year  in  the  flouring  business  at 
Davenport.  Iowa;  and  for  a  number  of  years  at  Meriden,  Minn.,  to 
which  town  he  gave  the  name:  after  which  he  returned  to  N.  E., 
and  settled  at  Southborough,  Mass.,  where  he  now  resides,  engaged 
in  farming,  and  is  a  negotiator  of  Western  farm  loans.     Wherever 


568 


HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 


he  has  resided  he  has  taken  a  lively  interest  in  whatever  related  to 
the  good  of  the  community,  and  has  been  honored  with  many  im- 
portant trusts.  He  has  been  deacon,  county  superintendent  of 
schools,  president  of  agricultural  societies,  county  commissioner, 
and  state  senator.  Ch.,  William  F.,  b.  Oct.  5,  1856,  at  Davenport, 
Iowa,  d.  Sept.  13,  1862;  Mary  Hannah,  b.  Sept.  ir,  1859.  gradu- 
ated at  the  Framingham  Normal  School  in  1878  ;  Samuel  W.,  b. 
July  29,  1862;  Julia,  b.  Sept.  10,  1864 — the  two  latter  in  South- 
borough  high  school;  Grace,  b.  Dec.  15,  1868. 

Hannah  Maria,  b.  Oct.  23,  1832;  m,  Austin  Corbin ;  r.  in  Brooklyn, 
N.  Y. 

Esther  M.,  b.  April  14,  1835  i  d.  young. 

Nathaniel  James,  b.  Dec.  17,  1837;  d.  young. 


Simeon  Wheeler,  s.  of  Simeon  and  Lucy  (Putnam) 
Wheeler;  b.  Aug.  30,  1S15  ;  d.  in  Demopolis,  Alabama,  in 
February,  1864.  He  graduated  at  Norwich  University  in  1S40, 
and  was  for  several  years  at  the  South,  engaged  in  teaching. 
He  pursued  his  legal  studies  at  Charlotteville,  Va.,  and  prac- 
tised law  with  decided  success  for  several  years  at  Portsmouth, 
in  the  same  state.  He  took  an  active  part  in  the  discussions  of 
the  political  questions  of  the  day,  and  was  for  several  years  a 
member  of  the  general  assembly  of  the  state.  He  was  gener- 
ous, ardent,  and  impulsive.  With  a  clear  intellect,  active  tem- 
perament, good  scholarship,  and  decided  opinions,  he  had  great 
influence  with  those  with  whom  he  associated.  He  married  a 
lady  of  Portsmouth,  Va.,  who  had  valuable  estates  in  Alabama 
which  required  his  personal  attention,  and  soon  after  their  mar- 
riage they  removed  to  Demopolis,  in  that  state,  where  he  was  a 
successful  planter  until  his  death. 


James  Wheeler,  a  brother  of  Simeon  ;  b.  Dec.  5,  17S8  ;  d. 
April  19,  1832;  was  a  successful  business  man;  a  saddler  and 
harness-maker,  and  a  dealer  in  horse-findings  ;  m.  Ruth  Putnam, 
of  Croydon  ;  m.,  2d,  Susan  Wilcox;  m.,  3d,  Mary  P.  Hale,  a 
teacher,  and  dau.  of  Dr.  Wm,  Hale,  of  Hollis.  She  d.  Oct.  17, 
1844,  aged  48  years. 

Lucy  Miranda,  b.  April  7,  1828 ;  m.  Rev.  Josiah  Swett,  D.  d.,  an  Epis- 
copal clergyman  of  the  Vermont  diocese,  a  graduate  and  professor 
at  Norwich  University,  and  Professor  of  Theology  at  Burlington. 
Ch.,  Mary  C,  a  teacher;  Sibyl  H.,  preceptress  at  Cleveland,  O.  ; 
James  W.,  a  physician;  Marilla  E.,  a  graduate  at  "Agnes  Hall;" 
William  P.,  a  physician;  Josiah;  Hester  M. ;  Paul  F.;  Catherine 
H.  ;  Jane  L. 

James  VV.^  d.  Aug.  24,  1829,  aged  one  year. 


GENEALOGY.  569 

Wii.LiAM  Plummer  Wheei.er  [see  Lawyers]. 


Edmund  Wheeler,  s.  of  Nathaniel  and  Huldah  (Whipple) 
Wheeler;  b.  Aug.  25,  1S14,  at  Croydon  ;  was  educated  at  Kim- 
ball Union  Academy  ;  came  to  this  town  in  1833,  and  com- 
menced the  harness  trade  with  his  brother,  William  P.  Wheel- 
er; in  1S39,  his  brother  having  turned  his  attention  to  the  law, 
he  purchased  the  establishment,  and  began  business  for  him- 
self. He  had  an  extensive  and  successful  trade  until  1866,  when 
he  sold  out  and  retired  from  the  business  ;  since  which  he  has 
published  the  "Croydon  Centennial,"  and  has  devoted  much 
time  and  labor  to  the  preparation  of  the  "•  History  of  New- 
port." He  was  an  adjutant  in  the  state  militia,  and  was  for 
two  years  a  member  of  the  staff  of  Gov.  Williams.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  legislature  in  1S51,  and  again  in  1852, — the  latter 
year  was  chairman  of  the  committee  on  incorporations;  was 
also  a  member  of  several  important  special  committees,  and 
took  an  active  part  in  the  discussion  of  the  leading  measures  be- 
fore the  house.  In  1S63  and  1864  he  was  a  candidate  for  coun- 
ty treasurer,  and  in  1878  a  candidate  for  state  senator.  He  was 
a  director  in  the  Sugar  River  Bank,  and  is  now  a  director  in 
the  Newport  Savings  Bank,  and  also  in  the  First  National  Bank 
of  Newport.  He  was  an  early  friend  of  the  project  of  uniting 
our  village  schools,  and  has  been  one  of  the  committee  in  tlie 
Union  school  district  since  its  organization  in  1S74,  and  to  the 
promotion  of  its  interests  has  given  much  time  and  attention. 
He  is  now  president  of  the  Board  of  Education.  M.,  Sept.  21, 
1 85 1,  S.  C.  Rossiter,  dau.  of  Sherman  Rossiter,  of  Claremont, 
b.  May  2,  1819,  d.  March  2,  1865  ;  m.,  2d,  June  25,  1863,  Au- 
gusta L.  Sawyer,  dau.  of  Joseph  Sawyer,  Jr.,  of  Newport,  b. 
Aug.  31,  1839.     [See  Literature.] 

George  Baldwin,  a  printer;  b.  Feb.  4,  1S54. 
Grace,  b.  Nov.  10,  1867;  d.  Dec.  28,  1S70. 
AnnaL.,  b.  March  8,  1872;  d.  Aug.  5,  1872. 


Morrill  Wheeler,  s.  of  Nathaniel ;  b.  Oct.  28, 1S16  ;  came 
here,  from  Croydon,  in  1844;  m.,  April  15,  1844,  Sophia  Lati- 
mer, b.  1 8 14. 

James  P.,  b.  Dec.  4.  1844;  was  a  boy  of  uncommon  courage;  was  for 
eight  months  with  Gen.  Sickles  as  dispatch  bearer ;  was  for  a  long 


5/0  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

time  an  inmate  of  "  Libby  prison,"  and  shared  with  others  in 
the  famous  "  black  bean  soup."  He  reenlisted,  and  d.  a  prisoner 
at  Danville,  Va. 


HosEA  Wheeler  was  graduated  at  Dartmouth  college  in 
iSii;  studied  theology  with  Rev.  Abijah  Wines  ;  was  settled 
at  Newburyport,  Mass.,  where  he  had  a  successful  pastorate  ; 
afterwards  removed  to  Eastport,  where  he  d.  in  1823.  Mar- 
ried Sarah,  dau.  of  Rev.  Abijah  Wines,  and  is  the  father  of 
Rev.  F.  B.  Wheeler,  d.  d.,  an  eminent  divine,  pastor  of  the 
First  Presbyterian  church  at  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y. 

WHITTIER. 

Thomas  Whittier,  s.  of  Abner ;  b.  at  Kingston,  N.  H.  ; 
came  to  this  town  in  1780,  and  settled  on  the  T.  Whittier  farm. 
He  d.  Oct.  17,  1S42  ;  m.  Elizabeth  Eastman,  of  Boscawen. 

Elizabeth,  b.  July  14,  1781;  m.  John  Richardson. 

Jeremiah,  b.  May  25,  1783;  m.  Nancy  Webster;  went  to  Canaan. 

Susanna,  b.  April  21,  1785.  \rhomas,  b.  March  27,  1787. 

Enoch,  b,  June  3,  1789;  drowned  in  1799. 

Naomi,  b.  June  13,  1791.  Rhoda.  b.  April  i,  1794. 

Irena,  b.  May  18.  1797  ;  m.  Richard  H.  Thompson. 

Abner.  b.  Aug.  18,  1799;  d.  1801.  Betsey.     Simeon. 


Thomas  Whittier,  s.  of  Thomas  ;  b.  March  27,  1787;  d. 
Aug.  9,  1S67  ;  remained  at  the  homestead  ;  m.  Polly  Dow  ;  m., 
2d,  Charlotte  Currier,  of  Unity,  b.  July  7,  1793. 

Deborah,  b.  Oct.  19, 1812;  d.  at  20.    Irene,  b.  Nov.  28,  1814;  d.  at  20. 

Mary  A.,  b.  Jan.  5,  1817. 

Polly  C,  b.  July    11,   1819  ;  m.   Almon  H.  Oilman;  went  to   Lowell, 

Mass. 
Alvin  P.  b.  Sept.  i,  1821  ;  d.  at  21. 
Elizabeth,  b.  Sept.  4,  1823;  d.  at  20. 

Hial  T.,  b.  Nov.  15,  1825  ;  m.  Sarah  Thomas  ;  r.  at  Kendall,  N.  Y. 
Matilda  L.,  b.  March    i,    1827;  m.  Barnabas  C.  Logue  ;  r.  at  Lowell, 

Mass. 
Laura  A.,  h.]n\y  31,  1832;  m.  John  T.   Bingham;  r.  at  Northfield, 

Minn. 

Charles  F.,  b.  Jan.  15,  1834;  m.  Margaret  A.  Wilmarth;  r.  at  North- 
field,  Minn. 

\Martin  L.,  a  joiner;  b.  April  20,  1836. 

Martin  L.  Whittier,  s.  of  Thomas  Whittier,  Jr.  ;  b.  April 
20,  1836  ;  was  in  early  life  engaged   at  farm-work,  and   after 


GENEALOGY.  571 

marriage  took  the  Wm.  Haven  farm,  but  his  superior  mechan- 
ical skill  has  led  him  into  more  profitable  ways.  He  has  been 
in  the  employ  of  Dexter  Richards,  as  a  mechanic  of  all  works, 
for  nearly  ten  years.  M.,  Nov.  24,  1S64,  Cynthia,  dau.  of  Will- 
iam Haven  ;  m.,  2d,  Oct.  24,  1865,  Susan  A.  Fisk,  b.  May  6, 
1840. 

William  H.,h.  May  18,  1868.  Nellie  Lucette,  b.  May  14,  1871, 

Charles  E.,  b.  May  i,  1872. 

Arthur  C.  and  Alice  V.,  twins,  b.  Nov.  22,  1875. 


Simeon  Wiiittier,  s.  of  Jeremiah;  a  farmer;  b.  May  4, 
1816;  m.,  Sept.  20,  1S43,  ^^'"s.  Cynthia  P.  Hurd  ;  r.  in  the 
south  part  of  the  town,  on  the  Isaac  Flint  place,  on  the  Unity 
road. 

GeorgianaA.  Hurd,  by  her  first  husband;  b.  Nov.  i,  1837. 

Henry  M.,  b.  June  2,  1846;  m.  Anna  Syas. 

Mary  B.,  b.  July  20,  1850. 

Emma  J.^  b.  Jan.  12,  1852  ;  m.  Frank  Reed. 

Edgar  S.,  b.  Oct.  24,  1855. 

WHITTLESEY. 

Arphaxad  Whittlesey  came  from  Saybrook,  Conn. ;  was 
well  educated,  and  is  remembei-ed  by  one  of  his  old  pupils  as 
"  a  very  competent  teacher,  an  able  writer,  and  a  fluent  and 
forcible  speaker."  His  sister  Martha  m.  Gordon  Buell,  and 
was  the  mother  of  Sarah  J.  Hale. 

WHITTEMORE. 

Lorenzo  Wiiittemore,  b.  June  27,  1S34;  came  from  Mar- 
low  ;  m.  Ellen  E.  Messer.  He  owned  the  mill  on  River  street, 
where  he  carried  on  business  until  it  was  destroyed  by  fire  in 
1878. 

Merton  L.,  b.  Oct.  13,  1870. 

WHITNEY. 

Jazaniah  Whitney,  b.  Sept.  i,  17S0;  came  from  St.  Johns- 
bury,  Vt.,  in  1820;  m.  Rebecca,  a  dau.  of  Elisha  Whipple. 

Sally  M.,  b.  Aug.  ii,  1S04;  m.  Moses  B.  Hatch. 


572  HISTORY    OF   NEWPORT. 

Orlando,  b.  March  26,  1806;  m.  Eliza  A.  Carleton. 

\  Orange,  b.  May  8,  1808. 

Lambert,  b.  Oct.  10,  1812 ;  a  physician  at  Clean,  N.  Y. ;  m.  Sally  Sen- 
ter.  Ch.,  Russell,  Lambert,  Jr.  (a  successful  physician  at  San  Fran- 
cisco, Cal.),  James,  Frances. 


Orange  Whitney,  s.  of  Jazaniah  ;  b.  May  8,  1808  ;  was  for 
sevei-al  years  engaged  at  farming  on  Thatcher  hill ;  has  devoted 
a  part  of  his  life  to  the  boot  and  shoe  business ;  he  built  the 
Phenix  hotel.     Married  Emeline  Harris. 

\George  F„  b.  Feb.  9,  1839.  \Calvin  H.,  b.  Dec.  6,  1840. 

Charles  H.,  b.  March  6,  1843.  \ Albert  O.,  b.  March  10,  1850. 

Amanda  Z.,  b.  May  29,  1854. 


George  F.  Whitney,  s.  of  Orange  and  Emeline  (Harris) 
Whitney;  b.  Feb.  9,  1S39;  r.  on  Thatcher  hill  ;  is  one  of  our 
most  industrious  and  thriving  farmers  ;  was  a  representative  in 
1 878,  and  in  the  fall  of  the  same  year  was  reelected,  under  the 
new  constitution,  to  the  same  office  for  two  years, — 1879  ^"^ 
1880.  He  is  a  devoted  worker  in  the  Baptist  society.  Married 
Azuba,  dau.  of  Cyril  Wheeler. 

Frank  G.,h.  March  11,  1865. 


Calvin  H.  Whitney,  s.  of  Orange;  b.  Dec.  6,  1S40;  w^ns 
bred  a  merchant  in  the  Richards  store  in  this  town  ;  was  for  a 
while  landlord  at  the  Phenix  hotel,  but  has  devoted  his  life 
mainly  to  trade.     Married  Laura  Emerson,  of  Chelsea,  Vt. 


Albert  O.  Whitney,  s.  of  Orange;  b.  INIarch  10,  1850; 
early  in  life  became  a  clerk  in  the  store  of  his  brother  Calvin  ; 
after  which  he  went  to  Boston,  where  he  was  devoted  to  trade 
until  1S78,  when  he  returned  to  this  town  and  purchased  his 
brother's  store,  where  he  is  now  engaged  in  business.  M.,  Dec. 
n,  1875,  Hattie  Burroughs,  of  Alstead,  b.  Nov.  10,  1856. 

Stephen  Whitney,  b.  June  10,  1792  ;  came  from  Claremont, 
and  settled  on  a  farm  in  the  north-east  part  of  the  town.  Mar- 
ried Sarah  Bailey. 

Edwin  7?.,  b.  Nov.  19,  1825;  m.  Prudence  S.  Conner. 


GENEALOGY.  573 

Sarah  J.,  b.  Dec.  25,  1827;  m.  Barney  C.  Whipple;  r.  at  Croydon. 
Stephen  P.,  b.  April  9,  1830;  m.  Mary  J.  Pollard;  ch.,  Stephen. 
^George  F.,  b.  Aug.  12,  1832. 
Mary  E.,  b.'Sept.  14,  1834;  m.  Hon.  Edmund  Burke. 

George  F.  Whitney,  2d,  s.  of  vStephen  ;  b.  Aug.  12,  1S32, 
at  Claremont ;  a  farmer  and  job-teamster.  Married  Ann  E. 
Diirgin  ;  in.,  2d,  Mrs.  George  Comstock,  who  d.  June  S,  1S78, 
aged  45  years. 

Clara  M.,  b.  Feb.  4,  1855. 

Mary  Lillie,  b.  Oct.,   1856;  graduated  at  Tilton  Female  College,  in 
1878,  with  the  highest  honors. 

WIIITCOMB. 

Bexjamin  Whitcomb,  b.  July  6,  1765;  a  farmer.  Married 
Sarah,  a  sister  of  Rev.  James  Watson  ;  they  lived  in  the  north 
part  of  the  town. 

Eleanor,  b.  Dec.  8,  1788;  m.  John  Keyser,  of  Sutton. 
Lydia,  b.  Jan.  14,  1791;  d.  March  13,  1878;  unmarried. 
\Parmcnas,  b.  June  23,  1795. 

Mehitable,  b.  Aug.  14,  1801  ;  m.  Moses  Hutchinson. 
Sarah,  b.  July  17,  1803;  m.  Ambrose  Stevens,  of  Claremont.     Ch.,  Hi- 
ram, Abigail. 


Parmexas  Whitcomb,  s.  of  Benjamin  ;  m.  Rua  Hurd ;  m., 
2d,  Orpha  Keith  ;  m.,  3d,  Lydia  Nettleton.  He  was  a  select- 
man, and  a  deacon  in  the  Baptist  church  ;  lives  at  Northville. 

Ruel^  b.  Dec.  20,  1822;  m.  Semantha  Crosby,  and  went  to  New  Lon- 
don ;  m.,  2d,  Lucy  Woodbury. 

Sarah  A.,  b.  Jan.  18,  1827;  m.  James  Emerson. 

Parmenas,  b.  April  13, 1830;  a  printer;  learned  his  trade  with  Carleton 
&  Harvey;  r.  at  Hanover  [see  Printers].  Married  Sarah  Hoskins; 
ch.,  Frederick,  Willie. 

Lydia,  b.  June  23,  1835;  m.  Willard  Morse,  of  Sharon,  Mass.;  ch., 
Willard  W.,  Minnie. 

WHIPPLE. 

James  Whipple,  b.  1769  ;  a  miller  ;  s.  of  Moses  Whipple,  of 
Croydon;  d.  Jan.  26,  1S35,  aged  66  years;  m.  Mary  Havves, 
who  d.  April  3,  1846,  aged  77  years.     Lived  at  Southville. 

Elias^  b.  1 791 ;  m.  Rhoda  Whittier;  moved  to  New  York. 
Nathan^  b.  1792. 


574  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

yawes,  b.  1793;  a  merchant;  moved  to  Eastport,  Me. 

Jacob,  b.  1794;  m.  Reuhema  Locke. 

yotiat/ian,  b.  1796;  m.  Betsey  Huntoon;  ch.,  Perley,  who  m.  Simeon 

Harvey. 
Polly,  b.  1798;  m.  Samuel  Thurston. 
George^  b.  1800;  went  to  Georgia. 

Betsey,  b.  1802;  m.  Freeman  Crosby,  of  Croydon,  and  had  a  family. 
Alexander,  b.  1805;  m.  Dorothy  Shepard. 

Abel,  b.  1805;  a  physician;  r.  in  Springfield,  O. ;  m.  Mary  A.  Madson. 
Par/nelia,  b.  1807;  d.  at  Cincinnati,  O. 


Abner  Whipple,  s.  of  Abner  ;  b.  at  Malone,  N.  Y.,  Sept. 
24,  1807;  m.  Deborah,  dau.  of  Joel  Kelsey,  of  this  town;  set- 
tled here  in  1S46,  on  the  Kelsey  farm,  on  East  mountain,  where 
he  r.  until  his  death, 

\Edivin  D.,\i.  Nov.  30,  1831. 

Reuben  S.,  a  carpenter;  b.  May  3,  1834. 

Alice,  d.  young. 

Arzelia,  b.  Jan.  3,  1841;  m.  Levi  Bennett. 


Edwin  D.  Whipple,  s.  of  Abner  Whipple;  b.  Nov.  30, 
1S31  ;  a  farmer;  settled  on  East  mountain,  where  he  now  r.  ; 
m.,  1S54,  Ruth  Moorhouse. 

William  E.,  b.  March  24,  1855.      Edwin  E.,  b.  Aug.  20,  1856. 
Charles  A.,  d.  young.  Lelah  S.,\).  April  2,  1863. 

Alice  D.,h.  Feb.  8,  1871. 


Orsamus  Whipple,  s.  of  David  Whipple,  of  Croydon  ;  b. 
June  6,  1S15  ;  came  to  this  town  in  1S46;  m.,  May  25,  1S53, 
Diantha  Batchelder,  of  Sunapee,  b.  March  23,  1823. 

Daniel  P.,  b.  March  23,  1849;  d.  Oct.  25,  1873. 
Benjamin,  b.  June  7,  1851;  d.  Oct.  13,  1851. 
David  C,  b.  Oct.  6,  1852;  d.  Sept.  26,  1877. 
Albro  A.,  b.  March  18,  1855. 


Barnabas  C.  Whipple,  b.  1822  ;  a  farmer;  brother  of  Or- 
samus ;  lived  on  the  T.  Herrick  farm,  on  Buell  hill ;  m,  Sarah 
J.,  dau.  of  Stephen  Whitney  ;  now  r.  in  Croydon. 

Edgar  B.,  b.  Nov.  12,  1850.  Warren  L.,  b.  April  6,  1852. 

Mason  E.,  b.  March  4,  1854.  Puby  J.,  b.  July  6,  1861. 

Aaron  M.,  b.  Oct.  20,  1863.  Alice  J.,  b.  April  14,  1866. 


Eugene  A.  Whipple,  a  manufacturer,  engaged  at  the  Eagle 


GENEALOGY.  575 

Mills;  h.  Aug.  4,  1832,  at  Boston;  came  here  in  1S54;  m. 
Elizabeth  Edminster,  of  Cornish  ;  m.,  2d,  Sarah  J.  Dunlap,  of 
Plymouth,  Vt. 

Fannie  L  ,  b.  July  i,  1865.  Richard E.,  b.  Sept.  25,  1870. 

Josephine  Z>.,  b.  June  30,  1873.       Abirtha,  b.  Feb.  i,  1878. 

WHITE. 

Enoch  White  came  from  Richmond,  N.  H.,  in  1771,  and 
settled,  first,  in  the  village,  where  he  owned  some  four  hundred 
acres  of  land,  commencing  at  the  bridge  on  Claremont  road  and 
running  to  the  north-east,  but,  on  account  of  the  frosts  which 
greatly  damaged  his  crops,  sold  out  and  bought  the  J.  Emerson 
farm,  on  Thatcher  hill,  where  he  d.July  25,  1S53,  aged  82 
years.     Married  Lydia  Sprague. 

Mary,  m.  Joseph  Thayer.     Ch.,  Zilpha,  Oliver,  Lovica,  Russell. 
Rhoda,  m.  Christopher  Sholes.     Ch.,  Parlor,  John,   Reuben,  Daniel, 

Hannah,  Levi. 
Rachel,  m.  Tomas  Lane.     Ch.,  Jared,  Maria. 
\Enoch,  b.  Aug.  30,  1771. 


Enoch  White,  s.  of  Enoch;  b.  Aug.  30,  1771  ;  a  firmer; 
lived  on  Thatcher  hill.     Married  Betsey  Tandy. 

\Nathan,  b.  Dec.  21,  1800. 

Sally,  b.  Aug.  24,  1802;  m.  Jonathan  Emerson. 

Parker  T.,  b.  Jan.  22,  1805. 

William  T.,  b.  March  26,  1807;  m.  Nancy  Reynolds;  was  a  trader 
here;  since  a  merchant  in  Michigan. 

Linda,  b.  March  4,  i8og. 

Asenath.  b.  Feb.  12,  1811  ;  m.  John  Adams  Hubbell,  a  descendant  of 
John  Adams;  r.  for  a  while  at  the  West,  where  he  d.  Ch.,  Will- 
iam W.,  b.  Dec.  10,  1835;  h'ls  spent  his  life  mainly  in  the  manufac- 
ture of  and  trade  in  furniture ;  has  been  a  deputy-sheriff,  having  a 
reputation  as  a  shrewd  detective;  built  the  Hubbell  block.  Married 
Abbie  A.  Wight,  of  Woodstock,  Vt.,  a  lady  noted  for  her  superior 
taste  in  floral  decorations.     John  A.,  b.  Feb.  10,  1840. 

Alinere,  b.  June  20,  1813. 

Mary  P.,  b.  Aug.  18,  1815  ;  m.  Warren  Chase;  r.  at  the  West. 


Nathan  White,  s.  of  Enoch,  Jr.  ;  b.  Dec.  20,  1800;  d.  May 
27,  1S75  ;  commenced  life  as  a  farmer  on  Thatcher  hill ;  became 
a  commission  merchant;  was  a  selectman  in  1S42,  and  a  repre- 
sentative in  1846  and  1847.  Married  Diploma,  dau.  of  Abel 
Wheeler,  who  d.  Sept.,  1877,  aged  75  years. 


576  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

Almoti.TL  merchant;  b.  Aug.  13,  1825;  d.  Jan.  6,  1859;  m.  Laura  C. 
Walker,  who  d.  Feb.  22,  i860;  ch.,  Mary  E.,  b.  Oct.  17,  1858. 

\Lovell,  b.  March  23,  1827. 

EloH,  b.  Oct.  I,  1829;  a  merchant  at  San  Juan,  Cal.;  m.  Mary  E.  Stan- 
ton. 

Abel  IV.,  b.  Jan.  31,  1832;  was  a  banker  at  Salt  Lake  City;  is  now  sec- 
retary and  manager  of  the  Virginia  Savings  Bank  at  Virginia  City, 
Nevada;  m.  Sarah  K.  Foote. 

HannaJi,  b.  Sept.  21,  1833  ;  d.  in  1878;  m.  Edward  B.  Knight,  then  of 
New  London,  now  a  lawyer  at  Charleston,  W.  Va.  He  graduated 
at  Dartmouth  in  1861 ;  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  this  town;  was  a 
member  of  the  constitutional  convention  in  West  Virginia  in  1871 
and  1872.     They  have  a  family. 

Asenat/i^  b.  Feb.  17,  1835;  "^-  Joseph  A.  Sticknev,  a  banker  at  Great 
Falls. 

Wallace  W.,  b.  June  26,  1842  ;  a  commission  merchant;  was  in  busi- 
ness with  his  father;  m.  Nancy  M.,  dau.  of  Isaac  B.  Hurd. 


LovELL  White,  s.  of  Nathan  ;  b.  March  23,  1S27  ;  became 
a  clerk  in  the  store  of  Hatch  &  Newell ;  upon  the  death  of  Mr. 
Hatch,  in  1849,  Mr.  Newell  having  previously  left  the  firm,  he 
succeeded  to  the  business;  in  1S54  he  removed  to  the  West, 
engaging  in  banking  at  Davenport,  and  subsequently  at  Des 
Moines,  Iowa  ;  in  1S5S  went  to  California,  where  he  was  en- 
gaged in  mining  and  mercantile  business  until  1S65,  when  he 
was  appointed  superintendent  of  the  Pacific  &  Colorado  Steam 
Navigation  Co.  ;  in  1S6S  he  became  one  of  the  managers  of  the 
Bank  of  California  ;  and  in  1870  was  elected  cashier  and  secre- 
tary of  the  San  Francisco  Savings  Union,  a  savings  bank  having 
an  aggregate  capital,  stocks,  and  deposits  of  nearly  $10,000,000, 
a  position  he  now  holds.  He  was  two  years  alderman  of  the 
city  of  Des  Moines  ;  and  in  1876  was  president  of  the  Mercan- 
tile Library  of  San  Francisco,  which  has  an  annual  revenue  of 
nearly  $40,000  [see  Literature].  M.,  March  23,  185S,  Laura 
Lyon,  of  Des  Moines,  Iowa,  a  lady  of  literary  tastes  and  acquire- 
ments. 
Ralston  Lovell,  b.  Aug.  27,  1877. 

Constant  White,  a  brother  of  Enoch,  senior  ;  came  to  town 
about  the  same  time.  He  was  a  millwright,  and  a  superior 
mechanic.  He  built  the  first  grist-mill  in  the  village.  He 
went  to  Canada. 


James  White,  s.  of  Moses;  b.  at  Upper  Middletown,  Conn  , 


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GENEALOGY.  577 

Feb.  I,  1 76 1  ;  came  to  this  t(nvii  early  in  life,  and  settled  on  the 
Z.  Goldthwaitc  farm.  He  was  a  hatter,  and  for  a  while  a  hotel- 
keeper.  He  d.  of  spotted  fever  in  1S13.  Married  Tirzah  Tay- 
lor, of  Cornish,  N.  H. 

\Ja7nes,  b.  Feb.,  1784. 

Experience^  b.  Sept.  20,  1788;  ni.  Asa  McGregor,  and  moved  to  Can- 
ada. 

Calvin,  m.  Hannah  Fields,  and  went  to  Dalton. 

Hn/da/i,  m.  Ruel  Durkee,  and  went  to  Hanover. 

Fanny,  m.  Laomy  McGregor,  s.  of  Juel,  and  went  to  VVhitefield. 

Elisha,  b.  Feb.  26,  1807;  m.  Lucinda  S.  Bennett,  of  West  Charles- 
town,  Vt. 

Orpha  E.,  b.  Sept.  21,  1808;  m.  Elias  Powers,  of  Croydon.  Ch.,  Al- 
bina  H.,  m.  Lydia  Stocker,  of  Springfield;  Myra  A.,  m.  Stephen 
Bickford,  of  Nashua;  Abijah  ;  Elias  F.  ;  Wilbur  H.,  a  graduate  at 
Dartmouth  college, — a  lawyer. 


James  White,  s.  of  James ;   b.   Feb.,  1784;    lived  near  his 
father;  m.  Grace,  dau.  of  Dea.  Jesse  Wilcox. 

Caroline,  h.   Feb.    14,    1806;  m.    J.    E.    Rowell,  of  Claremont.     Ch., 

George  E.,  Henry  L.,  Ellen  M. 
Maroa,  b.  Dec.  16,  1808;  m.  John  L.  Manning,  of  Goffstown. 
Harriet  A.,  b.  May  18,  1810;  m.   Rev.  John   L.  Smith,   of  Brookfield, 

Vt.     Ch.,  Ceylon  P.,  Hiland  H.,  John  R.,  Martha  M. 
^Alverse  L.,  b.  July  31,  181 1. 
Jatnes  Z..,  b.  Aug.  21,  1813  ;  went  to  Oregon. 


Alverse  L.White,  s.  of  James  and  Grace  (Wilcox)  White; 
b.  July  31,  1811  ;  turned  his  attention  to  trade;  early  in  life 
went  to  Boston,  where  he  has  had  a  successful  mercantile  ca- 
reer, and  where  he  now  resides ;  m.  Mary  Cole,  of  Biddeford, 
Me.     Has  two  children,  Mary  A.  and  George  A. 

WIGGIN. 

E.  M.  WiGGix,  b.  June  i,  1S20,  at  Virshire,  Vt.  ;  came  here 
in  Aug.,  1S71,  from  Manchester  ;  was  in  trade  wnth  George  W. 
Britton,  merchant,  butcher,  and  provision  dealer;  m.  Sarah  J. 
Perley,  of  Manchester. 

WILKINS. 

Edward  Wilkins,  a  blacksmith  ;  b.  Nov.  15,  1S20,  at  Deer- 
ing  ;  came  to  this  town,  from  Sunapee,  in  1S5S  ;  now  occupies 
37 


57^  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

the   establishment  on  Sunapee  street ;  m.  Annette  Warren,  of 
Denmark,  Me. 

E.  AdaHiie,  b.  Feb.  6,  1849;  m.  David  Leach. 
Russell F.,  b.  March  14,  1856;  m.  Eh'ira  Barton;  ch.,  Ernest  E. 
Edward  lV.,h.  June  20,  1858.         Ruthvcn  F.^h.  June  3,  1862. 
George  G.,\).  June  9,  1869. 

WILSON. 

James  Wilson,  b.  May  23,  1793  ;  came  from  New  Boston ; 
lived  on  East  mountain  ;   m.  Mehitable  Atwood,  Aug.  25,  1825. 

Fanny  J.,  b.  Feb.  9,  1826.  Cemantha,  b.  March  28,  1828. 

James,  b.  Dec.  27,  1829.  Parker,  b.  April  19,  1838. 

WILCOX. 

Jesse,  Uriah,  and  Phinehas  Wilcox,  and  Mrs.  Samuel 
Hurd,  children  of  Stephen  Wilcox,  of  Killingworth,  Conn., 
were  among  the  very  earliest  settlers  of  the  town.  The  father 
gave  them  300  acres  of  land  apiece,  and  came  up  and  assisted 
them  in  starting  in  life.     They  came  in  June,  1766. 


Jesse  Wilcox,  s.  of  Stephen,  located  on  the  J.  E.  Wilcox 
farin,  on  the  Unity  road.  He  was  town-clerk  in  1770  and  1771, 
and  selectman  seven  years.     Married  Thankful  Stevens. 

Mary,  b.  Feb.  26,  1768;  d.  March  9,  1768;  was  the  first  child  b.  in 
town. 

Nathaniel,  b.  Nov.  28,  1769  ;  d.  June  22,  1805. 

\Jesse,  b.  Sept.  14,  1771  ;  m.  Wealthy  Kelsey. 

ySTathan^  b.  May  30,  1774;  removed  to  Orwell,  Vt. 

Mary,  b.  March  14,  1776;  m.  Nathaniel  Fisher;  m.,  2d,  Joseph  Kim- 
ball. 

Stephen,  b.  March  25,  1778;  went  to  N.  Y. ;  d.  Sept.  10,  1806. 

Oliver,  b.  Nov.  11,  1779;  a  merchant  in  N.  Y. 

Thankful,  b.  Nov.  7,  178 1  :  m.  Oliver  Lund. 

Marrian,  b.  Jan.  24,  1784;  m.,  March  9,  1807,  Worcester  Baldwin. 

Grace,  b.  Feb.  4,  1786;  m.  James  White,  Jr. 

Abigail,  b.  Nov.  4,  1787;  m.  Stephen  Hurd,  Jr. 

Jesse  Wilcox,  s.  of  Jesse  Wilcox;  b.  Sept.  14,  1771  ;  d. 
Feb.  27,  181 1.  At  an  early  age  he  became  clerk  in  a  store 
with  an  uncle  at  Hartford,  Conn.  He  subsequently  returned 
to  his  native  town,  and  engaged  in   trade,  in  connection  with 


GENEALOGY.  579 

wliich  lie  kept  a  hotel.  He  had  business  tact  and  energy  of 
character,  and  accumulated  a  fortune.  He  was  town-clerk 
twelve  years,  selectman  six  years,  and  a  representative  four 
years.  It  is  said,  by  one  who  was  present,  that  when  the  head 
of  the  funeral  cortege  extended  from  his  home,  at  the  present 
residence  of  J.  H.  Ilunton,  corner  of  Maple  and  Main  streets, 
to  the  church  on  the  Unity  road,  all  had  not  yet  joined  the  pro- 
cession, thus  showing  how  much  a  favorite  he  was  among 
his  townsmen.     M.,  March  15,  1798,  Wealthy  Kelsey. 

Eliza,  b.  Jan.  21,  1799;  m.  John  McKinney. 

Harry,  b.  May  31,  1803;  d.  Aug.  8,  1817. 

\  Calvin,  b.  Nov.  24,  1804.  jAldt-rl,  b.  Nov.  17,  1S07. 

\yesst',  h.  Nov.  5,  1809. 


Cai.vix  Wilcox,  s.  of  Jesse  Wilcox,  Jr. ;  b.  Nov.  24,  1804; 
took  his  father's  store,  in  connection  with  his  brothers,  and  has 
always  been  a  merchant;  was  town-clerk  in  1S54  and  1855; 
was  representative  in  1S63  and  1864,  and  was  also  register  of 
deeds.  Married  Dorcas  Faxon  ;  d.  Dec.  26,  1842,  aged  33  ; 
m.,  2d,  Isabel  Silver  ;  m.,  3d,  Mary  A.  Babson. 

Mary  F.,  b.  March  5,  1835 ;  m.  Rev.  George  F.  Chapin. 

Isabel  D.,  b.  May  27,  1845;  graduated  at  Meriden  ;  m.  Judson  W.  Ew- 

ing.     [See  Literature.] 
Jesse,  b.  Nov.  16,  1849;  ^  merchant,  in  the  hardware  trade  with  his 

father. 


Albert  Wilcox,  s.  of  Jesse  Wilcox,  Jr. ;  b.  Nov.  17,  1S07  ; 
has  been  a  merchant ;  has  also  been  engaged  in  agriculture  and 
milling  ;  m.,  Aug.,  1833,  Charlotte  Belknap,  a  sister  of  Sawyer 
Belknap;  m.,  2d,  Feb.  23,  1S41,  Mrs.  Caroline  Mason,  of  Con- 
cord, b.  Jidv  28,  181 1. 

Masoft  A.,  b.  Dec.  25,  1844  [see  Physicians]  ;  m.  Mary  A.,  dau.  of  B. 
T.  Brown,  of  Tilton. 

Georgie  C,  b.  Jan.  3,  1849;  *  teacher;  a  graduate  of  Kimball  Union 
Academy.  In  the  .summer  of  1876  she  went  to  Germany,  and  after 
spending  fourteen  months  there,  in  the  study  of  music  and  the  Ger- 
man language,  made  the  tour  of  Europe,  stopping  six  months  in 
Rome;  returned  home  in  July,  1878. 


Jesse  Wilcox,  s.  of  Jesse  Wilcox,  Jr. ;  b.  Nov.  5,  1S09  ;  d. 
Feb.  21,  1875.     He  received  an  academical  education;  was  in 


580  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

trade  here  for  several  years,  in  connection  with  his  brothers, 
but  at  a  comparatively  early  age  removed  to  Cincinnati,  Ohio, 
where  he  had  a  successful  mercantile  career.  He  r.  in  Coving- 
ton, Ky.,  iinmediately  across  the  river  from  Cincinnati,  and 
was  the  chief  instrument  in  pi'ocuring  the  erection  of  the  sus- 
pension bridge  which  spans  the  Ohio  between  the  two  cities. 
He  was  social,  and  inherited  much  of  his  father's  energy  of 
character.  Married  Elizabeth,  dau.  of  Dea.  Joseph  Farnsworth  ; 
m.,  2d,  Sarah  Ellis  ;  m.,  3d,  Elizabeth  Ellis,  a  niece  of  his  sec- 
ond wife.     He  left  one  dau.,  jfessie. 


Nathan  Wilcox,  s.  of  Jesse,  Sen.;  b.  May  30,  1774;  m., 
June  3,  1798,  Lucy  Hurd,  b,  April  28,  1772. 

Fanny,  b.  May  13,  1799.  Maria,  b.  May  19.  1801. 


Uriah  Wilcox,  a  brother  of  Jesse,  Sen.  ;  settled  on  the  A. 
Hurd  place  on  the  Goshen  road.  He  was  prominent  in  the 
early  affairs  of  the  town  ;  was  a  selectman  eleven  years,  several 
years  a  representative,  and  a  state  senator  in  1826.  Married 
Hannah  Wright,  of  Killingworth,  Conn.  ;  m.,  2d,  Hannah 
Bartlett,  of  Unity. 

Uriah,  b.  March  18,  1779;  graduated  at  Dartmouth  college  in  1804, 
and  went  to  Riceborough,  Ga.,  where  he  became  a  broker,  and  d. 
wealthy,  leaving  his  property  to  his  brothers  and  sisters  here,  hav- 
ing never  married. 

Hannah,  b.  July  12,  1780  ;  m.  Hon.  David  Allen. 

Hepsibah^  b.  April  11,  1782;  m.  Benjamin  Kelsey,  a  brother  of  Henry. 

^ David,  b.  April  10,  1785. 

Sarah,  b.  Dec.  5,  1786;  m.  Col.  Benjamin  Carr. 

Johti,  b.  Jan.  15,  1789;  d.  Nov.  9,  1872;  a  clergyman;  graduated  at 
Dartmouth  college  in  1816;  m.  Lydia  P.,  dau.  of  Joseph  Sawyer, 
Sen.  ;  one  child. 

Joshtia,  b.  Feb.  25,  1792;  m.  Abigail,  dau.  of  Joel  Kelsey. 

Roxanna,  b.  Feb.  22,  1794;  m.  Josiah  Knowlton.  of  Hopkinton. 

Siloavi  S.,  b.  Jan.  11,  1796  ;  m.  Experience,  dau.  of  Asa  Hurd.  He  was 
a  successful  farmer  and  horse-dealer;  spent  most  of  his  life  in  the 
east  part  of  the  town;  d.  at  Claremont. 

\  Joseph,  b.  Feb.  n,  1799. 

Betsey,  b.  Feb.  14,  1801  ;  m.  Joseph  Greenough,  of  Hopkinton. 

David  Wilcox,   s.   of  Uriah  Wilcox  ;  settled  on   the  D.  S. 
Wilcox  farm  ;  m.  Betsey,  dau.  of  Joel  Kelsey. 


GENEALOGY.  58 1 

\David S.,  b.  June  26,  1813. 

E)/teline  J.,  b.  May  1 1,  1815  ;  m.  Alfred  Parker. 

Sibyl  M.,  b.  Dec.  16,  1817;  m.  Harvey  Gile. 

Elisabeth,  b.  May  4,  1819;  m.  Micali  Boardman,  of  Francestown. 

Diantha,  b.  May  18,  1823;  ni.  David  Parker. 

Grace  M.,  b.  Feb.  27,  1824;  m.  George  Marsh,  of  Manchester. 

Deborah,  b.  Feb.  19,  1826;  m.  Amos  ().  Woodbury. 

Arzilla,  b.  Jan.  16,  1828;  m.  David  Marsh,  of  .Manchester. 

Carlos  F.,h.   April   11,    1830;  m.   Abbie  A.    Persons,  of  Lawrence  ;  a 

manufacturer;  r.  at  Lawrence,  Mass. 
Alar^^aret,  b.  March  17,  1832;  m.  .\bner  .Morrill,  of  Lowell,  ALiss. 
Sylvanus  H.,  b.  April  20.  1834;  m.  Huldali  Harrington. 
Helen  M.,  b.  Jan.  27,  1837 ;  m.  Col.  Ira  McL.  Barton. 

David  S.  Wilcox,  s.  of  David  Wilcox;  b.June  26,  1S13  ;  is 
a  farmer,  atul  occupies  the  homestead  on  Tliatcher  liill.  Mar- 
ried Syrena  Thatcher ;   m.,  2d,  Eliza  A.  I'resby. 

A f eh' in  S.,h.  Oct.  25,  1S41. 

Bela  H.,  b.  Sept.  22,  1843;  "^-  Laura  Harshrner,  Waneka,  Wis. 

Harloti  P.,  b.  Nov.  30,  1845;  ^  farmer,  at  the  homestead. 


Joseph  Wilcox,  s.  of  Uriah  Wilcox  ;  lived  for  many  years 
at  the  old  homestead  on  the  Goshen  road,  but  the  later  portion 
of  his  life  has  been  spent  at  his  farm  on  the  Unity  road.  He 
has  long  been  a  deacon  in  the  Congregational  cliurch.  M.,  Jan. 
10,  1826,  Nancy,  dau.  of  Daniel  Wilmarth. 

\Joseph  E.,  b.  Sept.  16,  1826.         ^Daniel  IV.,  b.  Dec.  19,  1828. 

George  M.,  b.  Dec,  1834  ;  d.  at  sea. 

Henry  A.,  b.  April  16,  1842  ;  a  farmer;  m.  Marrian  Moore. 


Joseph  E.Wilcox,  s.  of  Joseph  Wilcox  ;  a  farmer;  b.  Sept. 
16,  1826;  m.  Eunice  C,  dau.  of  Dr.  James  A.  Gregg;  spent 
most  of  his  life  at  the  homestead,  on  the  Unity  road  ;  d.  at 
the  J.  Kilburn  place,  at  the  junction  of  the  Cro3'don  Branch  and 


Sugar  river. 


Sarah  A.,  b.Peb.  8,  1854.  Helen  F.,  b.  Jan.  16,  1856, 

Geori^e  M.,  b.  Jan.  31,  1858.  Nancv  M.,  b.  Julv  31,  i860. 

Pris'cilla  G.,  b.  Oct.  8,  1862.  Charles  E.,  b.  Nov.  6,  1864. 

Daniel  W.,  b.  Jan.  3,  1869.  Grace  L.,  b.  Nov.  5,  1873. 


D.VNiEL  W.  Wilcox,  s.  of  Joseph  Wilcox  ;  b.  Dec.  19,  1S2S  ; 
was  engaged  in  trade  in  this  town  for  a  number  of  years,  but 
removed  to  Boston,  where  he  has  had  a  successful  mercantile 


582  HISTORY   OF   NEWPORT. 

career.  M.,  Sept.  15,  1852,  Martha  A.  Chapin,  dau.  of  Dea. 
David  B.  Chapin.  Few  are  the  men  who  have  been  more 
generous  to  their  friends,  or  more  thoughtful  of  the  wants  of 
the  needy. 

Mary  E.,  b.  July  14,  1857.  Emma  J.,  b.  April  9,  i860. 

Lillian  A.,h.  July  25,  1861.  Marion  N.,  b.  April  22,  1869. 

Martha  C,  b.  June,  1871. 


Phineas  Wilcox,  a  brother  of  Jesse  and  Uriah  Wilcox  ; 
came  from  Killingworth,  Conn.,  among  the  eai^liest  emigrants, 
and  settled  on  the  George  H.  Fairbanks  farm.  M.,  Feb.  8, 
1774,  Chloe  Dudley. 

Deborah,  b.  Feb.  19,  1775.  Eunice,  b.  March  12,  1778. 

Lucy,  b.  April  27,  1780  ;  m.  Moses  Noyes. 

Phineas,  b.  June  5,  1782;  m.,  Dec.  8, 1808,  Rachel  Hurd,  of  Lempster ; 

went  West.     Ch.,  Fatima  E.,  Oscar  A.,  Susan  M.,  Harriet  C. 
Chloe,  b.  Sept.  31,  1784. 
Asa,  b.  May  27,    1787;  a  saddler;  m.   Sibyl  Bliss,  of  Alstead.     Ch., 

Orlando  B. 
Elias  D.,  b.  Aug.  i,  1789. 
Susan,  b.  Oct.  i,  1791 ;  m.  James  Wheeler. 


Carlos  Wilcox,  s.  of  Ebenezer  Wilcox  ;  b.  at  Newport, 
Oct.  22,  1794.  At  the  age  of  about  four  years  he  removed  with 
his  parents  to  Orwell,  Vt.  At  the  age  of  nineteen  he  graduated 
at  Middlebury  college,  with  the  highest  honors  of  his  class  ; 
in  181 7  he  finished  a  course  of  theological  study  at  the  An- 
dover  Serninary.  Two  years  afterwards  he  was  ordained  pas- 
tor of  the  North  Congregational  church,  at  Hartford,  Conn. 
Failing  health  compelled  him,  in  the  summer  of  1825,  to  relin- 
quish his  pastoral  charge,  and  he  spent  the  succeeding  year  in 
travel,  at  the  end  of  which  he  accepted  a  call  to  settle  in  Dan- 
bury,  Conn.,  where  he  remained  until  his  death,  which  occurred 
on  the  27th  of  May,  1827.      [See  Literature.] 

WILLIAMS. 

Sydney  A.  Williams,  s.  of  Albert  W.  and  Elizabeth  (Day) 
Williams  ;  b.  Oct.  20,  1849,  ^'^  Whitingsville,  Mass.  ;  came  to 
this  town  in  1S70,  and  has  since  been  engaged  at  carriage-  and 
house-painting.  M.,  Nov.  21,  186S,  Augusta  A.,  dau.  of  Chas. 
O.  Dyke,  of  Lynn,  Mass.,  b.  Nov.  30,  1848. 


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5^4  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

\Henry  M.,  b.  Jan.  25,  1836. 

Allen  M.,  b.  April  20,  1838;  d.  in  1840. 

\Thomas  IV.,  b.  Sept.  3,  1843. 

Lucy  Ella,  b.  Oct.  18,  1853;  graduated  at  Meriden. 

Mary  Ej/ima,  b.  March  5,  1856;  graduated  at  Meriden. 


Henry  M.  Wilmarth,  s.  of  Jonathan  M.  ;  b.  Jan.  25,  1836  ; 
after  attaining  his  majority,  went  to  Chicago,  111.,  as  a  clerk; 
the  proprietor  having  died,  he  purchased  the  establishment  and 
commenced  business  on  his  own  account;  notwithstanding 
heavy  losses  by  the  great  fires  which  have  visited  that  city,  he 
has  amassed  a  fortune.  His  mercantile  prosperity,  the  em- 
inent success  which  has  attended  the  banking  institutions  in  the 
management  of  which  he  has  had  a  controlling  voice,  both  alike 
attest  rare  financial  talent.  M.,  May  21,  1S61,  Mary  J.,  dau.  of 
Ca^Dt.  Shubael  Hawes,  of  this  town. 

Fantty  Hawes,  b.  Oct.  21,  1863;  d.  Dec.  12,  1863. 

Stella,  b.  Aug.  28,  1865.  Anna  Hawes,  b.  Jan.  27,  1873. 


Thomas  VV.  Wilmarth,  s.  of  Jonathan  M.  Wilmarth,  b. 
Sept.  3,  1843  ;  early  in  life  went  to  Chicago,  III.,  and  entered 
the  store  of  his  brother,  Henry  M.,  as  a  clerk,  where  he  was 
afterwards  admitted  as  a  partner,  and  had  a  successful  busi- 
ness. He  disposed  of  his  interest  in  the  store  to  his'  brother 
Henry,  on  account  of  his  health,  and  removed  to  Crown  Point, 
Ind.,  where  he  now  resides,  engaged  in  farming,  lumber, 
wood  work,  and  various  speculations.  M.,  June  33,  1S70, 
Julia  Bartlett,  of  Binghamton,  N.  Y.,  a  sister  of  Rev.  William 
Alvin  Bartlett,  of  Chicago,  111.,  an  eminent  divine. 

Ray  Bartlett,  b.  May  20,  1871.         Thonias  Henry,  b.  Sept.  9,  1876. 

David  Wilmarth,  s.  of  Daniel ;  b.  July  7,  1797  ;  remained 
at  the  homestead,  where  he  devoted  his  life  to  farming.  Mar- 
ried Mahala,  dau.  of  Ephraim  Fletcher,  b.  June  11,  1S04. 

\George  E.,  b.  Dec.  26,  1834. 

Martha  J.,  b.  Jan.  27,  1836;  m.  Charles  F.  Fletcher. 


George  E.  Wilmarth,  s.  of  David  ;  b.  Dec.  26,  1S34  ;  was 
for  a  while  in  trade  in  Mass.,  but  has  spent  most  of  his  life  in  his 


GENEALOGY.  585 

native  town,  engageil  in  farming  and  mechanical  work.  Mar- 
ried Maria  S.  Stover;  m.,  2d,  Josephine  Richards;  in.,  3d, 
March  10,  1S64,  Susan  M.  Richards,  all  three  of  Cambridge, 
Mass. 

Ella  M.,  b.  May,  1855  ;  educated  at  Colby  Academy ;  a  teacher. 
Geori;e  A.,  b.  March  8,  1858. 

Josephine  R.,  b.  Aug.  11,  i860;  m.  Clark  P.  Wellcome. 
Charles  £".,  b.  Sept.  10,  1866.  Emma  A'.,  b.  April  21,  1867. 

Fred  E.,  b.  Sept.  14,  1869.  David,  b.  June  16,  1875. 


Nathan  WiLMARTH,  s.  of  John  ;  b.  Nov.  21,  1766;  m.  Sa- 
rah Dunham,  b.  March  27,  1766.  They  lived  on  the  north 
slope  of  Wilmarth  mountain,  their  residence  there  giving  the 
mountain  its  name. 

Sarah,  b.  May  4,  1787;  m.  Benj.  Davis,  of  New  London. 

Polly,  b.  March  27,  1789;  m.  Luther  Pike.     She  d.  in  1875. 

^A'athan,  b.  Sept.  3,  1791. 

Lydia,  b.  May  3,  1795  ;  m.  Joshua  Tenney. 

jfohtt,  b.  Dec.  13,  1798;  m.  Eunice  Call.     Ch.,  Martin,  Ann,  Ednah. 


Nathan  Wilmarth,  s.  of  Nathan;  b.  Sept.  3,  1791  ;  m., 
March  6,  1S17,  Bethia  Davis,  of  New  Loudon;  b.  May  29, 
1792. 

Sarah,  b.  May  9.  181S;  m.  Benj.  Davis,  of  New  London. 
Lcland  H.,  b.  Nov.  17,  1820;  d.  at  22. 
Bethia  D.,  b.  June  4,  1823  ;  m.  Samuel  A.  Higbee. 
Margaret  A.,  b.  Sept.  6,  1832;  m.  Charles  F.  Whittier. 
David  G.,  b.  Feb.  10,  1835;  "i-  Matilda  E.  Higbee. 

WINCH. 

Jonathan  Winch,  b.  Oct  2,  1823  ;  a  dyer  in  the  flannel- 
mills ;  a  native  of  Winchendon,  Mass.  ;  came  to  tliis  to%vn  in 
1S5S;  lives  in  Claremont ;  m.,  June  20.  1S46,  Clementine  Z. 
Glidden,  of  Fayette,  Me.,  b.  Jan.  8,  1824,  d.  April  5,  1S57  '  "^-j 
2d,  May  15,  1S59,  ^^'S-  Sarah  J.  York,  b.  Jan.  3,  1825. 

Estella  J/.,  b.  Dec.  16,  1851;  m.  Leander  Hill,  of  Lempster. 
William  L.,  b.  Feb.  i,  1854. 


586  HISTORY   OF   NEWPORT. 


WINES. 

Abijah  Wines,  d.  d.,  s.  of  Abijah  ;  b.  in  Southold,  Long 
Island,  May  28,  1766.  At  the  age  of  fifteen  he  came  with  his 
father's  family  to  Newport.  At  the  age  of  twenty  he  married 
Ruth,  dau.  of  Hon.  Benj.  Giles.  Both  inheriting  considerable 
property,  they  built  the  house  now  known  as  the  Fred.  Aiken 
house,  where  they  commenced  farming  on  a  somewhat  exten- 
sive scale.  After  a  brief  period,  and  after  two  children  had 
been  born  to  them,  he  experienced  a  change  in  his  religious 
views,  and  determined  to  enter  the  ministry.  He  accordingly 
commenced  his  preparatory  course  of  study,  entered  Dartmouth 
college  as  a  sophomore,  and  graduated  in  1794.  He  studied 
theology  with  Rev.  Dr.  Emmons,  of  Franklin,  Mass.,  then  one 
of  the  most  eminent  divines  of  New  England.  Completing  his 
theological  course,  Mr.  Wines  returned  to  Newport,  where,  the 
Congregational  church  being  vacant,  he  was  invited  to  supply 
the  pulpit.  Contrary  to  the  proverb  that  a  prophet  is  not  with- 
out honor  save  in  his  own  country,  he  proved  so  acceptable 
that  he  was  invited  to  become  their  pastor.  He  accepted 
the  invitation,  and  was  ordained  in  1796,  continuing  its  pastor 
for  twenty  years.  The  church  prospered  under  his  ministry. 
He  was  one  of  the  founders  and  a  trustee  of  the  N.  H.  Mission- 
ary Societ}',  and  also  trustee  of  Kimball  Union  Academy. 
He  fitted  several  young  men  for  college,  and  aided  others  in 
their  theological  studies.  In  1S16  he  was  appointed  Professor 
of  Theology  in  the  Bangor  Theological  Seminary.  At  the  end 
of  one  year  he  closed  his  connection  with  this  institution,  and 
commenced  preaching  at  Deer  Island,  where  he  continued  for 
the  space  of  twelve  years.  He  d.  Feb.  11,  1833,  aged  67  years. 
His  father  d.  Jan.  24,  1794,  aged  82  years. 

Nabby,  b.  Dec.  23,  1785;  m.,  March  3,  1805,  Silas  Buell;  lived  and  died 
at  Orwell,  Vt. 

Sarah,  b.  Aug.  12,  1788;  m.  Rev.  Hosea  Wheeler;  settled  at  New- 
buryport,  Mass. 

Mima,  b.  Feb.  13,  1891;  d.  Sept.  8,  1817;  m.,  1810,  Rev.  Benj.  Saw- 
yer, who  was  b.  Sept.  22,  1799,  at  Booth  Bay,  Me.;  graduated  at 
Dartmouth  college  in  1808;  studied  theology  with  Rev.  Abijah 
Wines,  of  this  town,  and  was  settled  at  Salisbury,  Mass.,  where  he 
d.  in  1871.  His  son,  B.  E.  Sawyer,  was  educated,  and  is  a  physi- 
cian in  practice  at  Haverhill,  Mass.     Has  a  family. 


GENEALOGY.  58/ 

Hiram,  b.  May  25,  1793  ;  d.  March  21,  1813,  of  spotted  fever. 

Harriet,  h.  Dep.  23,  1797:  d.  Jan.  17,  1841;  m.,  1820,  Rev.  W.  B. 
Adams,  a  graduate  at  Dartmouth  college  in  1818.  He  was  a  pas- 
tor at  Lewiston  and  Auburn,  and  the  founder  of  the  Edward  Little 
Institute,  at  Auburn. 

Sophia,  b.  Aug.  11,  1800  ;  m.  Dea.  Peter  Kimball ;  r.  at  Orwell,  Vt. 

Sophronia,  b.  Aug.  11,  1800;  m.,  Aug.  11,  1823.  Rev.  Carleton  Hurd, 
D.  I),  [see  sketch]. 

Edwards,  b.  April  7,  1805  ;  d.  1843,  at  Newburyport,  Mass.,  where  he 
had  lived. 

Maria,  b.  Dec.  28,  1809;  d.  in  1841,  at  Skowhegan,  Me.;  m.  a  brother 
of  Dea.  Peter  Kimball. 

Elizabeth,  b.  Feb.  13,  1812;  d.  Feb.  13,  1814. 


Sa.muel  Wines,  a  brother  of  Rev.  Abijah  Wines ;  b.  at 
Soiitholcl,  L.  I.;  m.,  Oct.  20,  1803,  Silva  Dudley;  lived  in  the 
west  part  of  the  town,  near  the  J.  Baker  i-AUXi. 

WINTER. 

Watson  Winter,  b.  Nov.  7,  1820;  came  from  Croydon; 
m.  Roxanna  R.  Wright. 

Ida  R.,  b.  Nov.  16,  1857. 


CuMMiNGS  C.  Winter,  b.  Aug.  16,  1826;  came  to  this  town 
and  lived  at  the  south  part  of  Main  street,  on  the  place  now 
occupied  by  Moody  E.  Blood.  He  subsequently  removed  to 
Lebanon,  where  he  has  been  engaged  at  brick-making.  Mar- 
ried Elizabeth,  dau.  of  Peter  Putnam,  of  Croydon,  b.  March 
28,  1826. 

Frank  P.,  b.  July  15,  1852;  m.,  March  4,    1877,  Isabel  Fiske.     Ch., 

Arthur  George,  b.  Jan.  10,  1878. 
George  C,  b.  Aug.  6,  1854. 

WOODBURY. 

Amos  O.  Woodbury,  s.  of  Amos ;  b.  March  11,  1S2;;,  in 
Unity  ;  came  to  this  town  in  i84i,from  Claremont,  and  opened 
a  jewellers'  shop  and  store,  and  has  since,  for  nearly  forty  years, 
had  a  satisfactory  and  prosperous  trade.  He  had  previously 
operated  at  his  business  at  Claremont,  and  at  Windsor,  Vt.  His 
son  having  been  trained  to  his  father's  pursuit,  was,  on  attain- 
ing to  his  majority,  admitted  as  a  partner.     The  dwelling,  and 


588  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

especially  the  block  which  he  has  erected,  have  added  to  the 
attractions  of  the  village.  He  was  a  pioneer  airfong  those  who 
erected  cottages  for  summer  resort  on  the  shores  of  Lake  Suna- 
pee.  M.,  March  19,  1850,  Eliza  Clark,  of  Claremont,  b.  Jan. 
4,  1828;  m.,  2d,  June  27,  1855,  Deborah  K.,  dau.  of  David 
Wilcox,  b.  Feb.  19,  1S26. 

George  H.,  b.  Jan.  22,  1852 ;  was  bred  a  jeweller,  and  at  the  age  of  21 
was  admitted  as  a  partner  in  his  father's  establishment,  where  he 
has  since  been  engaged;  m.,  Oct.  i,  1878,  Alice  C,  dau.  of  Joshua 
W.  Booth,  of  Goshen. 

Ma?y  H.,  b.  March  31,  1868. 


William  Woodbury,  b.  May  8,  1829,  at  Northfield,  N.  H. ; 
came  to  this  town  in  1870,  and,  in  connection  with  Levi  Ben- 
nett, purchased  the  village  grist-mill,  and  for  a  number  of  years 
had  an  extensive  and  successful  business.  Having  sold  out,  he 
was  for  a  while  in  California,  and  subsequently  was  engaged 
in  the  lumber  trade  in  Vermont.  He  was  a  selectman  in  1875, 
'76,  and  '77.  M.,  Feb.  22,  1855.  Lucy  A.,  dau.  of  Joseph  Kim- 
ball, of  Northfield,  b.  Dec.  15,  1835. 

Lizzie  6*.,  b.  Oct.  21,  1867. 


Isaac  Woodbury,  s.  of  Edward  ;  b.  Aug.  26,  1819  ;  came  to 
this  town  in  1855  from  Acworth,  his  native  place,  and,  in  con- 
nection with  his  brother  Jacob,  purchased  the  blacksmithing  es- 
tablishment on  Sunapee  street,  where  they  were  for  several 
years  engaged  in  business.  He  is  now  a  farmer  on  Oak  street. 
M.,  1853,  Mary  G.,  dau.  of  Dr.  Lyman  Brooks,  of  Acworth. 


Jacob  Woodbury,  s.  of  Edward ;  a  3'ounger  brother  of 
Isaac  ;  came  here  with  him  from  Acworth  in  1855,  and  was 
engaged  with  him  at  blacksmithing  on  Sunapee  street.  M., 
1855,  Maria  M.  Davis,  dau.  of  John  P.  Davis,  of  Acworth  ; 
r.  at  Claremont. 

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HISTORY   OF   NEWPORT. 


Charles  H.  Woods,  s.  of  Rev.  John  Woods ;  b.  Oct.  8, 
1S36;  graduated  at  Kimball  Union  Academy;  entered  Will- 
iams college,  but  before  graduation  turned  his  attention  to  the 
law,  which  he  pursued  at  Lowell,  Mass.,  and  in  the  office  of 
Burke  &  Wait,  of  this  town.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in 
February.  1862,  and  in  1S66  settled  in  Minneapolis,  Minn., 
where  he  has  since  resided,  and  where  he  has  had  a  successful 
practice.  M.,  Sept.  22,  1S62,  Carrie  C.  Rice,  of  Brookfield, 
Vt. 

WRIGHT. 

Samuel  Wright,  s.  of  Ephraim  Wright,  of  Dracut,  Mass., 
came  to  this  town  from  Goftstown  ;  m.  Dolly  Shedd,  of  Tewks- 
bury,  Mass. 

Ti-iphena,  b.  Nov.  29,  1807,  m.  Moses  Davis. 

\Sa)ii!tel  K.^  b.  Nov.  12,  1809. 

Wasiungtoji  V.,h.  March  18,  1811;  d.  a  bachelor. 

^Lorciisa  H.,h.  March  4,  181 5. 

Roxana  D.,  b.  April  22,  1817;  m.  Watson  W.  Winter. 

'[Ephraim,  b.  Dec.  11,  1819. 

Austin,  h.  Oct.    28,    1820;  a  successful  farmer;  r.  at  Claremont;  m. 

Phila,  dau.  of  Timothy  Perry. 
\Silas^  b.  Aug.  22,  1822. 


Samuel  K.  Wright,  s.  of  Samuel  Wright;  b.  Nov.  12, 
1809;  r.  in  the  west  part  of  the  town;  was  a  selectman  in 
1859  ;  m.  Nancy,  dau.  of  Timothy  Perry. 

Albert,  b.  April  22,  1842;  d.  in  the  army. 
^Henry  E.,  b.  Aug.  25,  1846. 


Hexry  E.  Wright,  s.  of  Samuel  K.  and  Nanc\'  (Perr\') 
Wright ;  b.  Aug.  25,  1846  ;  was  bred  a  farmer ;  has  for  several 
years  been  part  owner  of  the  village  grist-mill  ;  m..  May  7, 
1874,  Sarah  W.,  dau.  of  Joseph  Kimball,  of  Northfield,  b.  Sept. 
19,  1848. 

Mertie  A.,  b.  Oct.  6,  1865.  Sadie,  b.  July  21,  1878. 


Lorenzo  W.  Wright,  s.  of  Samuel  Wright ;  b.  March  4, 
1815  ;  a  farmer  ;  m.  Eunice  Cunningham. 

Eliza  A.,  b.  April  3,  1845,  Charles,  b.  Aug.  ro,  1850. 


GENEALOGY.  591 

Epihiai.m  WuKiiiT,  s.  of  Samuel  Wright;  b.  Dec.  ii,  1S19; 
lYi.  Melissa  Lilla. 

Martha,  b.  March  18,  1845;  m.  Abel  Howe. 

Mary  A.,  b.  June  22,  1846;  m.  Henry  Chamberlain. 

Franklin  P.  A'.,  b.  June  23,  1849  ;  m.  Mary  Cutting  ;  m.,  2d,  Helen,  dau. 

of  Elon  Cutting. 
George,  b.  Aug.  29,  1855. 


Silas  Wright,  s.  of  Samuel  \A'ii<^ht ;  b.  Aug.  22,  1S22  ;  a 
farmer  ;  resides  in  the  south  part  of  the  town  ;  m.  Marietta 
Lewis. 

Herbert,  b.  March  9,  1869.  Wilbur,  b.  Dec.  15,  1870. 

Herman  and  1-ltta,  twins,  b.  Jan.  13,  1S73. 


Joel  Wright,  b.  Feb.  16,  1805  ;  d.  Oct.  9,  1S69;  m.,  Nov., 
1S34,  Almira,  dau.  of  Reuben  Bascom. 

Eunice,  b.  Jan.  23,  1839;  '^•'  April,  1859,  Ceo.  W.  Cutts. 

Henrietta,  b.  Sept.  28,  1841.         Benjamin  S.,  b.  June,  1843;  d.  1845. 

WYLIE. 

Augustus  Wylie,  b.  Feb.  26,  1826;  came  from  Clarendon, 
Vt. :  was  a  selectman  in  1873  and  '73  ;  m  ,  March,  1S54,  So- 
phia E.,  dau.  of  David  Wheeler;  r.  at  Northville. 

Mary  E.,  b.  Dec.  29,  1858;  a  graduate  of  Newport  high  school,  1878. 
William  A.,  b.  July  10,  i860. 

WYMAN. 

Edward  Wyman,  s.  of  Joshua  Wyman,  of  Cornish  :  b. 
Sept.  26,  1S04;  m.,  March  3.  1831,  Cynthia  Peck,  of  Lebanon, 
b.  IVLarch  28,  1804,  and  on  the  day  of  their  wedding  came  to 
Newport  to  reside.  He  d.  April  4,  1864,  leaving  no  issue. 
He  had  been  a  successful  teacher,  and  was  a  leading  man  in 
his  day  ;  was  a  major-general  in  the  militia,  a  selectman  six 
years,  a  moderator  seven  years,  a  representative  in  1848,  a  reg- 
ister of  probate  five  years,  a  justice  of  the  peace  and  quorimi,  .1 
superintending  school  committee,  and  a  census-taker  in  1S50, 


592  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 


YOUNG. 

Brewster  Young,  b.  June  15,   1S09;  m.   Rebecca  Wood- 
bury.    The  famil}'  came  to  this  town  in  1864. 

yustina  A.,  b.  Sept.  10,  1835;  m.  Reuben  D.  Moulton. 

Laioietla,  b.  Oct.  31,  1838  ;   m.  James  Kenerson. 

Ebenezer  IV.,  b.  May  21,  1840;  m.  Francis  E.  Herrick. 

Einerett  C,  b.  Sept.  4,  1842;  m.  Charles  Lewis. 

Edney  B.,  b.  Aug.  25,  1846.  Rebecca  A.,  b.  Feb.  4,  1850. 

yohn  E.,  b.  June  22,  1852.  J.  Eliza,  b.  Oct.  i,  1854. 


Charles  H.  Young,  a  tailor  ;  s.  of  Joseph  and  Maria  (Lang- 
ley)  Young,  of  Durham  ;  b.  Nov.  20,  185 1  ;  came  to  this  town 
in  1870,  and  commenced  business.  In  1877  be  formed  a  busi- 
ness connection  with  Edwin  P.  Hutchinson,  and  they  have 
since  continued  in  trade.     M.,  July  31,  1873,  Susan  L.  Brett. 

YORK. 

Charles  C.  York,  b.  Oct.  4,  1810;  m.  Lucy  A.  Kempton, 
of  Croydon,  b.  June  13,  1S13. 

Mary  A.,  b.  Oct.  11,  1833.  Ruth  K.,  b.  June  7,  1835. 

Charles  B.,  b.  Feb.  10,  1837;  m.  Mary,  dau.  of  Joel  Putney. 
George  C,  h.  Dec.  9,  1839.  Sarah  Z.,  b.  April  29,  1842. 

Ed)ia  B.,  b.  Nov.  10,  1844.  Edward  K,,  b.  May  12,  1847. 


SUPPLEME^sTTART. 


The  following,  not  included  in  the  regular  order  of  the  Gen- 
ealogy, are  here  appended  : 

William  P.  Buell,  s.  of  Daniel  and  Abigail  W.  (Ilolden) 
Buell ;  b.  Nov.  ii,  1S26  :  went  to  Nashua,  where  he  had  a 
prosperous  business ;  was  a  representative  to  the  legislature 
from  that  city,  an  alderman,  and  a  president  of  tlie  common 
council.  He  d.  in  January,  1S79,  leaving  a  family.  He  was  a 
prominent  Freemason. 


Nathaniel  Blodgett  came  from  Xewbury  to  this  town  in 
1S54,  and  settled  in  the  north-west  corner  of  the  town,  where 
he  d.  Sept.  16,  1S73,  aged  86  years.  He  m.  Sarah  Colby,  who 
d.  September,  1S65,  aged  75  years. 

Eben  C,  b.  Aug.  28,  1813;  m.,Dec.  28,  1841,  Louisa  Richardson.  Ch., 

Orvis  ].,  Frank  P.,  Martha  S.,  Elbridge  L. 
Mirain  W.,  b.  March  29,  1816;  m.,  Jan.  21,  1867,  Taylor  Southwick. 
Joshua  /)'.,  b.  April  15,  1818;  d.  May,  1872;  m.  Rhoda  Rogers.     Ch., 

Miram  A.,  Ruth  M.,  Sumner,  James  W. 
Rtith  M.,  m.,  Dec.  20,  1849,  Elijah  P.  Emery. 
Elvira  D.,  m.,  February,  1853,  Simon  A.  Emery. 
Andrew  J.,  m.  Sarah  A.  Alden;  ch.,  Eben  A. 
Jacob  C,  m.  Martha  J.  Page  ;  ch.,  Harlon  13. 
Sarah  A.,  d.  1S72;  m.  Edwin  Newell;  ch.,  Thomas  H. 


William  W.  Hubbell,  s.  of  John  Adams  and  Aseneth 
(White)  Hubbell ;  b.  Dec.  10,  1S35,  at  Monroe,  Monroe  coun- 
ty, Mich.  ;  came  here  earlv,  and  has  for  the  most  part  of  his  life 
been  engaged  as  a  manufacturer  of  and  dealer  in  furniture.  He 
was  a  deputy  sheriff,  and  had  special  talent  as  a  detective.  In 
1873  he  erected  the  Hubbell  block,  on  Main  st.  M.,  April  4, 
1859,  Abbie  A.  Wight,  of  Hartland,  Vt..  b.  April  10,  1S39,  a 
lady  having  a  rare  gift  at  floral  decorations. 
38 


594  HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 

We  have  received  the  following  additional  particulars  in  re- 
lation to  the  life  of  Gov.  E.  O.  Stanard,  of  St.  Louis,  which  we 
also  append,  and  which  we  regret  could  not  have  been  inserted 
in  its  legitimate  place  in  the  Genealogy  : 

Edwin  O.  Stanard,  s  of  Obed  and  Mary  Ann  (Webster) 
Stanard  ;  b.  Jan.  5,  1832,  at  Newport,  N.  H.  ;  removed  in 
1S36  with  his*^  parents  to  Iowa,  where  he  was  engaged  at  farm- 
ing during  his  minority.  In  1853  he  went  to  St.  Louis,  with- 
out friends  and  without  money,  his  father  being  a  farmer  in 
moderate  circumstances,  and  there  spent  several  years  attending 
school,  teaching  in  the  winters  to  defray  his  necessary  expenses. 
In  1856  he  became  a  clerk  in  a  produce  store  at  Alton,  111. 
In  18^7  he  opened  a  commission  and  produce  store  at  St.  Louis, 
where  he  has  since  resided.  Shortly  after,  he  opened  a  branch 
house  at  Chicago,  with  C.  J.  Gilbert,  and  at  about  the  same 
time,  another  at  New  Orleans  with  Mr.  Slayback,  a  former 
clerk.  In  186S  he  sold  out  to  his  partners,  and  has  since  been 
engaged  with  his  present  partner,  J.  W.  Kauftman,  in  the  flour- 
ing business,  having  one  of  the  largest  establishments  of  the 
kind  in  the  countr3^     He  has  accumulated  a  large  fortune. 

In  1866  he  was  elected  president  of  the  St.  Louis  Chamber  of 
Commerce,  and  also  vice-president  of  the  National  Board  of 
Trade.  He  is  president  of  the  Citizens'  Insurance  Co.,  and  is 
largely  identified  with  the  elevator  interests  of  the  city.  In 
1868  he  was  elected  lieutenant-governor  of  the  state,  and  as 
such  was  one  of  the  ablest  and  most  popular  presiding  officers 
the  senate  of  the  state  has  ever  had.  He  was  elected  to  the  43d 
congress,  and  was  an  efficient  and  valuable  member,  since 
which  he  has  declined  all  nominations  to  office.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Methodist  church,  and  contributes  generously  to  the 
promotion  of  its  interests.  He  was  a  staunch  Union  man  dur- 
ing the  civil  war.  As  a  speaker,  Mr.  Stanard  is  thoroughly 
self-possessed,  deliberate,  clear,  and  convincing, — his  tall  form, 
pleasant  voice,  ardent  temperament,  and  genial  face  and  man- 
ner, contributing  greatly  to  his  popularity  in  that  direction. 

His  wonderful  success  in  life,  and  his  large  accumulations, 
have  not  in  any  way  interfered  with  his  careful  and  prudent 
modes  of  business,  neither  have  they  permitted  his  bark  to  split 
upon  the  rock  of  extravagant  living  which  has  made  shipwreck 
of  so  many  fortunes.  He  is  living  modestly  in  his  beautiful  home, 
surrounded  by  a  happy  family  circle,  including  his  mother,  who 
still  survives  to  enjoy  the  home,  the  honors,  and  the  successes 
which  have  come  to  her  son.  In  1856  he  married  Hattie  A. 
Kauffman.      [See  page  536.] 


INDEX. 


Page. 

Academy 1 62 

Advents 122 

Agriculture 244 

Farmers  and  Mechanics  Asso.244 

Officers  of 244 

Fairs 244 

County  Society 245 

Grange 245 

Statistics 246 

Board  of  Agriculture 246 

Items 247 

Altitudes 261 

Sunapee  lake,  height 261 

Courthouse,  "      261 

Coit  mountain,     "      261 

Croydon  mt.,        "      261 

Sunapee  mt.,        "     261 

Ascutney  mt.,       "     261 

Kearsarge  mt.,     "      261 

Amusements 221 

Animals 13 

Artisans 94 

Association,  Lecture 1 50 

"           Mammoth  cod. . .  .223 
Aqueducts 269 

Bakers 94 

Banks 67 

Sugar  River 67 

First  National 67 

Savings 68 

Baptist  church 109 

Barbers 94 

Bear  stories . 249 

Bedsteads 94 

Bells,  church 337 

Bell,  school 161 

Birds 13 

Blacksmiths 94 

Bobbins 95 


Paoe. 

!  Book-binders 95 

Brick-makers 95 

Bridges fclj 

1  Brooks II 

'  Builders 95 

Buildings,  public 69 

*'  business 266 

Business  directory 28 1 

Butchers 96 

Cabinet-making 96 

Canals 86 

Carpenters  and  joiners 97 

Carriage-makers 97 

j  Carriage-painters 97 

j  Card-board 96 

Card-playing 222 

I  Casualties 230 

j  Celebration,  Historical,  July  4, 

1846 .275 

Celebration,  Centennial,  Juiv  4, 

1876 '...276 

Cemeteries 170 

Pine  St 170 

New  Pine  st 1 70 

North  ville 1 70 

Maple  St 170 

Catholic 171 

Com.  for  new 171 

Census-takers 261 

Charter  of  town 14 

Church,  Baptist 109 

"        Congregational 113 

"        Free-will  Baptist 220 

"        Universalist 221 

I'nitarian 221 

1        "        Methodist ."..118 

I        "        Catholic 122 

Clergymen  town  has  furnished.  122 
Baptist 123 


596 


HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 


Page. 

Clergyman,  Congregational 115 

Methodist 119 

Universalist 121 

Unitarian 122 

Catliolic 122 

Advent 122 

Cloth-dressing 97 

Clock,  town 1 69 

Club,  periodical 150 

' '     fishing 248 

Coal,  use  of 259 

Coffee-house 'j'j 

Common,  description  of 262 

Comb-maker 98 

Court-house,  new 70 

old 69 

County,  formed 69 

"        Newport,  shire  town  of  69 

"        court-house,  old 69 

"        court-house,  new 70 

"        jail 70 

"       safe 71 

"       clerks 71 

"        solicitors 71 

"        sheriffs 71 

"        treasurers 71 

"        commissioners 71 

"        registers  of  deeds 71 

"        jailors 71 

"       judges  of  probate 71 

"        register  of  deeds 71 

Dancing A^h 

Deaths,  annu.  tab.  showing  ...   59 

Deacons,  Baptist 113 

"  Free-will  Baptist 121 

"  Congregational 118 

Deeds,  register  of 71 

Doors,  sashes,  and  blinds 98 

Dock,  Scribner's 225 

Designers  and  draughtsmen.. .  .   98 

District,  Union  School 160 

Dress , 260 

Dress-making 99 

Drug-stores 82 

Eagles 248 

Eagle  hotel 78 

"     mills 91 

Education 158 

"        Board  of 161 

Egg-nog 167 

Elephant  rock 10 


Page. 

Engines,  fire 268 

companies 268 

captains 269 

Fair,  right  to  hold 15 

' '    first  town 244 

' '    first  county 245 

Farm,  and  Mech.  Ass'n 244 

Farms,  town 172 

Farmers'  amusements 222 

Fires 237 

Fishes 13 

Fishing 248 

Club 248 

French 252 

Gold  Cal.  Co 258 

Grange,  Sul.,  No.  8 245 

Granite-workers 100 

Grantees  of  town 17 

Gunsmiths 99 

Hatters 99 

Hame-makers 99 

Handles 99 

Harness-makers 103 

Hearses 171 

Hills 9 

Hotels,  first 76 

early "j"] 

Rising  Sun 'j'] 

Coftee-house T"] 

Eagle 78 

Sugar  River 79 

Newport  House 78 

Phenix 79 

Indians 251 

Irish 252 

Jail 70 

Jailors 71 

Jewellers 99 

Judges  of  probate 71 

Justices  of  the  peace 211 

Knights  of  Honor 157 

Knitting 100 

Lafayette,  reception  of 259 

Lawyers  in  town 1 74 

Allen,  David 1S7 

Allen,  W.  H.  H 195 


INDEX. 


597 


Page. 

Lawyers,  Barton,  Levi  W 191 

JJarton,   Geo.  S 194 

Barton,  Ira  McL 196 

Bowers,  S.  L 193 

Brown,  Geo.  K 196 

Bradley,  Artliur  C 197 

Burke,  Kdmiind 178 

Corbin,  Austin 1 88 

Crooker,  j.  C 194 

Dickey,  David 188 

Kdes,  Amasa 175 

Kdes,  Samuel  H igo 

Ellis,  Caleb 174 

Forsaith,  Josiali 176 

French,  licnj.  B 178 

Hale,  David 1 76 

Aletcalf,  Ralph 177 

'     Newton,  Hubbard 174 

Newton,  William  F 194 

Reed,  Nathan  E 197 

Smith,  Lewis 187 

Tap[)an,  Weare 175 

'raitpan,  Mason  \V 198 

Wait,  A.  S 193 

Wheeler,  Wm.  P 199 

Wheeler,  Sam.  M 192 

Webber,  Hrooks  K 195 

Lawyers,  natives  of  tlie  town.  .201 

Libraries,  social 48 

Northville 48 

"         circulating 49 

"         church 48 

"         private 49 

Lightning 242 

Literature,    list    of    those    who 

have  contributed  to 125 

Baldwin,  Thos 133 

Baldwin,  Henry  E 136 

Baldwin,  Samuel  C 136 

Barton,  Geo.  S 144 

Belknap,  Geo.  E 134 

Bowers,  S.  L 145 

Brett,  Elizabeth 146 

Burke,  Edmund 135 

Burke,  Frances  M 136 

Carleton.  Frank  H 146 

Chellis,  Mary  D 145 

Corbin,  Austin 137 

Crowell,  Baron  S 144 

Dodge,  Alice  A 136 

Everl-tt.  S.  H.  N.  B 139 

Edes,  Amasa 144 

Farnsworth,  Elizabeth 136 


I  Page. 

!  Literature — 

Fletcher,  Luther  J 134 

P'ogg,  Alonzo  J 1 36 

French,  Benj.  B 133 

Gilniore,  Thomas  A 139 

Gibson,  Hannah 137 

Gibson,  Sarah 1 37 

Gibson,  Elizabeth 137 

Gibson,  Mary 137 

Hale,  Sarah  J 125 

Hale,  Horatio 132 

Hale,  James 139 

Hale,  Edwin  M 138 

Harvey,  Matthew 141 

Jenks,  Geo.  E 141 

Jenks,  Edward  A 142 

Jenks,  Allan  M 144 

Jenks,  Bela  W 147 

King  Alonzo 134 

Kenerson,  R.  H.  E 139 

Little,  Amos  B 1 39 

Metcalf,  Ralph 134 

Newton,  Hubbard 133 

Parmelee,  J.  W 139 

Parmelee,  Anne 146 

Peabody,  Charles 139 

Perkins,  Jacob 137 

Reed,  Nathan  E 146 

Scott,  G.  R.  W 137 

Stevens,  Virgil  C 147 

Stow,  Baron 134 

Taylor,  Nathan 1 33 

Teal,  Benj 125 

Wait,  A.  S 145 

Wheeler,  Edmund 141 

Wheeler,  Jacob  W 141 

White,  Lovell 146 

Wilco.x,  Carlos 125 

Wilco.K,  Isabel 1 46 

Young,  Wm.  F 1 34 

Young,  B.  Aileen 147 

Livery  stables 88 

Longevity 58 

Lyceums 149 

Machine  shop loi 

Manufacturers,  wool 90 

Newport  mills 90 

Eagle  "     gi 

Sunapee     "     91 

Diamond    "     gi 

Sugar  River  mills 92 

Granite  State  mills 92 


598 


HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 


Page. 

Marble-workers loo 

Mason's  brick loo 

Masonic,  Corinth  Lodge 151 

Mt.  Vernon  Lodge 154 

Chapter  of  Tab 155 

Officers,  list  of 155 

Merchants,  list  of 80 

Millinery loi 

Mills,  grist-  and  saw- 72 

Milk 82 

Military 24 

Revolution 24 

Ass.  test 25 

Com.  of  Safety 24 

Revolutionary  soldiers 26 

delegates  to  convention 27 

alarm  company 26 

War  of  18 1 2 27 

soldiers  in 27 

Mexican  war 27 

civil  war 28 

officers  and  soldiers  in. .. .   28 

served  elsewhere 36 

state  militia 37 

musters 37 

trainings 38 

officers  in 38 

Millerism 122 

Mines,  plumbago 12 

Miscellany,  ancient 253 

Missionaries 123 

Music,  vocal 213 

piano 215 

organ 215 

society 214 

Band,  Cheney 215 

Band,  Quadrille 215 

Band,  Newport 216 

Band,  Cornet 216 

Co.  Convention 216 

Co.  Association 216 

Musical  instruments loi 

Mountains  and   hills 9 

Necrology 56 

Negioes 252 

New]  ort  House 78 

New]  ort  a  summer  resort 266 

New]  ort  shire  town 69 

New]  ort,  description  of 9 

New;  papers 60 

N.  H.  Spectator 60 

Argus  and  Spectator 61 


Page. 
Newspapers — 

Fanners'  Advocate  and  Po- 
litical Adventurer 65 

Northern  Farmer  and  Horti- 
culturist     65 

Sullivan  Republican 66 

Insurance  Journal 66 

Odd  Fellows 156 

Painters,  house- 102 

"         carriage- 97 

Pegs 102 

Phenix  hotel 79 

Photographers 1 02 

Physicians  in  town 40 

Baker,  J.  W 54. 

Bliss,  Henry 41 

Boyd,  Alexander 45 

Brown,  Henry  M 53 

Chandler,  W.  C 48 

Cooper,  Wm.  F 45 

Cooper,   Elijah 54 

Corbin,  James 41 

Currier,  David  M 53 

Darling,  Wm.  W 53 

Elkins,  Jerry  S 53 

Elkins,  J.  P 54 

Ellis,  Arnold 43 

George,  Ira  P 52 

Gibson,  Willard  P 45 

Gould,  Herbert  D 54 

Gregg,  James  A 5° 

Halt,  Albina 52 

Hosmer,  Wm.  H 51 

Hatch,  Reuben 47 

Hatch,  Isaac 47 

Hatch,  Mason 48 

Joslyn,  Wm 43 

Mack,  Aaron 40 

McGregor,  John  B 43 

Nettleton,  Mrs.  Jeremiah....  41 

Richardson,  Leonard  E 45 

Sanborn,  Thomas 49 

Sanborn,  Thomas  B 54 

Swett,  John  L 46 

Swett,  Wm.  P 54 

Physicians,  practised  elsewhere  55 

Plows 102 

Ponds 12 

Poor,  maintenance  of 273 

Population 261 

Post-office 267 


INDEX. 


599 


Paui:. 

Post-masters 268 

Potasli 102 

Printers,  account  of 60 

Proprietors'  honse 258 

Proprietors,  names  of 18 

lots  drawn  to  each 18 

owners  of  1779 '^ 

first  meetinjj;  in  Newport.  ...   20 

list  of  clerks • 20 

town  charter 14 

grantees 17 

charter  extended 20 

Produce  used  for  money 270 

Railroads 86 

Rakes 102 

Reading  circle 149 

Registers  of  probate 71 

Reservoirs 69 

Rising  Sun  Hotel "]"] 

Rivers  and  Ijrooks 11 

Roads 84 

Road  steamer 87 

Rocking-stone 11 

Rock,  elephant 10 

Saddle  and  harness 103 

Safe,  county 71 

Schools 118 

first 158 

first  school-house 158 

high  school-house 1 60 

teachers 15S 

districts 159 

Union  District 1 60 

Board  of  Education 161 

supt.  committees 161 

statistics 164 

academy 162 

list  of  principals  of  academy   163 
college  graduates,  list  of. . . .  164 

Scythes 105 

Secession 254 

Settlement,  early 21 

Settlers,  list  of  early 22 

"         where  from 22 

Sherifts 71 

Shingles 104 

Shirt-bosoms 104 

Shoe-makers 1 04 

Sidewalks 263 

Signal -stations 268 

Silks 104 


Pagk. 

Soil 9 

Solicitors 71 

.Spiritualists 122 

Sporting 248 

fishing 248 

hunting 294 

Springs,  mineral 12 

"        cold 269 

Stages 87 

Stories 224 

Stoves   and  tinware 105 

Stoves  and  hardware 83 

Streets,  names  of 263 

Sugar  River  House 79 

Tailors ic6 

Tanners 106 

Tax-payers 273 

"         highest 273 

Taxes,  state,  1857  and  1877... 261 
county,  1857  and  1877.  .261 

Teams 88 

Teams,  job 89 

Telegraph 268 

Telephone 268 

Temperance 166 

old  habits 166 

first  society 1 67 

total  abstinence 168 

Washingtonians 168 

Sons  of  Temperance 168 

Good  Templars 168 

Reform  Club 168 

Catholic  Society 168 

Women's  Union 169 

Town,  description  of '.  . .  .     9 

officers 202 

moderators 202 

clerks 203 

representatives 205 

selectmen 207 

delegates  to  convention 206 

rep.  other  towns 207 

justices 211 

Traders 80 

general  merchandise 80 

com.  dealers 82 

drugs 82 

books 82 

clothing 82 

harnesses 82 

boots  and  shoes 82 

stoves  and  hardware 'i)^ 


6oo 


HISTORY    OF    NEWPORT. 


Page. 
Traders — 

watches  and  jewelry 83 

milk 83 

grain 373,  524 

lumber 2>7Z^  5M 

Travel 84 

Treasurers,  county 71 

"  town 461 

Trees 12 

Turning 108 

Turnpikes 84 


Page. 
Villages  in  town 13 

Village,  description  of 262 

"        maps  of 260 

Wallet-makers 108 

Watches  and  jewelry 83 

Weddings,  different  styles 218 

"  negro 219 

Whip-maker 108 

Whipping-post 253 

Wrestling 221 


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